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- 3 May, 2024
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The Chill This Winter & An Intrusion
The buzz around Delhi these days is primarily about the weather, a new vehicle that will be spotted on Delhi roads and that statue that’s going to installed under the India Gate canopy. The chill this winter seems to be getting into Dilliwalahs’ bones but it doesn’t make them numb to the acts of our political class. This and more in this blog.
The Khan Market Gang and more
Some of the most stylish, old and historic shopping plazas in Delhi have been stigmatised by poorly informed politicians who described people flocking to it
AK’s Extravagant Promises v/s Punjabi Pride
This satirical piece in National Herald under Delhi Musings seems so appropriate even now as we close in to the Punjab elections. AK’s extravangant promises
Freaky Winter – And we had a freakish monsoon last year.
September, some reports say, has been the wettest since 1964. This appeared on 18th September in National Herald under Delhi Musings. It was about the
Doing a Wish List As We Welcome 2022
This a Dilliwalah making wishes for the StateOfDelhi for 2022
Of Chandni Chowk – the Chaos and that Food
There has been so much noise about the redevelopment of Chandni Chowk that this blogger, prompted by an old friend, took a trip there. This blog is the first in the series on Chandni Chowk
Saanu Ki? – It’s a philosophy!
An expression used at a drop of the hat in Delhi is Sannu Ki! Sanjeev gives it official sanctity.
Liquor Stores, Memory Losses & Remembrance
Ironically Delhi is talking of liquor in the month of Gandhi’s birth thanks to a change in excise policies of Delhi Government. But then holier than thou politicians are trying to take a high moral ground. Reflective of selective memory while the supreme leader plays up another memory game!
Oversight scraps Draupadi & a new patriot
An Oversight Committee of DU scraps Mahasweta Devi’s Draupadi from the course. And our man AK claims to be a deshbhakt. That and more in this StateOfDelhi blog.
Sacking, gaffes, protests, space-rides & water canons
July saw a cabinet reshuffle at the Centre where Dr Harshvardhan was dropped. Apparently to direct all blame of the mishandling of the pandemic towards him. We got another Dilliwalah as a minister and she straight away walked into a controversy with a gaffe. This and more in this blog.