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When the doctors told Anup Kumar, 51, he had lung cancer and barely four months to live, he thought the usual things people think when faced with death.

After chucking his cushy government job at a prestigious Medical college in New Delhi, Dr Sushil Chowdhary began visiting slums and nearby rural areas.

In 1936, after barely nine hours of flying, 21-year-old Sarla was ready to go solo. Wearing a sari and a helmet, she sat in the cockpit of the Gypsy Moth, a two- seater aircraft, and flew into the history books as the first Indian woman pilot.

Open drains, heaps of rotting refuse, yelping dogs, the crowd and the general chaos are a typical feature of every lane and bylane of Ambedkar Vihar, a small shanty settlement in Noida near New Delhi, India.

Since over a century tourists visiting Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, make it a point not to give the Parathewali Gali a miss. The visitors are as assorted as the sizzling parathas (fried bread) made in the bylanes here.

Whenever late Bollywood superstar Raj Kapoor came to Delhi he made it a point to visit the old and famous Jalebi Wala at Dariban Kalam in Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi.

As schools go, St. Patrick Preparatory School at Gole Market, New Delhi, breaks a few golden rules.

In 1989, the United Nations passed a resolution recognising that every child has an inherent right to survival, right to protection from abuse and right to development and education.

Says Right-wing artist, Raghu Vyas, who held an exhibition in New Delhi recently

India government employee wins $10 million on lotto site

Tihar Jail inmates create TJ's Special brand that offers soaps, shawls, savouries and more

A visit to the 10th Triennale-India art-festival