by Dipali Bhasin | Feb 27, 2019 | Dilli Ki Dibbi, Travel
Through the years my car zoomed by Mehrauli on a number of occasions and I used to see the red and buff sandstone minaret stand tall in all its glory. To me, Qutub Minar was just a minaret. No big deal. The fact that it is the tallest minaret in India didn’t...
by Dipali Bhasin | Nov 26, 2018 | Dilli Ki Dibbi, Food
In his study, “American Diner: Then and Now”, the leading diner expert Richard J.S. Gutman makes mention of a vendor named Walter Scott who in the year 1872 parked his small wagon in front of a local newspaper office. The idea was to serve sandwiches, pies...