The Dilli Daily

By Suchita  I have a few guilty pleasures and necessary indulgences – there’s coffee, wine, dark chocolate, and manicures & pedicures. At the end of a long work-week, days of exertion, there’s one pick-me-up which doesn’t fail me, ever- and... Read More

The Restaurant Week is back! The sixth round of Restaurant Week in India—which started in September 2010, and now features 71 of the finest restaurants from across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore—will be held from the 1st-10th of April, 2013. In keeping with its reputation of... Read More

By Pratiksha Rao Never judge a book by its cover, and the same holds true for Fat Lulu’s. When I entered this new pizzeria in town, I was expecting to be greeted either by the posters of old Italian films titled ‘Lulu,’ or the much dreaded images of the recent... Read More

By Editors; all inputs from a French native. L’Opera, Chez Nini and Rara Avis spearheaded the French food trend that has taken Delhi by storm. We caught up with a native to give us the lowdown on what UNESCO declared one of the world’s “intangible cultural heritages.”... Read More

Just when we thought Delhi’s ‘Art Districts’ couldn’t fit in anymore into their packed lanes, and interesting live-performance spots were all but a rarity, a cute little dessert shop and a promising ‘cafe’ break through the winding lanes of... Read More

By Editors Having been raised in a family that speaks 5 different languages, I am often ashamed that I have only acquired some degree of mastery over one of these. Strangely, we live in a country where the ability to speak 5 languages and more is very common, but where being... Read More

By Anisha Saigal We don’t need a season to indulge the temptation of delicious, hot, chatpata food! What makes Delhi a culinaire delight is how every nook and corner promises food for every mood, and a college-student-worthy budget. To try something new, a bunch of us... Read More

By Rupali Lamba The editors at {LBBD} recently put some thought into ‘what Delhi means to us.’  What we discovered was that a whole lot of our love stems from nostalgic food moments. And as an ode to the years bygone, welcome to the all-new Nostalgia section! We will be... Read More

By Nirvan Singh {with inputs from Mohit Kohli} Shooting is not a team sport; on the contrary, it is a sport which is individual centric. One needs to develop mind control and patience to practice for long, long hours. I would say, the toughest challenge for a shooter is to... Read More

Ah, Sushi! That popular, subtle Japanese culinary art form of modest origins, that satiates without bringing on the dreaded carb-coma. Today, it ranks among the top favorites for very many of us Dilliwaalas. So, when on February 2nd 2013, GOMA and {LBBD} hosted a Japanese... Read More

By Kavyanjali Kaushik Unlike all the rulers that our city has served, Firoz Shah Tughlaq turned out to be a saner, kinder king. Ruling this great and ancient city for 38 years, Tughlaq remained a level-headed emperor; he thought more about fixing the dwindling economic situation,... Read More