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Heading out for mehndi? Here's where Delhi goes
Hindustan Times Gurugram
|October 04, 2025
At 18, Vanshika Gupta could be any other first-year student at Delhi University.
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She is bubbly, quick to laugh, the kind of girl who lingers with friends over a plate of North Campus Maggi and chats about everything and nothing until the sun begins to fade. Yet, as Karwa Chauth approaches, her days take on a different hue. She rushes back home straight after classes. The chatter of classrooms gives way to the soft hiss of henna cones, and her evenings stretch long under a flickering
This story is from the October 04, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Gurugram.
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