Chick-lit amidst Delhis fading elite.<br>Stories from the saccharine-sweet Hindu joint family have been an enduring theme for Indian writers and cinema.
Theres less than a month to go for the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week and the Delhi Fashion Week showcasing winter fashion for 2009 but many designers are still unsure about spending on a ramp show.
Reeling under high rents and with the economic slowdown turning shoppers conservative,many of the stores that had opened less than a year ago at Delhis newest malls Select Citywalk and MGF Mall are now shutting down.
When you enter Ramindra Ajit Singhs cosy apartment in Som Vihar,its impossible to miss the yellowing,framed autographs by luminaries of Indias freedom movement.
Here's another indication of the economic slowdown: American design label Ed Hardy,which opened its first store amid much fanfare in Connaught Place in March 2008,has already shut down.
