Atget’s Corner – 86-90, Delhi Photos
The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…
City Food – Shahi Tukra, Cool Point
A royal treat. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Topped with cream, nuts, dry fruits, candied cherries and silver foil, it is deadly delicious. Shahi tukra (the imperial piece) is a sort of bread pudding. You’ll see it in…
Atget’s Corner – 81-85, Delhi Photos
The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…
City Monument – Nicholson Cemetery, Kashmere Gate
The next world. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s a mystery why guidebooks have been indifferent to the (deathly) charms of one of Delhi’s oldest British cemeteries. Guarded by a cross-shaped gateway, Nicholson Cemetery has a sloping, grassy…
On Nobody Can Love You More – The People of the Book, GB Road
A journey into the red light. [By Helena Kaartinen] [Note: The author of this article is a senior Finnair flight attendant and a mother who blogs at Finnair Blog and At Helena’s.] It is evening and I’m walking in circles…
Atget’s Corner – 76-80, Delhi Photos
The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…
Atget’s Corner – 71-75, Delhi Photos
The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Sujata Chaudhry, Dak Bhawan
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Sujata Chaudhry at her office in Dak Bhawan, a pale-pink government building in Parliament Street. In her 50s, Ms Chaudhury describes herself…
City List – The Nehru-Gandhi Archaeological Park, Around Town
Delhi by list. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Hyderabad has the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Bombay, the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, and Chennai, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Our Delhi has well over 60 institutions, landmarks and places named…
Atget’s Corner – 66-70, Delhi Photos
The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…
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