Travel – Mapping the Muslim Delhi
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. A city that shaped the contours of Indo-Muslim identity. [By Raza Rumi; the Pakistani author blogs at Jahane Rumi, Lahore Nama and Pak Tea…
City Culture – Notes from Khushwant Singh’s Drawing Room, Sujan Singh Park
In the company of Delhi’s living landmark. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] There are two kinds of Delhiwallas. Those who have been to Khushwant Singh’s living room and those who have not. The Delhi Walla has been to…
City Landmark – Razia Sultan’s Tomb, Near Turkman Gate
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. A walk into the past. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Up the alley; down the street. I’m in her quest. Razia Sultan…
“There’s No Exclusive Gay Pub in Delhi But…” – Interview with a Gay Blogger
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. Conversations with a man who runs a blog on the city’s gay life. [Interview and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi; the picture has no…
Around Town – Sadia Dehlvi, the Rickshaw Walli
The writer’s second car is a…cycle rickshaw. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Life has become exciting in the sleepy C block in Central Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin East after its eminent resident, writer Sadia Dehlvi, owner of a Maruti…
Culture – Din Duniya, a Gentle Madness
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. One man’s struggle to save a dying Urdu publication. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Dignity in the face of decline is rare….
Lhasa Diary – From Delhi to Tibet, and Back
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. My search for home. [As told to Mayank Austen Soofi; the narrator lives in Amar Colony and doesn’t wish to be identified; picture by…
City Secret – Indian Coffee Depot, Tolstoy Lane
An excellent coffee store that no-one knows. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Most likely Leo Tolstoy never got to taste South Indian filter coffee in his lifetime but a certain stretch of Tolstoy Lane, at Connaught Place, thousands…
Dateline Jamia Nagar – No Pizzas for Muslims
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. Fast-food chains don’t deliver in Delhi’s Muslim ghetto. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] Fast-food chains like Domino’s and McDonald’s usually refuse home…
Opinion – The Why of Hating Delhi
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. This city sucks big time. [The author is a well-known fashion designer; picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] Of all that I hate, I hate…
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