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Story from the Mountains - Kalpa.
I had been longing to go to the hills, sit next to a balcony, sipping chai and just living. Everyday I used to open my archives folder, I...
Sep 2, 20222 min read


A Tourist in my very own Dilli.
I’m feeling like a tourist in my own city today. It feels like I’m visiting the Lodhi Gardens for the first time, which has been my path...
Sep 2, 20222 min read


In search of a place to sit at Dilli’s most beloved Lodhi Garden.
I’m walking on my most favourite street in Dilli. The trees take you to a very old era and their tall trunks speak history. On it’s left...
Sep 2, 20222 min read


A walk from Hauz Khas Metro Station to the Haus Khas Village.
The sun was playing hide and seek. The moment, the air conditioned metro ride turned to the heat wave street walk, I thought it isn’t my...
Aug 16, 20222 min read


A Sunset at Humayun’s Tomb.
A tree was being cut, as it was half hanging after the storm hit Dilli. The Indian Ticket Window was closed and the tickets were given...
Jul 9, 20222 min read


Cycles of Connaught Place, Delhi.
Connaught Place has childhood memories living in each corner and childhood has cycling memories living in each corner writes Manan Kathuria.
May 28, 20222 min read


Dilli’s treasured second-hand books store: Jacksons Books.
Paharganj is an antique trunk, full of treasures. A lot is hidden in it. The trunk (sandook) is painted with, writes Manan Kathuria.
May 28, 20222 min read


Banjara Market: The Gyspy World.
How beautiful is so beautiful? This was the first line that came to my mind when I saw this world for the very first writes Manan Kathuria.
May 28, 20222 min read


Jama Masjid at Night.
Shahjahan’s treasure, the epitome of architecture and the grandeur of heritage resides on a hill...writes Manan Kathuria
May 25, 20222 min read


Postcards from Majnu Ka Tila.
Dilli, what has happened to your coolness? Your scorching heat is making it unbearable for most of the people to explore. I may or may...
May 25, 20222 min read


A Sunday In Dilli.
Dilli’s full of love, warmth and affection. I always say that Dilli’s an emotion too, but where’s life without soul, where’s soul without...
May 11, 20222 min read


Finding solace at Dargah Salim Chisti, Fatehpur Sikri, Agra
I knew the stars will align again and I’ll be visiting the place where I left a part of my heart, the very first time I visited it...
Jan 3, 20223 min read


Delhi's most loved chai on International Tea Day.
Chai, is an emotion. It’s like friendship. A bond of tea, milk, water, elaichi, adrak, masala. It’s a love affair. Currently, I’m sitting...
Dec 16, 20212 min read


Remnants of a conversation with the Rickshaw-Wala.
Manan Kathuria writes 'I think we’ve forgotten the Rickshaw-Wallas but they remember everything.'
Dec 12, 20212 min read


An Artist's Paradise: National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
Today, I’m in an attempt to find myself. I take a metro ride and reach Mandi House. Raja bhaiya’s chai is awaiting me. But,...
Dec 11, 20213 min read


A rainy winter afternoon at the Indian Coffee House, Delhi.
Life is in a state of melancholy right now. Strolling around the hustling-bustling lanes of CP, I reached the Indian Coffee House, New Delhi
Dec 5, 20212 min read


Shrine Empire enshrines Hostile Witness; a thought-provoking exhibition by Baaraan and Moonis Ijlal
Exquisite, Raw and Real. These three words are so powerful, for me they sum up the exhibition 'Hostile Witness' by Baaraan and Moonis Ijlal.
Dec 4, 20212 min read


Faqir Chand & Sons Bookstore: The soul of Khan Market.
Manan Kathuria visits Faqir Chand & Sons Bookstore, Khan Market, which now is a second home to him. 'Heaven it was' he says. Read More.
Nov 19, 20212 min read


The Art of Fixing Time!
- Vijay Gupta’s story. The man who knows how to stop, start, change time. Surrounded with clocks and watches, from G-shock to Titan,...
Jul 18, 20212 min read
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