Ashok Mathur was born in 1969 in his ancestral house, an old haveli in the heart of Chandni Chowk, and brought up amidst the rich history of Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi). He graduated from Delhi University and served as a non-working journalist in a leading media house in New Delhi.
A fifth-generation Dilliwala, Ashok now takes heritage and culture lovers on walks in the narrow by-lanes Old Delhi, sharing his knowledge about its lost lifestyles with students of history, sociology, anthropology and architecture.
The mind — it doesn't ask you for the time, place or date to ooze memories from its invisible alleys — it just flashes memories in front of your eyes in a second, leaving its impression for days, years and generations maybe, though sometimes you have to coax it and pray to it to churn out a desirable memory and the result is, you may fail.