Delhi : A Rhapsody

Delhi thrives in the streets, which were once home to the great dynasties of the world. Cities that were built and re-built time and again, as if composed and recomposed by various composers/ architects. The contemporary Delhi thus is like a poem, whose stanzas have been written by various poets at different points in time. The Delhi of  today is a culmination of 7 cities. The remnants of the eras bygone are a living testimony of thousands of years of human occupation. The exhibition tries to capture not just the historical Delhi but also the untamed, diminishing yet alive wilderness of Delhi. The Spring of Delhi in full bloom and the scenic landscape of the biodiversity of Delhi. It is also a call to fellow beings to add more stanzas to the epic poem, not the tragedies of the smog but of the symphony of sustainability and nature.
It’s an attempt in a flaneuserie trying to capture the everyday of Delhi to bring out the aesthetic side of it, which we have ceased to see these days. These are stories from lanes lesser known, a lyrical ballad dedicated to the lanes of Delhi. Here's to a timeless rhapsodic composition called “Delhi “.

Date: 1-30 April 2018

Venue: DoD Foyer, India Habitat Centre