{"id":1293,"date":"2012-12-27T19:03:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T19:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2012-12-27T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T19:51:10","slug":"khirki-village-13-jan-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/?p=1293","title":{"rendered":"Khirki Village: 13 Jan 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/calendar\/2013\/khirki13jan2013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/calendar\/2013\/khirki13jan2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"458\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Urban Village Walks Festival \/\/ <\/strong>January 2013<\/p>\n<p>Presented by 1100 Walks (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.1100walks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.1100walks.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Explore 4 urban villages in South Delhi, and experience the fascinating blurring of the dichotomies of rural-urban \/ traditional-modern in these lal-dora lands ! Soak in ARCHITECTURE (historical and illegal) ; MARKETS (plebeian to designer luxury), STRUCTURES OF COMMUNITY, and revel in these treasure houses of dreams,\u00a0 aspirations, trends and stories. Come walk with us and create a new shastra of the urban villages as they prosper today!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>KHIRKI VILLAGE: A monumental mess\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sun. 13 Jan. 2013 \/ 11 am \u2013 3 pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meeting Point: \u00a0Bata Shoe Shop, opp. Select Citywalk, Khirki, 11 am sharp.<\/p>\n<p>Ending Point: Malviya Nagar, 3 pm<\/p>\n<p>Mode of Commuting: Walk<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Registration Details:\u00a0 Contribute Rs. 1500\/- per person. Inclusive of lunch and snacks.<\/p>\n<p>Please pre-register.\u00a0 Contact Himanshu Verma \/ 41671100 \/ <a href=\"mailto:himanshu@redearthindia.com\">himanshu@redearthindia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once a gem in the Tughlaq city of Jahanpanah (14<sup>th<\/sup> century), today Khirki Village is a mammoth mess, a conglomeration of dense buildings. Starting at Saket, just across from some of India\u2019s biggest malls (read eyesores) the labyrinthine alleys go all the way upto Malviya Nagar, and Khirki is also flanked on all sides by other equally interesting urban villages like Hauz Rani and Chirag Dilli.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While Hauz Khas and Shahpur Jat and even Lado Sarai have a strong artistic \/ design bend, Khirki has acquired the reputation of hosting more experimental art practice, spear led by Khoj. It now has a rich tradition of community art festivals and projects and frequent interactions between the local community and the arts community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Places visited:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Khirki Mosque (late 14th century)<\/li>\n<li>Satpula, a waterwork \/ dam (14th c.)<\/li>\n<li>Art on site, art installations in the village, and graffiti created as part of the Extension Khirkee festival<\/li>\n<li>A walk through the maze to emerge at the other end, Malviya Nagar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get our URBAN-VILLAGE Calendar 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Featuring urban villages of Delhi and Mumbai<\/p>\n<p>With photographs by Aparna Jayakumar &amp; Malini Kochupillai<\/p>\n<p>For details: <a href=\"http:\/\/redearthindia.com\/?page_id=1353\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/redearthindia.com\/?page_id=1353<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Images (click to enlarge)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Khirki Mosque \/ Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Khirki Mosque \/ Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Satpula \/ Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo: Malini Kochupillai<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo: Malini Kochupillai<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo: Malini Kochupillai<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Street art festival in Khirki \/ Photo: Malini Kochupillai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Village Walks Festival \/\/ January 2013 Presented by 1100 Walks (www.1100walks.com) &nbsp; Explore 4 urban villages in South Delhi, and experience the fascinating blurring of the dichotomies of rural-urban \/ traditional-modern in these lal-dora lands ! Soak in ARCHITECTURE (historical and illegal) ; MARKETS (plebeian to designer luxury), STRUCTURES OF COMMUNITY, and revel in these treasure houses of dreams,\u00a0 aspirations, trends and stories. Come walk with us and create a new shastra of the urban villages as they prosper today! \u00a0 KHIRKI VILLAGE: A monumental mess\u2026 Sun. 13 Jan. 2013 \/ 11 am \u2013 3 pm &nbsp; Meeting Point: \u00a0Bata Shoe Shop, opp. Select Citywalk, Khirki, 11 am sharp. Ending Point: Malviya Nagar, 3 pm Mode of Commuting: Walk &nbsp; Registration Details:\u00a0 Contribute Rs. 1500\/- per person. Inclusive of lunch and snacks. Please pre-register.\u00a0 Contact Himanshu Verma \/ 41671100 \/ himanshu@redearthindia.com &nbsp; &nbsp; Once a gem in the Tughlaq city of Jahanpanah (14th century), today Khirki Village is a mammoth mess, a conglomeration of dense buildings. Starting at Saket, just across from some of India\u2019s biggest malls (read eyesores) the labyrinthine alleys go all the way upto Malviya Nagar, and Khirki is also flanked on all sides by other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1293"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1295,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions\/1295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}