Delhi by list.
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]
Perhaps your most beloved author lives in your city. Perhaps it is almost impossible to meet her. Perhaps you are shy of coming face-to-face with her.
Perhaps it is better just to wander in her neighbourhood, and soak in the sights and sounds of her streets, and walk past houses one of which could be hers.
In the first of the City List series, The Delhi Walla gives you locality names of Delhi’s many authors, living and dead. The list will continue to be updated.
1. Aatish Taseer – Rajesh Pilot Lane, near The Claridges
2. Anuja Chauhan – Ambience Lagoon, Gurgaon
3. Arun Shourie – Shanti Niketan
4. Arundhati Roy – Jor Bagh
5. Ashis Nandy – Nizamuddin East
6. Ashok Vajpeyi – Mayur Vihar I
7. Basharat Peer – Nizamuddin East
8. Bhaichand Patel – Sujan Singh Park, near Khan Market
9. Gurcharan Das – Jor Bagh
10. Ira Pande – Sector 93, Noida
11. Khushwant Singh – Sujan Singh Park, near Khan Market
12. Manju Kapoor – Akbar Road
13. Mark Tully – Nizamuddin West
14. Meenakshi Madhavan Reddy – Nizamuddin West
15. Mirza Ghalib – Ballimaran
16. Mushirul Hasan – Jawaharlal Nehru University
17. Nilanjana S. Roy – Jangpura
18. Pradip Krishen – Kaultilya Marg
19. Qurratulain Hyder – Okhla
20. Rakhshanda Jalil – Jamia Nagar
21. Rana Dasgupta – Defence Colony
22. Romila Thapar – Maharani Bagh
23. RV Smith – Mayapuri
24. Sadia Dehlvi – Nizamuddin East
25. Upinder Singh – St Stephen’s College
26. Veena Venugopal – Sector 54, Gurgaon
27. Vikram Seth – Sector 15 A, Noida, and Nizamuddin East
28. William Dalrymple – Chattarpur
Spycam photos
1. (Jor Bagh)
2. (Defence Colony)
3. (Nizamuddin East)
4. (Jamia Nagar)
5. (Mayapuri)
4. (Ballimaran)
Is it ok to disclose everyone’s addresses?
But now showing exact address. Just the neighbourhoods.
apna bhi to bata dete ji