City lifeEssay
The new cafés and the old dhabas
Two ways to spend an evening out, and what each says about the city.
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Sana Gul
Writes about heritage and restoration.
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Stories by Sana
Design & craftFeature
Block printing comes back into fashion
Young designers are reviving carved wooden blocks. The old printers have mixed feelings.
City lifeFeature
Living with the river
Families on the riverbank talk about floods, fishing and what the city upstream does not see.
Design & craftProfile
A jeweller who repairs what others throw away
Broken chains, missing stones and heirlooms in pieces. The quiet art of the fix.
City lifeFeature
A day at the wholesale cloth market
Thousands of bolts, hundreds of shops and a language of prices you learn by listening.
