Voices of VV

The map of Shanti Niketan given at the back of the Shanti Niketan Residents Directory is a copy of the first plan of Shanti Niketan as shown in the PWD records. It reads “Plan for Cooperative Housing Society of Home Affairs on Shanti Path Extension New Delhi”. This legend has always intrigued me and before […]

Romesh Chopra 25A Palam Marg I have been a resident of Vasant Vihar since 1971, living in our lovely house built by my father way back in 1967. Given our long association with VV and my experience of working with government and political leaders, some senior residents of the colony asked me to get involved

In memory of Mr. and Mrs. B.R.Vohra who were among the pioneers of Vasant Vihar My father signed up for a plot in Vasant Vihar sometime in the late 1950s. We were living on Satya Marg at the time, in what was then known as Diplomatic Enclave, the first occupants of the newly built homes

Rajkamal Sharma E-13/8, Vasant Vihar I call myself one of the early settlers of Vasant Vihar, since our house in E-Block was amongst the first five to be completed in mid-1969. We moved here in December 1970. Like many of us, I have watched it develop and flourish into one of the poshest colonies of

Milly Murgai Buying or being allotted a plot of land was for our parents a life-changing occasion for them. During their lifetime everything they did was targeted towards building their own homes, every penny saved was going to be spent on either on their daughter’s wedding or on building a house. Only now when we

My parents-in-law late Shri & Shrimati Dr.K.C.Kandhari shifted to 11, Munirka Marg in 1971, in the basement as the house was not yet completed. Six months later, my late husband Shri Inder Kandhari and I, along with my two small daughters joined in.Ours was the only building on Munirka Marg at that time. The area

Conversation with Shukla ji, Paan shop owner in E-Block (2016) Rajiv Gandhi came to buy his paan whenever he visited Amitabh Bachchan who lived here (23, Pooriv Marg). So did Amitabh himself. Several other luminaries have come to his stall for paan. Times have changed in a myriad ways: Now 15 and 16 year old

Visit by Marie-Laure de Villepin (wife of French Prime Minister) to Vasant Vihar – Report in The Hindu (September 7, 2005) It was a trip down memory lane for the French Prime Minister’s wife Marie Laure de Villepin when she went visiting her favourite bit of India – Vasant Vihar. In Delhi for a few

Our house was built by my father in 1967 but we moved into it only in 1974. My father was in the Ministry of Mines and Fertilizers. When the house was built the area was all very empty, and my mother used to say “kahaan jangal mein aa gaye hum…”. Earlier we used to live

My connection with VV started in 1968 when my father in law, Mr.Prem Sheel Bhatnagar, retired Chief Engineer Designs, Bhakra Dam, built his house in C-block. Theirs was one of first three houses to be constructed in VV. Subsequently, my father, Mr.Nagendra Bahadur, also built a house in E-block. It is interesting to remember how