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Dateline Delhi is the personal blog of Pallav. Pallav has worked for several years as a wire-service journalist. 

Attached to the “Foreign-Desk” at one of India’s Premier News Agencies, He was stationed in the very heart of India's capital, New Delhi. 

Connaught Place which is fondly known as “CP” among the Delhites is situated very near to Lutyens Delhi and is a very vibrant place. It can aptly be called as heart of Delhi. CP and its Coffee Houses, and a variety of food joints mushrooming around CP and its vicinity were not just a refuge from the hectic office life but also served as an observatory to study people, to ponder upon different thoughts and to play with the words.  

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