Spices, Falooda and A Deep African Connection- Only in Chandni Chowk

The brutal northern heat kicks in, this is just the time to enjoy a few walks amidst the greeery and historic ruins of Delhi.

Before the brutal northern heat kicks in, this is just the time to enjoy a few walks amidst the greeery and historic ruins of Delhi. But as writer and historian Swapna Liddle points out, some very interesting and lesser known facts are revealed about society along some of these walks. In the fifth segment of a six-part Newsclick series, Swapna takes you to Chandni Chowk for a walk within what was once the mansion of an African noble in Emperor Shahjahan's time during the mughal reign.