Haveli Nawab Mandu

“Girya chahai hai kharabi mere kashane ki
Dar-o-diwar se tapke hai biyaban hona”
—Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
 

Living beyond the realm of the twilight of Mughal splendour, havelis today are not a…

Begum Samru

Why do you ask my native place,
O dweller of the East,
Making mock of me for the poor plight I am in?
Delhi, which was once the jewel of the world,
Where…

Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib

Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib is one of the 10 historical gurdwaras of Delhi. It is a place of high symbolic and religious significance for the Sikh community and, thus,…

Mutiny Memorial

Even though the grand structures of Delhi are in ruins, history unfolds itself here building by building and site by site. One such structure that speaks volumes about the history…

Chunna Mal ki Haveli

Lala Rai Chunna Mal was a well-known moneylender (who even loaned money to British officials and officers) and textile trader of Old Delhi in the 1800s, and he owned…