Gulzar's Poetry on DPD

There can be no bigger honour for a blogger, who claims to love Delhi as much as I do, than to have a video of Gulzar sa'ab reading out his poem on Delhi on the blog.

Here, he talks of a Delhi where he grew up. It is very close to the Delhi where I spent my childhood as well.




A college romance compared to the cosmic phenomena of the Total Solar Eclipse, no other poet can achieve this.




With age, comes maturity of thought and we begin to question. Here, Gulzar sa'ab asks, 'Have You Seen the Soul?'



Pavan K. Varma has beautifully translated the above lines in English.

Flower Power!

Flowers from Delhi to remember the sweet smells of spring this fall :-)

Golcha

Before the multiplexes took over Delhi, single screen theatres like Golcha were the cool places to be. People, who were in college in the 1970s, have bag full of stories about how and when they saw which Hindi movie at one of these theatres. Golcha is among the last single screen theatres dotting the Delhi map.

Rain, Rain Go Away!

My city has been under water for almost a week now. Here are some shots I got of the watered city over the past 7 days.
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Praying for the sun to shine now. The grey is becoming depressing.

Hot Babe

A lot of my male friends have been complaining that Delhi Photo Diary is devoid of hot babes. So on popular demand, this is one of the hottest babes that I recently had the good fortune of spotting in the by lanes of Delhi.

No words can describe the fragrance of every breath of spring

But photos come close. So here is this year's spring collection.





You can see Delhi Spring of the years gone by here.

Lights, Camera, Celebrations!

As a part of the Republic Day celebrations the Raj Path (the straight road connecting India Gate to Rashtrapati Bhawan, the official residence of the President of India) and the buildings at the end of the road and nearby are decorated with lights from January 26th to January 29. India celebrates its Republic Day on January 26 and the celebrations come to a close with the Beating Retreat, held on January 29.


India Gate adorned the tri-color (these are the colors of the flag of India) and looked beautiful.


Below is the dome of the Rashtrapati Bhawan as seen from the Central Secretariat.


This is the Raisina Hill, Rashtrapati Bhawan in the middle, flanked by the North and South Blocks on either side.

And up next is the Parliament of India, looking like a jeweled crown.


I had a fabulous time walking from India Gate to Raisina Hills with my mom and brother. There were many families out in full strength enjoying the cool evening.

My Sparkling Wet Delhi

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I took these photos a few days ago. I simply love the way the lights of cars, buses etc twinkle when it rains. My sparkling wet Delhi in my rearview mirror.

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Special Treat

I have a special treat for Delhi Photo Diary visitors today. The slogan calling on people to light a lamp and fight the darkness in the world greeted the audience, who had come to see the opening play 'Friends' by the Breathing Space group at the International Children's Theater Festival. Below are videos of some portions of the play. The play was special as my younger brother, Akshat was also performing.



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Animal Sightings

I LOVE driving on the roads of Delhi. The fellow passengers keep me amused. :-)

A langoor riding a two-wheeler above and horses being carried in a mini-truck. Beautiful animals.


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City Hospital

This is the City Hospital! Believe it or not we have a hospital which is named 'City Hospital'. I always thought that only Ekta Kapoor could come up with something as basic as this... but then as Ghalib had said "Ek dhoondho hazaar milte hain". I was rolling on the floor laughing at this one. I know the joke would fail on most of you but some ardent fans of Ekta Kapoor serials would know what I am alking about.

Miss The Winter

Why is it that old days become the good old days and most of us forget to enjoy the days as they happen. When the winters (rather short) were upon us, we kept complaining of the fog, the spine-chilling cold, bulky sweaters etc... but with the sun beginning to scorch, Delhiwalas (me included) have already started missing the winter days, like the one I photographed just 15 days ago or so. This is the footbridge at Pragati Maidan (venue of the India International Trade Fair)

Tall Guy

Fly fly on the wall,
Whose the tallest of them all?

My brother, Akshat, boasting that he is taller than me and can easily touch the top of the Iron Pillar and soon would be able to touch the Qutb Minar.

T-Shirt... Painted By Your's Truly

My latest creation... a T-shirt I painted. It got rave reviews at office... so I thought I should fish for compliments from fellow bloggers as well. And if you are one of those, who would question the photo post on Delhi Blog... Then the answer is simple, It was made by a Delhi girl, the T-shirt was bought in Delhi and a handful of Delhiites thought it was a good effort. :-)

Lane Driving, Safe Driving

a very self-explanatory photo here. Though driving in Delhi is not easy for someone who abides by rules. The traffic and the motorists in Delhi are very innovative and do not shy to display their skills of coming up with flawless (according to them) rules and then enforcing their fabrications on others as well. Lane Driving is Insane Driving, according to Delhi drivers. :-)

Shahrukh Khan (SRK)

I am 3 days late to post this photo. It was Shahrukh Khan's (SRK) birthday on November 2. If you are wondering that what a Hindi film superstar's photo is doing on a Delhi daily photo blog... Let me tell you my justifications.

Firstly, SRK was born and brought up in Delhi. By his own admission he is a true dilli-wala.

Also, almost all of the national dailies carry his photograph on one pre-text or the other every day.

Last but not the least, one of his biggest fans (read me :-)) resides in Delhi.

So I guess that explains it. You can read about the SRK mania that my family is diseased with here.