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So Delhi Mini Magz – May 2013

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Experience the Ancient City of Delhi, as it should be. Walk. See. Feel. Stop. Listen. Touch. Taste. Explore Dilli’s flavours and moods with Ramit Mitra & Asif Khan Dehlvi, the co-founders of DelhiByFoot (DBF) showcasing a whole new perspective of Delhi! So let go of your weekend cobwebs and

take out time to join DBF in rediscov-ering the capital city.To Register or for More Details Call: +91 98 7118 1775 / +91 98 1827 8665FB: www.facebook.com/DelhibyfootURL: www.delhibyfoot.inTwitter: @DelhiByFoot

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DAY, DATE & TIMINGS THEME & LOCATION

SAT 4/5, 5 PM-7 PM Rise & Fall of Mughals: Walk#1 Old Fort/Purana Quila Heritage Walk

SUN 5/5, 7 AM-10:30 AM Rise & Fall of Mughals: Walk#2 Shahjahanabad & Red Fort Heritage & Breakfast Walk

SUN 12/5, 7 AM-10:30 AM Delhi War & Battles: Role of Delhi in Revolt of 1857, Special walk to commemorate Outbreak of Mutiny in May 1857

SAT 18/5, 5 PM-8 PM Garden Tombs in Delhi: Safdarjung & Lodhi Garden Tombs, Heritage & Evening Photography Walk

SUN 19/5, 7 AM-11 AM Nature & Water Heritage: The 4 hidden lakes of Delhi at Asola Wildlife Sanctuary

SAT 25/5, 5 PM-9 PM Kulfis, Lassis & Sherbets of Delhi: Exotic Summer Foods Walk in Chandni Chowk & Chawri Bazaar

SUN 26/5, 7 AM-12 PM Cool Summers in Delhi: A Heritage, Architecture & Societal exploration of Baolis (Water Step Wells)

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Delhi transforms into a foodie hub on weekends where restaurants offer feast like spreads, better known as Sunday Brunches. You’ll definitely be spoilt for choice in the capital city.

Set’zThis multi-cuisine restaurant is a must visit for the sheer spread of dishes on offer every Sunday. They serve North Indian, European, Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Seafood & Italian cuisines with a choice of unlim-ited alcoholic beverages in the buffet. Approx. buffet cost: Rs 2500-3000.4 Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj

The Yum Yum TreeThis restaurant offers Asian, Chinese, Japanese & Thai food and on Sundays they have a mix of Sushi, Dim Sums & Oriental food with unlimited bev-erages. A must have is their Miso Marinated Black Cod Skewers. Approx. buffet cost: Rs 1500-2000.1st Floor, Community Centre, Okhla Road, New Friends Colony

Threesixty DegreesThis fabulous restaurant is known for its high standards, excellent food & its wide buffet spread. It offers cuisines such as Italian, Chinese, North Indian, Japanese & Mediterranean food. Approx. buffet cost: Rs 4000.The Oberoi, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg

Royal ChinaLocated on the 16th floor of the Eros Tower, this restaurant offers good views & a radiant ambience. On Sundays this place offers a Dim Sum brunch with unlimited beverages. Approx. buffet cost: Rs 1500-2000.16th Floor, Eros Tower, Nehru Place

ShiroShiro is well known for its opulent interiors & décor. The place offers Asian, Thai, Korean & Chinese food. A must try is their Stir Fried Fish with Basil. Approx. buffet cost: Rs 2000.Hotel Samrat, Kautilya Marg, Chanakya Puri

The Grand Mauryan BrunchThis brunch offers food from 2 res-taurants – My Humble House & The West View with European, Chinese & Continental cuisines. Here you enjoy the best of both worlds with a grand 4 course meal & unlimited alcoholic bev-erages. Approx. buffet cost: Rs 3500.ITC Maurya, The Luxury Collection, Sardar Patel Marg

Best Sunday Brunches in Delhi

Other places worth mentioning are Lodi- The Garden Restaurant (Lodi Road), Eggspection (Vasant Vihar), Kylin Premier (Vasant Kunj) & Zura (Gurgaon).For more, visit SoDelhi.com/1298

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See & do

The Deer Park right next to Hauz Khas Village is seen vibrating with sounds of percussion drums & vari-ous other instruments per-fectly tuned together, every Sunday in the capital city. Find out more about this open circle of music lovers.

