Also known as the Meena Bazaar, this shopping arcade in the Red Fort was for the imperial household. Here merchants sold costumes, jewellery, embroidery, cloth, silk, carpets, rugs, precious stones, gold and silver utensils, spices, perfumes and all other items essential for a life of ostentation and luxury. Other folk shopped in Chandni Chowk outside. Once a week the bazaar...

Tucked between the very busy Outer Ring Road (National Highway 1 bypass) and the River Yamuna is a small Tibetan enclave, the home of many Tibetan refugees. It is a Tibetan microcosm with three Buddhist temples, numerous shops, hotels and restaurants serving a Tibetan clientele and an increasing number of foreign visitors. There are bookshops specialising in books from Buddhist...