Humayun's Tomb was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1993.

The other Taj Mahal

After 200 years of neglect, it's finally been recognised as one of the world's most beautiful buildings.

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Delhi

One day three ways: Delhi

For sheer indulgence in colonial style, the Sunday brunch at Imperial Hotel is a must-do.

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New Delhi woman

Around the world in 52 suburbs: New Delhi

Armed with her camera and a bottle of hand disinfectant, Louise Hawson looks beyond the squalor to find joy and beauty in New Delhi. The Indian capital was the Sydney photographer’s second stop in her "52 Suburbs Around the World" series.

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An Indian man is shaved by a street barber next to a train station in New Delhi.

Delhi: for a close shave with a speedy barber

Mr Prasad, one of countless alfresco barbers on the edge of India's traffic-choked streets, has me arched back in a chair that ergonomics forgot, neck exposed to a very sharp razor.

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City life ... guards stand in the Mughal Gardens.

24 hours in Delhi

Melanie Ball discovers laneways of silver, sandstone monuments and mayhem on the subcontinent.

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