Play, Dance, RejuvenateThey call themselves the Delhi Drum Circle, started by Mr. Rakesh Mathur about 6 yrs back and ever since then, the trend has caught on. Even now when the founder of the group isn’t around, one can still find the others playing at the same spot every week, creating an ethereal experience.

Open to anyone & everyone, the “cir-cle” so to say, accommodates people from all walks of life, irrespective of age. You would find people ranging from the age of 7 upto the age of 60 here, simply enjoying the music!

They usually start around 5 PM and go on for an hour or so. People are wel-come to bring their own instruments

& play along. Most of them carry a djembe (a western-Af-rican drum), some a dhol and other instruments can be witnessed such as the sax-ophone, guitar, xylophone & flute etc. They announce their meetings on their Facebook group page which has over 8,500 members.

A Ritual in ItselfThe DDC has attracted countless locals, many of which are such a major part of the circle that it is now become almost like a ritual. From students, lawyers & doctors to pho-tographers, poets & artists, you see them all. You can also spot some for-eigners lost in the music.

Some describe it as their passion, while for others it is a form of rejuve-nation. So go be a part of this pure and trance like experience every weekend.

Delhi Drum Circle, Sundays@ 5 PM Onwards, Deer ParkFb Page (For Schedule): www.facebook.com/groups/Delhidrumcircle/?fref=ts

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Delhi Drum Circle

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See & Do8

Bhuli Bhatiyari Ka Mahal

Delhi criss-crossed by various cultures brims over with tales from the days of yore & with such an impressive reposi-tory up its sleeve, it has its fair share of ghost stories. Bhuli Bhatiyari ka Mahal, on the central ridge, is one such place.

The building was constructed as a hunting lodge by Firoz Shah Tughlaq in the 14th Century & forms a part of the three hunting lodges that were built by him over the ridge (Pir Ghaib & Malcha Mahal being the other two).Looking at its small chambers, the structure must have doubled up as a Sarai (inn) when not housing the king’s hunting party. The name, as it goes, is derived from Bu-Ali Bhatti’s name (the female caretaker of the lodge) which got twisted to Bhuli Bhatiyari. The entry from the North-East, interestingly, is twin-gated which is strange for a ‘not so’ impor-tant structure.

The inside is a large courtyard with small rooms dotting each vertex of the rectangular boundary. The innards are deplorable, but nothing better can be expected of something left unoccu-pied for centuries, although restora-tion programmes have started of late.

There is a Bund (embankment) encir-cling the entire structure, but it is visible only in certain places now, the rest weathered away or eaten up by the village roads. The southern & eastern walls feature bastions & there are remnants of a raised pavil-ion near the southern embankment.

It is a 10 minute walk from the Jhandewalan metro, a narrow village road branching out hardly 50 metres onto the road leading to Dhaula Kuan. People may not know the monument by its name so a reference to the haunted should help!

