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City List – Surviving Landmarks, Red Fort

The Delhi WallaMarch 2, 2015No Comment 2015-03-03T06:27:18+00:00
Remains of the past. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Never judge a fort by its ramparts. The only grand part of the Mughal-era Red Fort palace complex...

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Farewell Notice

Our Self-Written Obituaries – Nilanjana Roy, Somewhere in Delhi

The Delhi WallaMarch 3, 20152 Comments 2015-03-03T10:15:46+00:00
The 25th death. [Text by Nilanjana Roy; photo by Naina Redhu] Nilanjana Roy’s unexpected death at the age of 91, after what her critics considered several inconveniently robust decades...

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Letter from Montreal – Partition Objects, Delhi & Pakistan

The Delhi WallaFebruary 28, 20153 Comments 2015-02-28T10:53:02+00:00
Anatomy of the Radcliffe Line. [Text and photos by Aanchal Malhotra] There is a map on the wall of my room. It is a modern depiction of the projections...

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City Life – Home Sweet Home, Bangla Sahib Road

The Delhi WallaFebruary 25, 20152 Comments 2015-02-25T07:57:48+00:00
Inside the walls. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon The Delhi Walla visits rickshaw puller Hari Narain Goswami at his residence in central Delhi. Mr Goswami’s...

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City Food – Honey Ginger Lemon Tea, Appetite German Bakery

The Delhi WallaFebruary 16, 20152 Comments 2015-02-16T15:58:24+00:00
The divine addiction. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This city of sweet milky chai has a place that makes this humble drink without the traditional ingredients, and...

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City Hangout – Poetry Racks, Fact & Fiction and Others

The Delhi WallaFebruary 21, 20151 Comment 2015-02-21T14:29:07+00:00
[Verse corners] [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The world is dense with prose; it is not easy to find poetry in our tweeting lives. Fortunately, Delhi continues...

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City Walk – Galli Chooriwallan, Near Chawri Bazaar

The Delhi WallaFebruary 9, 20153 Comments 2015-02-09T09:03:04+00:00
It’s a dream. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There is an extraordinary street in Old Delhi. Its entrance offers a most dream-like prospect. You must step into...

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City Life – Delhi Lovers, Lodhi Gardens

The Delhi WallaFebruary 19, 20158 Comments 2015-02-25T07:55:17+00:00
The geography of love. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Some say that love’s a little boy. Some say it’s a bird. Some say it makes the world...

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City Monument – 5 Hidden Treasures, Around Town

The Delhi WallaJanuary 21, 2015Comments Off 2015-01-21T10:57:59+00:00
A selection of Delhi’s serene monuments. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Aamir Khan-starrer film PK has had an unintended, somewhat unfortunate, impact on one serene locale:...

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Mission Delhi – Shagun Sinha, Jawaharlal Nehru University

The Delhi WallaFebruary 23, 20152 Comments 2015-02-23T07:54:45+00:00
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] “Aamir Khan mahodayasya abhinayam sameecheenam aasit atet sampreshyintu yatam andh-vishvasho maa kartayavamam. Sushant-mahodayasya Anushka-mahodayayashra...
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