City Food – Mutton Burra, Jama Masjid’s Karim
Carnivore’s lust. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Probably the most iconic and long-lasting (and clichéd) culinary landmark of Delhi is Karim’s restaurant, originally set up in the Walled City, but now with several franchises all over. The most…
Photo Essay – The Pee Men, Around Town
The wall’s account. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] They come in one by one. These silent Delhi men. From morning to midnight. Some are tall with fierce eyes. Some are short. Some are fat. Some are Hindus. Some…
City Hangout – Wild Life, Lodhi Gardens
Rats, ducks, dogs, birds of our oasis. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Lodhi Gardens is a land of Very Important People and very showy lovers — as any regular visitor will testify. Also, according to figures provided to…
City Notice – On Arundhati Roy
Delhi’s most famous mischief-maker. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Author Arundhati Roy, Delhi’s greatest living badmash, is working on a new novel. The Delhi Walla got the news from the website Publishing Perspectives. Here is the complete text: November 12, 2012….
Mission Delhi – Ram Dulare, Parliament Street
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Sitting beside a basket filled with lemons, he is twirling up his white mustache. The Delhi Walla meets Ram Dulare, 81, on Parliament Street. He…
City Reading – The Delhi Proustians XXXII, Delite Cinema
A la recherche du temps perdu. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Today is the 32nd meeting of The Delhi Proustians, a club for Delhiwallas that discusses French novelist Marcel Proust. Every Monday evening for an hour we read…
City Hangout – National Museum, Janpath
Historic treasures. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The past gets tangible here. With over 200,000 exhibits, spanning over 5,000 years, the National Museum, India’s largest, is a storehouse of heritage. The museum has three floors. Its corridors are…
City Neighbourhood – Barack Chowk, Obama Vihar
Barack Obama as a Delhi neighbourhood. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In 2009, Barack Hussein Obama took oath as the first black President of USA. In 2012, he was re-elected as the US President. In 2008, Maria Shriver,…
City Food – Rajma-Kadhi-Chhole Chawal, Around Town
The office meal. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One of the joys of becoming an adult and having a day job is that your mother no longer controls your lunch menu. The food that she would make on…
City Reading – The Delhi Proustians XXXI, Nicholson Road
A la recherche du temps perdu. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Today is the 31st meeting of The Delhi Proustians, a club for Delhiwallas that discusses French novelist Marcel Proust. Every Monday evening for an hour we read…
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