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EVENT Calendar10

DATE EVENT DETAILS

WED 1/5 – THU 2/5

Festival of Indian Classical

Music & Dance

Habitat World, Lodhi Estate, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. (+91 11 4366 3333)

THU 2/5 Five 8 Live – Music Hard Rock Café, DLF Place, Saket, New Delhi. (+91 11 4715 8888)

THU 2/5 Unladylike: The Pitfalls of

Propriety – Comedy Show

India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. (+91 11 4366 3333)

Till FRI 3/5 Cheap Rice – Art

Installation

Select Citywalk Mall, Saket, New Delhi. (+91 11 4916 0000)

Till FRI 3/5 Phulkari: From The Realm Of

Women's Creativity – Exhibition

Twin Art Gallery, C.V. Mess Building, Janpath, New Delhi. (+91 11 2338 8155)

SAT 4/5 Retro Night with The Other

People + DJ Leon Russell

Blue Frog, Mehrauli, New Delhi(+91 11 3080 0300)

SAT 4/5 – SUN 5/5

Chekhov in India – Comedy Play India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. (+91 11 2468 2001)

SUN 5/5 Kids Night Out – Recreational

Activity

The Palms Town & Country Club, Sushant lok, Gurgaon. (+91 124 419 9900)

SUN 5/5 Art of Freedom – Documentary

Film

Habitat World, Lodhi Estate, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. (+91 11 4366 3333)

MON 6/5 – WED 8/5

India Global ICT Forum 2013 International Centre, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. (+91 11 2461 9431)

WED 8/5 Summer Pastorale – Music India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. (+91 11 4366 3333)

THU 9/5 Tagore's Tunes In Bollywood –

Dance Drama

India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. (+91 11 4366 3333)

FRI 10/5 Delhi Daredevils vs. Royal

Challengers – Cricket Match

Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Bahadur Shah Zafar Road, New Delhi. (+91 11 2331 9323, +91 11 2331 2721)

Till SAT 11/5

The Round – Art Exhibition Gallery Art Motif, Lado Sarai, New Delhi. (+91 11 4266 4343)

MON 6/5 – WED 15/5

Silver Pens – Writing Workshop Habitat World, Lodhi Estate, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. (+91 11 4366 3333)

Till WED 15/5

DLF Emporio Luxury Shopping

Festival

DLF Emporio Mall, Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. (+91 11 4611 6666)

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DATE EVENT DETAILS

FRI 17/5 – SUN 19/5

Time Education Boutique 2013

– Expo

Pragati Maidan, Bhairon Marg, New Delhi. (+91 932 006 6655, +91 9920 111 766)

SAT 18/5 – SUN 19/5

Real Estate & Home Décor

Luxury Show

Hall no. 15, Pragati Maidan, Bhairon Marg, New Delhi.

Till MON 20/5

Art Workshop by Rohit Kumar

Sharma

Open Palm Court Gallery, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. (+91 11 2468 2001)

WED 8/5 & WED 22/5

Zumba Night at Cafe Ludus Café Ludus, MGF Metropolitan Mall, Saket, New Delhi.(+91 9811 224 621, +91 11 4141 6843)

FRI 24/5 – SAT 25/5

The Wolf And The North Wind: A

Contest In The Sky – Play

India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. (+91 11 4366 3333)

Till THU 30/5

Akbar Ki Mehbooba - Anarkali –

Hindi Play

Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi. (+91 11 4350 3350)

WED 29/5 – THU 30/5

Career & Admission – Guidance

Workshop

India International Centre, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. (+91 11 2461 9431)

THU 30/5 Rouge Fashion Night with FHM Café Ludus, MGF Metropolitan Mall, Saket, New Delhi.(+91 9811 224 621, +91 11 4141 6843)

MON 1/4 – FRI 31/5

Summer Coolers – Food Festival Royal China, Eros Corporate Tower, Nehru place, New Delhi. (+91 11 4981 8000)

FRI 31/5 Caferati - The Open Mike Series

– Theatre

India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. (+91 11 4366 3333)

Mon 27/5 – FRI 31/5

Atelier’s Weekend Theatre

Programme

Zorba The Buddha, Mehrauli Gurgaon Road, New Delhi. (+91 93 1190 2235)

Till FRI 31/5 Sunday Brunch – Food Festival Shiro, Hotel Samrat, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. (+91 11 2687 6310)

