City lifeFeature
What a city looks like at 5 am
Milk vans, sweepers, joggers and the first tea of the day. A photo essay.
Editor · Mehfil Mag
Raza Abbas
Plays the tabla badly and writes about music well.
Made-up writer for this sample site. Initials stand in for a photo.
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Stories by Raza
Design & craftFeature
How blue pottery got its blue
Cobalt, ground quartz and a kiln that runs all night. Inside a family studio.
City lifeFeature
The architecture of the old havelis
Courtyards, jharokas and thick walls built for heat long before air conditioning.
Design & craftProfile
The tailors of the old bazaar
Measurements in a notebook, a tape around the neck and thirty years of regular customers.
City lifeEssay
The new cafés and the old dhabas
Two ways to spend an evening out, and what each says about the city.
