Old Delhi is bursting with history and with modern-day activity. Built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the mid-1600s as a walled city called Shahjahanabad, it served as the capital’s empire from then until the British Raj gained supremacy in 1857. Though India’s current center of government rests a few miles south in New Delhi, Old Delhi has stood the test of time as a center of commerce. The street of Khari Baoli might be the most lively and fascinating piece of Old Delhi. It is certainly the most pungent,…
