This way to Gali Kalyanpura

The Old Delhi encyclopaedia

- Mayank Austen Soofi

Mohammed Tahir is an unusual type of healer. He is said to help rid people of their inner djinns and bhoot. The healer's hoarding (hand-painted by the Walled City's iconic Shakeel Artist) is hanging at the mouth of the lane-a long, very long lane.

This cold gloomy evening, nobody being accosted in Old Delhi's Gali Kalyanpura has any gyan to offer on the story behind its name. The easygoing chap at M.S. Mobile Communication suggests badgering the street's elderly folk. But the elderly face at the facing stationery shop says that those who would have known a story or two are lying buried in Dilli Gate Qabristan.