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MEATY Delhi’s chilly winters are
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he Art Value gallery presents
a group exhibition of five
artists offering many artworks
at affordable prices. Patrons can
look forward to getting to see art
the best time to enjoy the hot and fiery pieces done by Prasanta Acharjee,
Aparna Banerjee, Polly Kaur and
nahari, and the city offers many variants Sajid Premi. Jayanta Khan's art-
works will also be exhibited at the ■ A painting by Aparna Banerjee
Furquan Ameen Siddiqui south Delhi gallery. The aesthetic is
■ furquan.siddiqui@hindustantimes.com essentially Indian and the work 11 am to 7 pm, till November 26, The
TEASE YOUR evokes a distinct sense of identity of Art Value, 125-A, 1st Floor, Shahpur
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s winter envelops the city, food- each of the artists. Jat. For more details call: 41029323
ies flock to Delhi’s famous nahari
joints for the delicacy’s warm sus- TASTEBUDS
tenance. Though available year-
round, in summers a meal nahari can
leave you sweating — not only because KALLU NAHARI
Like many other eatery joints, Kallu Nahari is practically a hole-in-
HAJI NOORA
NAHARIWALE
Inspirations
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the Delhi variant is made exclusively with rawing from Indian art narra-
red meats but also because the curry the-wall kind of shop which survives by serving nahari and roti and Slated as the best nahari out- tives, a few British artists
inculcates many fiery spices. If that nothing else. Kallu bhai, the owner, claims that their recipe is more let in the city, Haji Noora have come together for work-
weren’t enough, the traditional garnish than a century old and has been perfected by the generations who Nahariwale traces its roots and shops and an exhibition in a blend
is finely sliced or chopped green chillies. took up the profession. With no seating set up, one has to either get the recipe to the city of of art and education. The lecture-
“Nahari is counted in the list of foods the nahari packed or have it while standing in the narrow alley. Shahjahanabad. With 50 kg of and seminar-based workshop will
with a warm constitution. The ideal sea- PRICE: R30 a plate nahari vanishing in about an be conducted by Dr Grant Pooke of
son for enjoying it lasts for four months hour, you get a small window University of Kent. In a parallel art
starting in November,” says Khalil Ahmad, WHERE: Chhatta Laal Mian, behind Delite Cinema, Asaf Ali Road; exhibition, seven reputed British
Tel: 9899201639 to taste the delicious and spicy
who runs the Madina Mashhoor Nahari nahari of Haji Noora artists will exhibit artworks in a
in the bylanes of Zakir Nagar, a Muslim Nahariwale. Reach early in the group show featuring works of
neighbourhood in Jamia Nagar. HAJI SHABRATI JAVED BHAI KI NAHARI morning to relish this special Angus Pryor, Mavernie
The dish’s name comes from the the NAHARI SHOP Just as each locality boasts of its platter. Cunningham, and others
Arabic word ‘nahaar’, or morning, sig-
Located in the bustling neigh- famous nahariwala, Jamia Nagar PRICE: R40 a plate
nifying a dish that is had ‘nahar munh’ 10am - 7pm, November 27-30,
or with a fresh mouth. bourhood around Jama Masjid, claims its best nahari is served at WHERE: Bada Hindu Rao Road, Visual Arts Gallery, IHC.
