Delhi: galleries, bites, festival
A viral solo Delhi itinerary maps Hauz Khas tea rooms, KNMA and Pristine Contemporary galleries, sketching parks, Tibetan market jewelry, Khoj Studios café, Khan Market’s Perch, and Bahrisons books for a compact city-exploration day (x.com). Food stops highlighted in the same Delhi threads include dosas at Chidambaram’s New Madras Hotel and ramen/sushi/bao at Mount Fuji CP—plus the Horn OK Please food festival is running March 28–29 at JLN Stadium with over 100 F&B brands and “thousands” of global dishes ( ).
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) opened its Saket site in 2010 and runs a second KNMA venue in Noida as part of its private-museum network. (knma.org) KNMA staged the immersive "Walking Through a Songline" multimedia installation in New Delhi in 2024 in partnership with the Australian High Commission, bringing an Aboriginal-led digital exhibition to the city. (archive.knma.in) Pristine Contemporary is a New Delhi gallery founded in 2023 by Arjun Sawhney and Arjun Butani and has been mounting solo and curated shows since opening, including recent high-profile exhibitions covered by art press. (artsy.net) Khoj Studios in Delhi operates artist residencies, on-site studios, exhibition spaces and a public café, and lists residencies of roughly 4–6 weeks alongside a media lab and screening spaces. (khojstudios.org) Bahrisons Booksellers traces its Khan Market presence back decades and lists store timings around 10:30 AM–8:00 PM with multiple Delhi and Saket outlets and contact numbers on its official pages. (booksatbahri.com) Mount Fuji in Connaught Place bills itself as a long-running Japanese/Pan-Asian restaurant in Middle Circle with steady 4.4–4.5 ratings and a menu of sushi and ramen, while Chidambaram’s New Madras Hotel (Khanna Market, Lodhi Road) is a well-reviewed South Indian dosa spot with longstanding local recognition. (justdial.com) Horn OK Please 16.0 is scheduled for March 28–29, 2026 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Gate No.14), with public timings listed roughly 2 PM–10 PM, early-bird tickets from around ₹299, and organisers marketing 100+ F&B brands, a multi-stage music bill and an expected five-figure weekend footfall. (theunstumbled.com) Hauz Khas’s green spaces such as Deer Park cover roughly 60 acres and report opening hours around 5:00 AM–8:00 PM in summer with no entry fee, while Delhi’s Tibetan markets (notably Janpath and Majnu Ka Tilla) are routinely cited as sources for silver and semi‑precious jewellery and handicrafts. (en.wikipedia.org)
