Anyone who likes that would also enjoy the Gurdwara Bangla Sahib. I’ll chat with them and pick up a delicious biryani. They feed the local children for free, but have this business on the side. It hosts a Sunday farmers’ market called Earth Collective there’s good coffee and a fantastic food truck, Zaika-e-Nizamuddin, which is run by women from the Nizamuddin basti.

I might go to Sundar Nagar, the National Zoological Park, or Sunder Nursery, just below it, where the monuments have all been restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. I wake up early here, and take the dogs for a fast walk. Jamshyd Sethna walking in Lodhi Gardens © Abhishek Bali Locals and tourists relax in front of Shisha Gumbad in the Lodhi Gardens © Abhishek Bali I always had friends here, and the Delhi girls seemed to like the Bombay guys a bit more. I had always admired it in passing in the ’70s, I would travel through on my way to Kashmir or Nepal – the old hippie trail. London is my favourite city in the world. So in March 2009, I left England, moved to Delhi and started to build back my business. Then on 26 November, 2008, Maia called to tell me that hell was being unleashed in Bombay. When my daughter, Maia, moved to the UK for university, I went too I’d always promised her I would follow her if she chose that part of the world. I’m a Bombayite by birth, and lived much of my adult life there. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

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