Jashn Hai Zindagi

Jahaanpanaah – Refuge of the world! (Episode 3)

History, Stories, Architecture and Ibn Batuta describing a “Samosa” back then in the 14th century !! All this and more in this final episode of our explorations at JAHAANPANAAH – the ruins at BIJAI MANDAL and the majestic BEGUMPUR MOSQUE!

adityapathak

April 22, 2014

Explorations, Films, Videos

14th century, Badruddin Chach, begumpur, bijai mandal, Chaach, Chach, delhi, hauz khas, heritage, history, Ibn Batuta, India, jahaanpanaah, Jahanpanah, Jayush, mosque, Sindh, tughlaq, tughluq, Vijay Mandal, Zaheer-ud-din Al Jaayush, Zaheer-ud-din Al Jayush
Some paintings by mom :)

Just curated some paintings made by mom. Most of these came into existence during the 1980-90s.. while me and sis were tiny toddlers growing up.. watching mom’s unique art of living 🙂

adityapathak

March 23, 2014

Artwork, Blog, Photographs

Acrylic, aditya pathak, art, artist, artiste, arunima pathak, Canvas, Colors, creative, creativity, curate, curation, curator, drawing, mom, mother, Oil Colors, Oil Painting, painter, Painting, Paintings, shashi, shashi pathak, sketching
Jahaanpanaah – Refuge of the world! (Episode 2)

In this second Episode of “Jahaanpanaah – refuge of the world” check out the TREASURE PITS of Tughluq era.. what the POETS of that era wrote in praise of the controversial king and about the “HAZAR SUTUN – the court of God” ..plus some trivia about the lesser known architect Zaheer-ud-din Al Jaayush. If you…

adityapathak

March 23, 2014

Explorations, Films, Videos

Badruddin Chach, begumpur, bijai mandal, Chaach, Chach, delhi, hauz khas, heritage, history, India, jahaanpanaah, Jahanpanah, Jayush, mosque, Sindh, tughlaq, tughluq, Vijay Mandal, Zaheer-ud-din Al Jaayush, Zaheer-ud-din Al Jayush
The making of MAALPUA :)

Few glimpses that I captured as we prepared MAALPUA this Holi 🙂

adityapathak

March 20, 2014

Films, Food, Videos

cuisine, food, holi, indian food, indian sweets, maalpua, malpua, mithaai, mithai, pua, sweets
Auto Rickshaw ride in Delhi :)

For those who wish to be “taken for a ride” .. here’s 6 minutes of pure unadulterated “Autorickshaw” sounds and sights.. from our video RecycleBin! Sit back and enjoy the “auto-ride” across the roads of Delhi 🙂 Cheers!

adityapathak

March 20, 2014

Explorations, Films, Videos

3 wheeler, auto rickshaw, auto wallah, automobile, autorickshaw, delhi, India, rickshaw, ride, three wheeler, tourist, transport, Travel, travel diary
Jahaanpanaah – Refuge of the world! (Episode 1)

Jahanpanah or refuge of the world was one of the capital cities of Delhi, built in the 14th century. Its builder was Mohammad Tughluq better known as a mad genius for his experiments in administration. The remains of Jahanpanah are scattered around south Delhi & this walk covers the area believed to have been the…

adityapathak

March 16, 2014

Explorations, Films, Videos

aditya pathak, aditya sharma, arunima pathak, begumpur, bijai mandal, capital, delhi, delhi heritage walks, India, jahaanpanaah, Jahanpanah, kanika singh, medieval, mosque, Sultanate, tughluq, Vijay Mandal
Our new Facebook Page

Just created a new Facebook Page for sharing our artwork on FB. Please join the same here : https://www.facebook.com/adityamusicnmore Thanks friends for always supporting our efforts 🙂 Cheers, Aditya

adityapathak

March 16, 2014

Blog

aditya pathak, Facebook, Facebook Page, FB
Street Food of Old Delhi – Episode 3

Old Delhi street-food specialties like KACHORI, SAMOSA, FIRNI, CHICKEN TIKKA and much more..in this quick episode Enjoy !!

adityapathak

March 12, 2014

Explorations, Food, Videos

aditya pathak, asif khan dehlvi, chandni chowk, chawri bazar, cooking, cuisine, culture, Daulat ki Chaat, delhi, Delhi Karavan, eat, eating, FIRNI, flavor, food, food joint, Fruit Sandwich, gobhi, gobhi samosa, gol gappa, heritage, indian cuisine, indian food, indian snacks, kachori, Kalmi Vada, Kheer, Kuliya Chaat, matar, matar kachori, old delhi, purani dilli, Shahjanabad, street food, sweet, sweets, taste, Tourism, tourist, Travel, zaika, Zaika-e-Shahjahanabad
Evening Azaan (Adhaan) and other Sounds & Sights from Old Delhi

Evening Azaan (Adhaan) and other Sounds & Sights from Old Delhi: Just created this quick audio-visual using footage from my Heritage films’ recycle bin footage 🙂

adityapathak

March 9, 2014

Explorations, Films, Videos

adhaan, adhan, azaan, chandni chowk, chawri bazar, delhi 6, Jama Masjid, mirza ghalib, mosque, old delhi, prayer, purani dilli, Urdu Bazar
Gajar ka Halwa :)

Gaajar Halwa – Season’s favorite sweet-dish (Gaajar = Carrot).. we prepared it this morning 🙂 Will try and blog the recipe soon! Cheers!

adityapathak

March 9, 2014

Food, Photographs

carrots, desert, food, gaajar, Gaajar Halwa, gajar ka halwa, halwaa, indian cuisine, mithaai, sweet dish, sweets