I’m quite heartbroken that the mosque located at B Block in Connaught Place has been demolished. I had written a post about it a few years ago. This uniquely situated mosque was close to the inner circle of CP, and I used to peep into it whenever I was walking along that part of the inner circle colonnade. This time when I peeped in, there was nothing there. Continue reading
While going through earlier posts from this blog on Tilangani’s tomb, I realized that there was one post where I had compared two photos of the edge of the tomb, taken from the same spot but more than five years apart. Since I had Tilangani’s tomb on my mind, I decided to revisit the spot and take yet another photo. Continue reading
The Aga Khan Trust has started restoration work on parts of the mid-14th c tomb of Khan Jahan Tilangani, located in Nizamuddin basti. Tilangani was prime minister during the rule of Firoz Shah Tughlaq. Continue reading
Photos from the Roop Nagar neighborhood, with some later and more modernist residences than the adjacent Kamla Nagar. Continue reading
Photos from along Satyawati Marg in Kamla Nagar. Continue reading
D Block of Kamla Nagar is another gem of a neighborhood, packed with desi deco goodness! One can get a sense of what these kinds of neighborhoods looked like in decades past. Continue reading
Just like Pusa Road in Karol Bagh, Bungalow Road in Kamla Nagar has some deliciously zany large desi deco bungalows! Continue reading
