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Culture & Traditions

Music in the time of Muhammad Shah Rangila

By on January 15, 2016

Of the many hundreds of pen names that crowd the columns of Urdu poetry none is perhaps as apt or true as Rangila (Joyous), the moniker of the 14th…

Events

Bazm-e-Shahjahanabad

By on November 25, 2015

The culture of mushaira held quite a significance in Old Delhi in the pre-Independence era. In fact, mushaira were very popular during the reign of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah…

Culture & Traditions

Dilli ka Akhri Qabala Navees

By on October 29, 2015

Almost immediately after exiting the Chawri Bazaar Metro Station at the Hauz Qazi exit, right next to the Ashok Chaat corner, one can find Delhi’s aakhri qabala navees or…