The Delhi Walla Books - Novelist Anuja Chauhan's Review

The Delhi Walla Books – Novelist Anuja Chauhan’s Review

A bestselling author’s verdict. [By Anuja Chauhan] They say one of the greatest simple joys you can experience is to become a tourist in your own city. Just two books have actually made me do that – the first is…

City Landmark – People’s Publishing House, Connaught Place

City Landmark – People’s Publishing House, Connaught Place

Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Vladimir Ilyich Lenin has an arresting stare. Meet the Marxist revolutionary at a bookstore in the capitalistic Connaught Place, central Delhi’s premium shopping district. His portrait hangs close to…

Photo Essay – Are Newspapers Dead?

Photo Essay – Are Newspapers Dead?

The ‘daily’ life in Delhi. [Edited text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Mizo woman was walking towards her home in Moti village near Dhaula in south Delhi when the men in a vehicle abducted her and took turns…

City Landmark – Delhi Photo Company, Janpath

City Landmark – Delhi Photo Company, Janpath

1937-2010. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The other afternoon The Delhi Walla was walking in Janpath, Connaught Place. Reaching in front of an old landmark, I stood with amazement and then I laughed. What used to be Delhi…