City Life – Raving 'n' Ranting in Gay Delhi
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. Friday night in an über-fashionable club. [the author, wishing to remain anonymous, describes himself as “an amateur clubber of some experience”; picture for representational…
Guest Column – From Djinns to Pandavas
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. My journey into the mysteries of Delhi. [By Rudradeep Chakrabarti; picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] I stand on the banks of the Yamuna at…
City Sighting – Arundhati Roy, Around Town
There goes the jazz tune. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi; the above picture, taken in the South Extenson market, is by Pablo Bartholomew] Is it true that Arundhati Roy live in a barsati in Green Park? One late…
Pssss of the Town – Bird Scare, LSD hangover
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. All the news that’s not fit to print. [Text by Mayank Austen Soofi; picture by Erik Kurzweil] At around 4 in the afternoon of…
City Landmark – Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed, Old Delhi
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. In the shrine of Delhi’s naked sufi. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] The sufi shrine of Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed in Old Delhi,…
City Neighbourhood – Gole Market
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. Excursion into the British-built district. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] You should never walk in Gole Market after dark. They say that…
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…
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