Bohemian Dialogue

For the Delhiwalah Who Wants to Remember: Books About the City

I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: The world is the body and Delhi its life. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib ― Khushwant Singh

Feb 23 • Bohemian Dialogue

January 2026

Introducing Bohemian Dialogue Shop

Stories, craft, and the year ahead

Jan 25 • Bohemian Dialogue

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September 2025

Delhi Lost and Found: Echoes of Empire, Poetry, and the Sacred

Once through this ruined city did I pass I espied a lonely bird on a bough and asked What knowest thou of this wilderness? It replied: 'I can sum it up…

Sep 22, 2025 • Bohemian Dialogue

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August 2025

Independence Day Special: Resilience of a Great Nation

Indian Independence is a reminder of the resilience of a Great Nation - a civilisation carrying its stories across Countless millennia

Aug 15, 2025 • Bohemian Dialogue

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July 2025

Folktale #1 The Barber’s Secret & Its Modern Retelling

A Tamil folktale that explores the illusion of perfection.

Jul 15, 2025 • Bohemian Dialogue

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June 2025

Mir, Dastangoi, and the Forgotten Delhi

Dil-o-Dilli donon agar hain kharaab, Pa kuchh lutf is ujde ghar mein bhi hain ― Mir Taqi Mir

Jun 22, 2025 • Bohemian Dialogue

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May 2025

Dialogue #3 The Lost Stories in Ruins

When old collapses, times change, and new life blossoms in the ruins. - Friedrich Schiller.

May 25, 2025 • Bohemian Dialogue

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November 2024

Dialogue #2 Winters in Delhi: Ruins and Resilience

I am back in my beloved city. The scene of desolation fills my eyes with tears. At every step my distress and agitation increases. ― Khushwant Singh…

Nov 18, 2024 • Bohemian Dialogue

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Dialogue #1: The Legacy of Nalanda

I would rather die going to the west than live by staying in the east- Xuanzang

Nov 1, 2024 • Bohemian Dialogue

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October 2024

📜Ek Mehfooz Manzil Kahaniyon Ki: Kathasaritsagara: Tales of Legendary King Vikrama (An Analysis of Nested Narratives)

I can give you a mantra to charm Vetalas, but why would I need that?" the Brahmin laughed. "Haven't you heard what happened to King Vikrama when he…

Oct 13, 2024 • Bohemian Dialogue

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September 2024

📜Ek Mehfooz Manzil Kahaniyon Ki – Meghadūta by Kalidasa

There was a Yaksha. He became careless in his duties, so the Lord of the Yakshas cursed him to endure the heavy sorrow of separation from his wife for a…

Sep 23, 2024 • Bohemian Dialogue

📜Ek Mehfooz Manzil Kahaniyon Ki – Shakuntala by Kalidasa

मेघस्यास्मिन्नतिनिपुणता बुद्धिभावः कवीनां नत्वार्यायाश्चरणकमलं कालिदासश्चकार (Now roam wherever you please in your glory, and may you not suffer even a…

Sep 1, 2024 • Bohemian Dialogue

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