This way to Sheher Dehli

The Walled City dictionary

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As part of our 'Walled City dictionary' series that is chronicling every Old Delhi aspect.

The sunlight falling on the tall blue walls quivers softly, making the concrete look liquefied. The staircase to the roof is crisscrossing upwards into a series of landings. And the sehen, the courtyard below, is marooned in shantih.

This house in Old Delhi's Chawri Bazar belongs to one of its most eminent families. Around, the market is noisy, crowded and chaotic, but the house feels far from this agitation.