Novelists such as Aravind Adiga, and a slew of talented writers still unknown outside India, are painting artful portraits of present-day city life. But this aversion to the Indian capital seems to be waning. Distinct eras, value systems and social classes converge in this sprawling city.Ĭontemporary Delhi used to be ignored by authors, who tended to write about the city's glorious past or about other Indian locales. Businessmen and expatriates jog along the same trails from which labourers pilfer firewood for cooking and bathing. Servants who toil away for £60 a month walk their masters' gingham-clad dachshunds. In the parks of affluent south Delhi, college students exchange surreptitious kisses among 14th-century tombs.
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