Nahari is said to have its origins in Haji Shabrati Nahari shop Javed Bhai ki Nahari. With peo- Azad Market, Near Pul For details; call: 43662024 ■ Journeys through Indian senses
Shahjahanabad with one legend about serves nahari unlike the usual ple, mostly students from the Bangash Metro Station
the dish being invented in the reign of spicy variants available across nearby Jamia Millia University,
Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who was
to have an important visitor for whom
he wanted his khansamas (royal cooks)
the city. Soft, tender morsels of
meat with a thick gravy (made
by mixing roasted gram flour)
thronging the outlet right after
evening prayers, the nahari —
served with tandoori roti — gets
AL-NAWAZ
Al-Nawaz opened three years
Striking the right chord
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to create a special dish. Other legends can be had with nalli (marrow), over within hours. You can also ago, a young venture as com- hriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra
speak of its invention as a dish that could paya (trotters) or bheja (brain choose from a range of dishes pared to decade- to century-old
presents a festival of music
be cooked over night in a sealed pot on curry) in the dhaba-like eatery. like nalli nahari, nalli (marrow) and dance offering various
nahari outlets in the city. It also
embers and had in the morning by work- PRICE: R40 a plate and paya. renditions of traditional Indian
ers as sustenance for long work hours. offers an option for people who dances like the Bharatanatyam,
WHERE: Haveli Azam Khan, PRICE: R40 a plate don't like to have buff meat.
“Primarily, nahari and haleem were Kathak, Chhau and Odissi, and a
invented more for sustenance, than for Jama Masjid; WHERE: Zakir Nagar, Jamia Shah Nawaz, a former chef of spectrum of music ranging from
flavour,” says restaurateur and celebri- Tel: 9818985786 Nagar, Okhla Le Meridien, has a dedicated Hindustani vocal to tabla and sitar
ty chef Marut Sikka. “It’s not a flavour menu of Mughlai cuisine with presented by the Kendra's finest
that everyone will like. However, you can specialties like mutton nahari, students under the tutelage of emi-
see many places-mostly Islamic centres- chicken kalmi kabab and dum nent gurus of the likes of Sonia
serving mutton-based nahari, but not in pukht biryani. Roy, Manjeet Singh, Jyotika Dayal
restaurants around the city.” PRICE: R140 a plate Paust and Gundecha Brothers. The
The fiery yet well-blended dish gets audience can look forward to a day ■ Many dance forms will be on display
WHERE: Near Batla House bus
its melt-in-your-mouth quality from the immersed in tradition and a pres-
slow process of cooking meat with stock stand, Jamia Nagar, Okhla; Tel: entation of the student’s dedication 10.30am-4pm, November 28, Kamani
in large vessels called shab deg or 9711794455 to the arts brought forth in the Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, Mandi
overnight vessels, sometimes even buried heart of the city. House. For details, call: 43503351
underground. The deg is then left on dum,
a term used for the process of sealing the HAJI SAEED NAHARI
deg’s lid dough and allowed to cook on a
slow coal fire for four to five hours. Mohd Laeeq is a third-genera- WATCH
“Though nahari can be made of mut- tion nahari expert who claims
ton and chicken, it tastes best when
cooked with beef shanks,” says
Rafiquddin, famously known as Kallu
to have served local ministers
and even sent his specially
made nahari to Salman Khan.
Championing womanhood
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bhai of Kallu Nahari of Daryaganj. Saeed Nahari enjoys a good he film festival “Our Lives...To
Nahari’s cooking time of around six to reputation in the lanes of Live - No! To Gender Violence
eight hours ‘melts’ the beef (buff in Delhi). MADINA MASHHOOR NAHARI Ballimaran which is dotted with is being put up by IAWRT or
“Nahari is left for dum for another The owner, Khalil Ahmad, had a shop in Old Delhi before he shifted nahari wallas. Closed for reno- The International Association of
three to four hours before it is served to Zakir Nagar five years ago looking at the healthy prospect of busi- vation for now, Laeeq takes Women in Radio and Television in
garnished with sliced chillies, ginger and ness in a locality populated by many young Muslims. Ahmad claims orders for special events and collaboration with various non-gov-
a bit of rogan (flavourful oil which floats to use a mix of 32 spices, the recipe a well-guarded secret, which parties. It will open again by ernmental organisations, universi-
