Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Neyaz Akhtar, Hotel Shalimar
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Neyaz Akhtar on the roof of Hotel Shalimar in Gali Murgan, a street in the Old Quarter. In his early 30s, Mr…
Dateline Delhi – Man Has Unnatural Sex with Dog, Clip 1
Reporting from the capital. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla keenly reads the city pages of national dailies in search of weirdly disturbing/amusing newspaper reports on our capital’s daily life. Here’s the first part – as seen in Hindustan…
Photo Essay – Mobile Phone, Around Town
Text me. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One day in 2013 The Delhi Walla’s Sony Xperia stopped working. It felt as if my wife had died. The touch-screen phone had everything I would need if I were to…
City Culture – Brecht in Delhi, Sri Ram Centre
Good persons of our capital. [Text and photos by Manika Dhama] On the Christmas Eve of 2013 theatre enthusiasts lined up outside the Sri Ram Centre in Central Delhi to meet Ramkali, the central character in ASMITA Theatre Group’s adaption…
City Monument – Safdarjung’s Tomb, Aurobindo Marg
A melancholic spectacle. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The mausoleum of Mughal aristocrat Safdarjung (1754), with its stained sandstone walls and inadequate marble, reflects the twilight years of a great empire. The ruin looks very sad and beautiful…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Karol Bagh
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla finds this man standing beside a bus shelter in the central neighbourhood of Karol Bagh. He is wearing a light brown bandhgala suit. The matching light…
Delhi Metro – Jahangir Puri, Yellow Line
The final frontier. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One cold morning The Delhi Walla travelled on the yellow line of the metro train and got off at Jahangir Puri, the route’s last destination in the north-west. At the…
City Hangout – The New Shahpur Jat, South Delhi
The lesser village. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Shahpur Jat Village can never have the strut of the nearby Hauz Khas Village. If optimists believe otherwise, then the closure of Bookwise in November 2013 should clear that up….
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