Memo from Jantar Mantar – Killings in Lhasa, Unrest in Delhi
Amidst the city’s Tibetan citizens. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Red-robed lamas, apple-cheeked girls and the Tibetan flag. Also: fists, frowns, and slogans. In that side of the Himalayas, Chinese are killing Tibetans. Violence in Lhasa has left…
Delhi Diary – No City for a Muslim
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. Personal account of discrimination against Muslims [By Saif; picture by Mayank Austen Soofi is not the author’s photograph] Finding an abode in Delhi is…
Citizen Profile – A Coolie's Chronicle
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. A porter’s life in the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station. [as told to Mayank Austen Soofi; picture is also by him] Salam alaikum from Salim…
Neighbourhood – Majnu Ka Teela, The New Paharganj
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. A new backpacker ghetto in town. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] A Tibetan refugee camp since the 1960s, Majnu ka Teela is…
Dubai Diary – Dilli Door Ast,or Delhi is Far
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. A Delhi girl finds a better life in the middle-eastern metropolis. [Text by Manika Dhama; she writes in Myriad Musings and More; picture of…
Profile – Raza Rumi, A Pakistani About Town
A budding writer from Lahore visits the city of his beloved author. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The ignorant Delhi wallas often view visiting Pakistanis as ISI agents or trouble-makers. Mr. Raza Rumi, a native of Lahore, is…
"I Don't Like Delhi's Crotch-Grabbing, Foul-Mouthed Coarseness"-Exclusive Interview with Siddhartha Basu, India's No. 1 Quiz Master
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. The iconic face of Indian TV sits down with The Delhi Walla. Calcutta-born Siddhatha Basu is widely recognized as father of television quiz shows…
City Secret – Afternoon Siesta, Hazrat Nizamuddin
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. A retiring refuge in this noisy city. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] There are better islands in Delhi than your bedroom for…
Dateline Delhi – Taslima Nasreen in Town
Arundhati Roy demands Indian citizenship for the exiled Bangladeshi author. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is not Dhaka. It is not even Kolkata. Ms. Taslima Nasreen, the Bangladeshi author who has been virtually put under house arrest…
Opinion – Jama Masjid in Danger
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. The sanctity of the ancient quarter is at risk. [Text by Sadia Dehlvi; picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] There is a proposal to construct…
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