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…
Profile – R V Smith, Delhi’s Classic Chronicler
The city has ignored its most endearing lover. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Robert Kaplan, the author of Balkan Ghosts, carried just one book, Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon—A Journey Through Yugoslavia, in his shoulder bag…
City Life – Evenings with Jahanara Fakeera
Strange encounters in the tomb of a woman sufi. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] Evenings at Hazrat Nizamuddin dargah. Sometimes, too much crowd, too many tourists, and too loud qawwalis. No peace, no quiet, and no place to…
Travel Guide – 36 Hours in New Delhi
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. Spending a weekend in India’s most happening metropolis. [Text-originally published in The New York Times-by Somini Sengupta; picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] A seat…
Opinion – No Rickshaws in Chandni Chowk
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. City planners have lost it. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Each morning my news-obsessed papa says this country is going to the…
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