Veteran architect Ashok Lal attributed the now irrevocable change in Old Delhi to the influx of trade. First demographic change came with Partition, and the second with the railway station.
In the last decade, at least five havelis have been restored. It’s a labour of love that needs deep pockets, patience, and a passion for the past—all to bring Old Delhi to its former glory.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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