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Everyday i move through this megapolis of Delhi, and often encounter life in all its shades. Sometimes i stumble into hyperlocal poets… my dispatch, please read!
January 16, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Everyday i move through this megapolis of Delhi, and often encounter life in all its shades. Sometimes i stumble into hyperlocal poets… my dispatch, please read!
Sky upon Baikal same as Sky upon Sahara same as Sky upon our Dargah… at the Sufi Shrine of Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Sky upon Baikal same as Sky upon Sahara same as Sky upon our Dargah… at the Sufi Shrine of Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya
informing you just in case… bone setter’s banner
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 AM
informing you just in case… bone setter’s banner
Chai’s 3pm shadow, still life
January 16, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Chai’s 3pm shadow, still life
Reader… a 3pm portrait
January 16, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Reader… a 3pm portrait
a street in delhi
January 16, 2026 at 8:22 AM
a street in delhi
his leather jacket, his marigold flowers
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
his leather jacket, his marigold flowers
citizen’s working day in grey shirt
January 16, 2026 at 5:19 AM
citizen’s working day in grey shirt
Madonna with child… or simply—Mummy
January 16, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Madonna with child… or simply—Mummy
Emily in Dilli… my daily City Life dispatch in Hindustan Times today!
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Emily in Dilli… my daily City Life dispatch in Hindustan Times today!
when life is as lifeless as that kite
January 16, 2026 at 3:17 AM
when life is as lifeless as that kite
Congrats and best wishes, sir… Deen ji opens a tea stall—first morning, waiting for first customer!
January 16, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Congrats and best wishes, sir… Deen ji opens a tea stall—first morning, waiting for first customer!
Our lives polar… an excerpt from Blue Door Notes
January 15, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Our lives polar… an excerpt from Blue Door Notes
song of the street
January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
song of the street
Two night shift food kiosk colleagues… Umair ji and Mujahid ji
January 15, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Two night shift food kiosk colleagues… Umair ji and Mujahid ji
Smoker’s soliloquy… Alam ji, a carpenter, in thoughts
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Smoker’s soliloquy… Alam ji, a carpenter, in thoughts
Blue dome’s rush hour blues
January 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Blue dome’s rush hour blues
can you really trust her… she is so double-faced—see!
January 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
can you really trust her… she is so double-faced—see!
Just a hint of sea in the landlocked city… balconies by the evening marina
January 15, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Just a hint of sea in the landlocked city… balconies by the evening marina
in memory of a green tree… a green door of wood
January 15, 2026 at 10:41 AM
in memory of a green tree… a green door of wood
portrait of his inward gaze
January 15, 2026 at 9:17 AM
portrait of his inward gaze
sir, he careful… citizen at work
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
sir, he careful… citizen at work
The traffic sounds from the roads spread evenly upon the sprawling park during the day, and hang over it like an invisible cloud cover… my dispatch on a city park in winter, please read.
January 15, 2026 at 7:35 AM
The traffic sounds from the roads spread evenly upon the sprawling park during the day, and hang over it like an invisible cloud cover… my dispatch on a city park in winter, please read.
writer type… with her typewriter
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 AM
writer type… with her typewriter
Barbershop Homer—on finding poetry in the city… my daily City Life dispatch in Hindustan Times today!
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Barbershop Homer—on finding poetry in the city… my daily City Life dispatch in Hindustan Times today!