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What happened to the Mazaar?

Sometimes your destination will need more than just exact address. I have never reached any place in Delhi by giving the exact address: Flat name, Building name, Road, District, Pincode. Let's just keep the google map reliant uber examples aside for this, please. For me, reaching a place has always required knowing about other places. Especially knowing roads. Road names. Then there are times when knowing road names is also a confusion. So we are drawn to landmarks, like post office, big transformer, samose ke dukaan, all famous structures in little localities. Subramania Bharti Marg is a long stretch of road. Named after a poet, this is a significant road in Delhi: At one end is the Lodhi Garden. At the other end is the Purana Quila. In between Khan Market, government colonies, private and government schools, MP houses, museums and India Gate, all dot it like scooters and rickshaws in a vegetable market early in the morning. But is that the real significance of this road? Subrama...

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