Viewpoint – New Delhi to New York…and Back…

An Indian living in NYC, anxious about returning back to his first home – Delhi. [By Mohit Syall; standing next to Oprah Winfrey during a New York City fund-raising evening.] After spending almost 8 years of my adult life in…

Special Report – Dance Schools in Delhi

India’s best classical artists run dance schools in Delhi but is anyone interested? [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi; this is the first part of a 2-series story.] When they talk, fingers flutter, eye-brows quiver, heads sway, and feet…

Viewpoint – Just What Can Mrs. Sheila Dikshit Do!

Delhi Chief Minister laments the influx of poor Bihari migrants. [By Mayank Austen Soofi, Picture Source – NA] In May, 2007, while laying the foundation stone for three more flyovers in the city, Mrs. Sheila Dikshit, Delhi’s Chief Minister, said,…

Photo Travelogue – Discovering Colours, Culture and Home in Delhi

A Canadian woman, with son in tow, takes the capital to heart. [Text and pictures by Madelyn Mulvaney; a resident of Vancouver, she visited Delhi in February, 2007.] As I sipped my Masala Chai by the early light of a…

Theatre Review – City of Djinns

Can Delhi’s essence be captured in the theatre adaptation of William Dalrymple’s book “City of Djinns”? [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] Performed in open against the backdrop of Maati Ghar, the hijras were shocking, the taxi driver vulgar…

City Secret – Eating Kimchi in Paharganj

A moody, inaccessible shack serving authentic Korean cuisine. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] Exploring Paharganj is like entering into a kitschy bubble full of backpackers’ hostels, Hebrew-language bookshops, and shabby eateries offering Croissant to Europeans and Humus Pita…

NOIDA Postcard – Dilli is Never Far

A city outside Delhi but having a Delhiwalla heart. [By Manika Dhama; picture by Rohit Dhama] 11 years ago when my father told an acquaintance that we had shifted to NOIDA, he thought it was a fancy exotic place in…

Photo Essay: Central Park – Low Life No More

The capital’s renovated public garden is cleaned of its “social filth”. [Text and photographs by Mayank Austen Soofi] Where is that old Central Park in New Delhi? The unruly greenery where illegal acts in India – such as homosexuality and…