Anurag Bakhshi, Author at Arré

About Anurag Bakhshi

How Delhi Power Cuts Shaped Our Childhoods

Anyone who has lived in Delhi of the 1980s and ’90s, will remember the legendary load-shedding power cut that used to be a way of life – and how it characterised our adolescent days. Power cuts were to Delhi what traffic was to Mumbai.

Anurag Bakhshi June 16, 2016

Culture

“Staff Hai!” The Fast and the Furious: Dilli Se Hoon Behn**** Edition

The introduction of private buses in Delhi in the early ’90s introduced a new phrase in our lexicon – “staff hai”. This elegant form of goondagiri ensured that you didn’t buy a ticket for a ride. To my eternal shame and regret, the kids in my school could never pull it off – until a gutsy senior took matters into his own hands.

Anurag Bakhshi March 29, 2016