“In the 100th year of my life this little book is presented to Delhiites who may take delight in knowing that the history of their city goes back to the times” - dedicating his latest book on https://t.co/mrmG0lcXtc

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Rajasuya-yajna performed by Rama in presence of Guru Vashistha, hanuman, bharat & Shatrughan, depicted in this Paithan painting Chitrakatha, Laxman to protect/guard & royal emblem-the umbrella?
Paithan from Gujarat or Saurashtra(?)

Academy of fine Arts, New Delhi

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My picture, my Christmas Tree, made of my hats & lip lights by Hats Hat Center-Brooklyn, YNM - splater coloured paint orange Panama, White Wool bought S-Block market Grey pinstripe, black London

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Sigh
Passes over my delhiro art

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Please come out, support & volunteer to provide meals/ water/ shelter to the very courageous but beleaguered & besieged farmers who have been on the road for days.

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It's the - come on . This is what happens when IPL style meets amateur cricket:

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A fascinating glimpse of the mosaic of life as lived in Delhi...two most authentic records of eco-social, cultural, historical and anthropological data of Delhi of late 19th/early 20th century...A must read for all Delhi dwellers, lovers & visitors!!

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choosing which team to take through the playoffs with them

https://t.co/JjLDoonwgM

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Plate 86: Maha Laxmi lithograph 1910. Published by Hemchunder Hiralal-Dariba, Delhi, printed by Raja Ravi Varma Press. Laxmi floats on a pink lotus, two elephants bathe her, as do their mahouts. Artist frames scene in an archway, numerical diagrams in upper corners.

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'A Group of Recruits to 2nd Regiment' 1815-16 from of William & James Fraser, ancestors of , wife of
The brothers were good friends of James Skinner.

At Denmark.

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📺 Nous nous retrouvons ce soir sur dans un nouvel épisode d'#AurisquedelHistoire: "Vatican II complète-t-il Vatican I ?" Avec Gregory Woimbée et Guillaume Cuchet En partenariat avec

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Two works of Ludlow Castle in Residence of the EIC Resident/Agent in Delhi & later of the British Commissioner of Delhi. Left 19th cen watercolour frm & Right 1850s by Felice Beato frm

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Bubbelly [bubbly + elephant]
Phanteen [elephant + teenage + fountain]
Delhuge [Delhi + elephant + huge + deluge]

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Aliyar Khan, Master of Ceremonies to King of (Akbar II) attrib to Lalji 1815. Lalji is reported to being Zoffany’s pupil. A portrait of Aliyar Khan is with BL but I couldn’t find it. Pic Sothebys

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Flying for the first time in months felt familiar yet surreal. Stumbling with my bags awkwardly with a looming sense of paranoia, I sat down to live sketch quickly to calm myself down.

Last week at terminal 3 from Delhi airport:

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‘khuda e Sukhan’ Mir Taqi Mir, one of the great Urdu poets, in one of the only portraits of him in old age to have survived. Fleeing Delhi after the chas of 1739, he never reconciled himself to the culture of Lucknow.
Lucknow, 1800, Relia collection

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hi ! i’m tanvi, an illustrator/designer from new delhi currently open to freelance work!

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The Alive

He sculpted it with the feel of the dead but the subject is alive.
Courtesy: Jack Fair

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