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Topic: Khan Market

A mock drill brings Delhi’s bustling Khan Market to a standstill. It’s the 1st of many more to come

Khan Market is considered a sensitive area since it is frequented by diplomats and civil servants. On Wednesday, drills were conducted across 6 locations in Delhi.

Faqir Chand & Bahrisons aren’t just bookshops now. They’re selfie spots, meet-cute hubs

Khan Market’s last two legacy bookstores are leveraging nostalgia and a strong social media presence to attract customers and make books trendy.

70 yrs of Bahrisons: How a maths student came to India after Partition & opened iconic Delhi bookstore

Nestled in heart of Khan Market, Bahrisons, founded by Balraj Bahri in 1953, is a landmark with loyal clientele, says proprietor Anuj Bahri. It now has branches in Chandigarh, Kolkata.

Delhi’s Masjid Nursery was a go-to flower shop for British—mud pot to gunny bags

Copious amounts of money plants, bougainvillea, flamevine were grown in Masjid Nursery and then transplanted to the colonial houses and private bungalows.

India must get rid of its hatred for the Raj. It’s very much part of our history

The much-maligned Khan Market in Delhi is named for Dr. Khan Sahib, who saved the lives of Hindus and Sikhs in Peshawar.

Khan Market and Anand General Store a contradiction. One is glitzy, the other basic, everyday

If one were to scrap the glossy surface of Khan Market, one would only see a multitude of very simple people — owners of the Allied Toy Store, Faqir Chand bookstore.

With love, from Khan Market—How Mira Kulkarni made Forest Essentials more than a store

In her book ‘Essentially Mira’, Mira Kulkarni about how she built India’s first luxury Ayurveda beauty empire.

Delhi Police issues lookout notice against Navneet Kalra in oxygen concentrator hoarding case

Last week, 524 oxygen concentrators were seized from three upscale Delhi restaurants, owned by businessman Navneet Kalra, and a farmhouse.

Sunder Nursery isn’t just the new Khan Market. It’s Delhi’s paradise in a pandemic

From botany enthusiasts to social media influencers, everyone agrees Sunder Nursery is Delhi’s go-to spot to escape Covid blues.

Delhi HC rejects Khan Market tenant’s plea to waive rent due to lockdown, but defers payment

The court rejected the plea, filed on 12 May, on the ground that Covid lockdown can’t be a reason to invoke the force majeure clause.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.