Till FRI 31/5 Marksheet – Food Festival Baywatch – Sheraton Hotel, Saket, New Delhi. (+91 11 4266 1122)

Till FRI 31/5 All You Can Eat – Food Festival Underdoggs Sports Bar & Grill, Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. (+91 11 4087 0701)

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Carnatic Vocal Recital by Vidya Harikrishna (FRI 3/5)Here’s presenting a Carnatic Vocal Recital by Vidya Harikrishna from Mumbai, disciple of Smt T.R. Balamani and Smt Alamelu Mani.@ India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Bhavan, lodhi Estate, New Delhihttp://iicdelhi.nic.in+91 11 2461 943

Cocktail Mixing Workshop (FRI 3/5)Learn how to mix the most exciting and attractive drinks and cocktails and be the life of every party you go to.@ The Palms - Town & Country Club, Sushant lok, Gurgaonwww.thepalms.in+91 124 419 9900

India Transport & Logistics Show 2013 (THU 2/5 – SAT 4/5)ITLS 2013 is an international exhi-bition on Logistics, Mobility and IT solutions that widely covers Shipping, Ports, Freight Forwarding, Air, Rail, Sea & Road transport.@ Pragati Maidan, New Delhihttp://indiawarehousingshow.com/ITLS+91 9999 689 225

Indian Education Congress 2013 (FRI 3/5 – SAT 4/5)This show brings together a diverse set of education entrepreneurs, insti-tutional leaders, investors & suppli-ers in an engaging setting to explore and integrate principles of effective leadership with over 200 brands,

400 entrepreneurs & 50 business experts.@ Hotel Claridges, Surajkund, Faridabadwww.educationbiz.in/2013+91 931 268 7253

Metal Distortion Music Festival at Cafe Ludus (SAT 11/5 - SUN 12/5)Experience cutting edge distorted and metal music, with a live jamming ses-sion at Cafe Ludus over a 2 day festi-val with the best college and national metal bands.Café Ludus, MGF Metropolitan Mall, Saket, New Delhi.+91 9811 224 621, +91 11 4141 6843

Odd Couple – Theatre (SUN 5/5)Odd couple is a play presented by Neil Simon, casting - Kavita Seth, Aarti Nayar, Deviya Kumar, Shivani Nagar, Uma Katju Ashish Paliwal, Tushar Dhaundiyal Unger and Madison.@ Habitat World, Lodhi Estate, New Delhiwww.habitatworld.com+91 11 4366 3333

First Screening of Red Ant Dream – Documentary Film (TUE 7/5)It is a documentary that encoun-ters the invisible world of those who defend another ideal of the world. The screening would be followed by dis-cussions with the film-makers.@ India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Estate, New Delhiwww.facebook.com/events/ 326484784121588/?ref=22+91 11 2468 2001

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Have You Seen The Arana? – Film Screening (THU 9/5)The Malayalam film with English subtitles is set in Wayanad, part of the fragile ecosystem of the western mountain range in Kerala witnessing a drastic transformation in the name of ‘development’.@ Habitat World, Lodhi Estate, New Delhiwww.habitatworld.com+91 11 4366 3333

Moving the Centre – Exhibition (Till FRI 10/5)This exhibition brings together con-temporary painting traditions from Saura, Gond, Warli, and large scale stunning sculptures from Bastar.@ Art of the Earth, Lado Sarai, New Delhi+91 981 167 2731, +91 11 4754 3652

Summer Menu – Food (Till FRI 10/5)Relish an array of Chinese delica-cies this summer and give your taste buds a never before treatment with lip smacking dishes offered at this restaurant.@ Royal China, Nehru Place, New Delhiwww.royalchinaindia.com+91 11 4981 8000

Tocadisco Live (SAT 11/5)Tocadisco celebrates over 15 years of intl. DJ stardom. After more than 100 international remixes, two artists albums and 20 successful worldwide singles, his success continues.

