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The Irvin Road mystery
Hindustan Times Noida
|March 13, 2025
On the evolution of road names
So weird. The mosque's gigantic signage is calling it Masjid Irvin Road. A masjid sure is standing on the spot, but Delhi has no road of such name. And yet here is worker Omvati (see photo) washing anew the municipality signage that confidently bears this non-existent road name.
This story is from the March 13, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Noida.
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