DELHI_UNKNOWN TALES OF A CITY

Ronald Vivian Smith is an author of personal experiences – a rare breed to find in a time when even journalists hesitate to put pen to paper without scanning through the internet. A definitive voice when it comes to some known and unknown tales and an inspiration to a new generation of city-scribes Smith is a master-chronicler of Delhi’s myriad realities.Among the capital’s most ardent lovers Smith believes in the power of observation and interaction. His travels across Delhi most often in a DTC bus examine the big and small curiosities – seamlessly juxtaposing the past with the present. Be it the pride he encounters in the hutments of one of Chandni Chowk’s age-old beggar families or his ambling walks around Delhi’s now-dilapidated cemeteries Smith paints with his words a city full of magic and history. This anthology features short essays on the Indian sultanate its fall after the British Raj and its resurrection to become what it is today – the National Capital Territory of Delhi.