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@ Blue Frog, Mehrauli, New Delhiwww.facebook.com/events/ 525231837519722+91 11 3080 0300

The Grand Indian Wedding Show (SAT 18/5 – SUN 19/5)This wedding show is set to witness around 100 booths showcasing the most exciting collections from leading manufacturers & distributors from the wedding industry.@ Hotel Ashok, Chankyapuri, New Delhiwww.weddingemporio.net+91 999 933 5845, +91 844 722 3731

Global Education Fair 2013 (SUN 19/5)Here is an incredible opportunity for all the educationists wanting to pursue their higher studies abroad to meet university representatives in person.@ Eros Hotel (Hilton), Nehru Place, New Delhiwww.global-opportunities.net+91 11 4714 1414

Atelier’s Bachpan Theatre Festival 2013 (MON 6 – MON 20/5)Atelier has devised and designed workshops on creative teaching and creative learning, incorporat-ing drama and theatre-in-education techniques & workshops.Grand Finale – Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhiwww.atelierexpressions.com+91 981 081 1148

Tribal Lights – Exhibition by Magali Couffon (WED 15/5 – THU 23/5)It is an exhibition by Magali Couffon who is French by nationality but an Indian at heart after spending 18 years in India, showcasing her pas-sion for photography & her travels.From 11-7 PM@ Alliance Française Gurgaon Centre, A-24/8, DLF Phase 3, Gurgaonhttp://delhi.afindia.org+91 124 421 8113

Cricket Mania (Till SUN 26/5)The IPL T20 cricket extravaganza is back with live screenings and special combos offered exclusively during match hours at Hard Rock Café, Delhi (4-8 PM).@ Hard Rock Café, Saket District Centre, New Delhiwww.hardrock.com+91 11 4715 8888

SEEMS Art Exhibition 2013 (SUN 26/5 – FRI 31/5)Seems Art Exhibition is organized by Satya Event & Exhibition Management Services Pvt Ltd. Participation is open to all artists though booths will be allocated after bookings only.From 11-7 PM@ Open Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Estate, New Delhiwww.facebook.com/events/ 498733303523352/permalink/ 498766120186737/+91 9818 317 769

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Talk the Talk 17

Tell us about yourself in a

few lines: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer & photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, using fresh seasonal produce & local products, keeping a check on my carbon foot-print and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, healthy recipe development & product reviews.

1) What makes Delhi, ‘So Delhi’!

The vibrancy, the food, the new that blends seamlessly into the old all spells Delhi. Wide treelined avenues, maddening traffic, butter chicken, beautiful winters, a diaspora of resi-dents, heritage buildings, the charm of Old Delhi… all of this is ‘So Delhi’!

2) Old Delhi or New Delhi – Pick your

preference?

Old Delhi as every corner you turn has the unexpected. People, faces, expressions, buildings, the cacoph-ony, Jama Masjid, roadside Bazaars, street food all call out my name!

3) Your favourite restaurant in Delhi?

Olive Bar & Kitchen, Mehrauli.

4) One misconception about Delhi?

“Every auto driver will fleece you” I have had so many good experiences

with auto drivers, honest, hard-working, good souls that I can vouch for most of them!

5) One thing you would want

to change about Delhi?

Public manners.

6) An unforgettable experi-

ence in the capital?

Walking down the street across Jama Masjid & seeing a line of lamb heads on sale!

7) Your favourite book on Delhi?

Sam Miller’s ‘Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity’.

8) Best place to shop in Delhi?

Janpath (Tibetan market & Central Cottage Emporium).

9) Why is Delhi much more than a

transit city?

Because it begs you to stay just a little longer. You cannot grab the essence of the city in a day; 4-5 days are the mini-mum to experience its magic.

10) A piece of first-hand advice on

the Capital City.

If visiting Delhi, please try and find a contact before getting here.

Delhi ExpertInterview:

Deeba Rajpal

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