on the surface of the curry),” he adds. makes his nahari a speciality that no one else in the neighbourhood early next year. ties, colleges and cultural institu-
One of the most popular variations of can ever hope to match, he claims. tions all over the country. The festi-
nahari is made with bone marrow. For a PRICE: R35 a plate val aims to bring together larger,
foodie tourist nahari is more than a sim- PRICE: R35 a plate WHERE: Baradari, Ballimaran; common themes of violence
ple dish, it is an opportunity to explore a WHERE: Zakir Nagar, Jamia Nagar, Okhla; Tel: 9810093786 Tel: 9953787197 towards women and to understand
tradition and an art handed down the women not as a universal category ■ Highlighting the plight of women
generations. but also as individuals and commu-
nities seen through the lens of class, 10am-7pm, till November 25,
caste, age, ability, geographical loca- Siddhartha Hall, Max Mueller
mustdo! tion and sexuality. Bhavan. For details, call: 23471100
LEARN CINE ART door settings. Sessions will be combined
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Srishti Jha week-long Russian Film
■ srishti.jha@hindustantimes.com with fun activities like midnight screen- Festival is being jointly organ-
ings. Members of production houses and ised by the Ministry of
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s winters make working in the institutes such as Rakeysh Om Prakash Culture of the Russian Federation,
outdoors pleasurable, aspiring Mehra Productions, Cartoon Network, the Embassy of the Russian
filmmakers can look forward to FTII Pune, Discovery Travel & Living, Federation in India and the Russian
an extensive filmmaking work- Sony Entertainment, and Wide Frame Centre of Science and Culture.
shop across Delhi and Jim Corbett Pictures will be mentoring the aspirants. Seven films from the past two ■ A still from White Tiger
National Park. Cinema Calling, a film- To provide a stable base for all amateurs ■ The Jim Corbett National Park allows for many interesting settings to shoot in years are being screened. Among
making workshop conducted by Mark 5 and enthusiasts, says Vikram Khattar, those being featured are the Oscar- in this case the death of the son of a
Films has a lot to offer as it is designed the creative director of Mark 5 Films, CINEMA CALLING nominated war sci-fi film White conductor, film's protagonist.
for all age groups. “we aim at establishing a name synony- Tiger by Karen Shakhnazarov
Batch starts on: November 27 Shooting Location: Jim Corbett
During the two month-long workshop, mous to ‘filmmon ka playschool’ which Duration: Two months National Park while another acclaimed film is The 6pm, till November 25, Russian Centre
participants will be living, working and allows everyone to have easy access to Venue: 37, Hauz Khas Village Call: 09971988936 Conductor where director Pavel for Science & Culture, 24, Ferozeshah
shooting in the wilderness in various out- the world of filmmaking”. Lungin explores extreme emotions, Road. For details, call: 23329102
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LET’S HAVE A LITTLE FUN FLUIDIC EXPRESSIONS OF SOLIDS FOR THE LOVE OF READING
Promising entertainment and THE DIVINE FLAUTIST The Play of Life is a solo exhibition
by Ankit Patel, a dynamic sculptor The 5th edition of Bookaroo
humours, Spoofhmania is a festival Sanjay Bhattacharyya’s solo who makes solid matter into curva- Children’s Literature Festival
celebrating spoofs and parodies exhibition on 17 canvasses,10 ceous movement. The curves seek brings together storytellers such
photographs and two sculp- to suggest that solids are liquids. as Ruskin Bond, Jerry Pinto, Ranjit
10.30am-9pm, till November 25, Various ven- His forms create human rhythms of Lal, Paro Anand, Marcia Williams,
ues. Check with organisers at 9810213633
tures revolves around Krishna
bodies which are elastic and sug- Penny Dolan and Frane Lessac.
the flautist as its central gest elasticity of the human body
theme. where flesh is breathing. His kinet- 11 am - 5 pm, November 24-25, Sanskriti
11 am-7 pm, till December ic creations which exude form in Kendra, MG Road. Call 26863631
19, Religare Art Gallery, every movement can only be
Saket. revealed by his skill and presenta-
Call 39126922 tion. Though Patel has worked with
various mediums, bronze has been
a favourite and that shows in this
expression of his art.
11am-7pm, from November 27, Chawla Art
Gallery, Square One Mall. Call: 29561819
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