City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Bulbuli Khana Style by The Delhi Walla - October 4, 2010March 11, 20114 Searching for the stylish. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla saw this young man in the Walled City’s Bulbuli Khana mohalla. He was standing alone in a shaded alley. Goats were scampering across the lane. Flies were buzzing around a tea stall. The air was stinky. In such a grim atmosphere, he was the sunshine. No one else in the overcrowded mohalla was dressed like him. The elegance came from his quiet smile and his clothes: a clean white pajama, a cream-peach sheer muslin kurta and a white topi. Wearing dark-brown leather slip-ons, his right-hand’s forefinger had a plain silver ring. His stubble was more than a day old; a few strands of his chest hairs were
City Hangout – India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road Hangouts by The Delhi Walla - October 4, 2010October 4, 20100 Delhi's swish space. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Little must have Joseph Allen Stein, the American architect of India Habitat Center (IHC), imagined that the six restaurants, four galleries, one auditorium, amphitheatre and a sprawling atrium in his designed complex would be so thoroughly exploited by the most civilised set of Delhi's population, which seeks more then just Bollywood, cricket and shopping. The Capital's cultural hub, known for hosting plays, book readings, music concerts, dance performances, art exhibitions, corporate luncheons and office workshops, is also a place to catch up with friends and lovers. It has the ambience for the mind and the heart. Flowerpots line the steps to the foyer (if you are entering from gate no. 2). The musical totel