Posts Tagged ‘history’

The Discover Delhi series of excursions sets out to explore and unravel the hidden and unknown as well as the known but not appreciated. Full story

Meri Dilli Meri Yamuna, an initiative of The Art of Living which finds full support from Delhi Greens, is a project for making a difference to our city, Delhi-NCR. River Yamuna is immensely important for the economic, ecological and basic needs of the region and its people. But, over the ... Full story

Following is an excerpt from City Improbable writing on Delhi, a Delhi anthology edited by Khushwant Singh. The book is a complete rendezvous with Delhi, its historical as well as recent past and its present and is aptly reviewed by the Telegraph as, "Anyone who has ever had ... Full story

"Lions of India" The School of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi cordially invites all to a public lecture by Dr. Divyabhanusinh on "Lions of India". Date: 3rd November 2008 (Monday) Time: 4:00 pm Venue: The Auditorium, School of Environmental Studies (SES), North Campus, University of Delhi, (Opposite Physics Dept.)... Full story

Baoli - A centuries old step-well in the heart of Delhi city. The urbanization process in India in the 20th century led to the formation of large city-centers with very high density of population. The urban sprawl also meant an immense pressure on the natural resources of these city-centers thus also affecting, among others, the quality of life of the urbanite. One of the first resource to get impacted was water - that began to both deplete and deteriorate as rapidly as was the pace of urbanization in the respective urban-centers. Delhi, the capital of India has obviously been one of the cities to have now turned into a mega-city. Delhi faces regular water crisis that only aggravates in summers and all stakeholders agree on the inadequacy of Delhi’s current water supply. Full story