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HindustanTimes Wed,19 Jun 2013

 Delhi 100: Art & Culture

Delhi is the canvas for these schoolkids

Proving Pablo Picasso's famous words right that "all children are artists", Kaleidoscope-2011, the annual on-the-spot painting competition organised by Hindustan Times Pace, attracted more than 1,000 students from over 250 Delhi/ NCR schools on Wednesday.

The heart of Delhi, even then

In the 1930s, two decades into the new Capital and a few years after New Delhi was formally inaugurated, it was Connaught Place that held all the indicators of how the new city was doing, and where it was headed. Avishek G Dastidar reports.

Connecting to the world left behind

As you find your way through the motor spare parts shops, leather goods showrooms, hawkers, carts and the general cacophony of Kashmere Gate, a narrow staircase welcomes you to the very different world of the Bengali Club.

String of cultural events to mark 100 years of New Delhi

The Capital will host a string of cultural events to celebrate 100 years of laying the foundation of New Delhi.

The Delhi show, on since 1930s

The quartet of Regal, Plaza, Rivoli and Odeon slaked Delhi's thirst for entertainment with both national and international box office blockbusters.

The Anglo-Arabic School

Delhi witnessed the earliest linguistic and cultural encounter between East and West, between English and the languages of the Orient, informs Rakhshanda Jalil.

Where art frat meets mall rat

The approach is through a wine shop and an array of world cuisine restaurants. Beyond the Vuitton handbags and Choo shoes, spas and Ice bars lies the heart of the matter. Aasheesh Sharma writes.

How Delhi spoils its dogs

While Paris Hilton may be getting a mansion built for her babies (read dogs), Delhiites are not far behind when it comes to pampering their pooches, informs Namya Sinha.

Embrace the birds

You might know Delhi’s best shopping and dining hotspots, but do you know its amazing birdlife? Bharati Chaturvedi examines...

Shocking! Delhi’s drug users get younger

It’s not just sex and rock ’n roll that the city’s school going youngsters are experimenting with; experts say kids as young as 13 and 14 are indulging in substance abuse. Rajesh Ahuja and Damini Purkayastha report.

A capital unsafe for women

Delhi has witnessed 25 cases of rape and 42 molestations in the past one month. Ironically, all this is happening in a city that boasts of a 75,000-strong police force. What are the police, government and citizens doing? Karan Choudhury and Jatin Anand ask. Tell us how can we make Delhi safe | Protecting yourself against rape

Buy a Hussain at a mall

This is one purpose you never thought Delhi's high-end malls would serve: turning NCR's Swarovsky-crystal-hounds into art lovers.

Down memory lane

Naya Bazar, as the name suggested, had come up just outside the old city, north of Lahori Gate—one of the several gates of the walled city.

The Assam Express

HT City’s series on regional communities that give the Capital its cosmopolitan character.

Grant Govan Homes: Down memory lane

It’s a hot Delhi afternoon and Philomena Berkeley, 79, listens to Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond.

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