Atget’s Corner – 161-165, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 161-165, 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 – 156-160, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 156-160, 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 Obituary - KD Singh, 1941-2014

City Obituary – KD Singh, 1941-2014

Delhi’s most cherished bookshop owner. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Kanwarjit Singh Dhingra, founder-owner of The Book Shop in the Capital, popularly known as KD, died of cancer on 21 May 2014. Mr Singh was 73. He ran…

City Notice - KD Singh of The Book Shop, Jor Bagh, is No More

City Notice – KD Singh of The Book Shop, Jor Bagh, is No More

Death of an institution. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Kanwarjit Singh Dhingra, the founder-owner of The Book Shop in Jor Bagh, died of cancer on May 21 2014. He was 73. The Delhi Walla wrote about him here….

City Monument - Delhi Sultanate Ruins, Around Town

City Monument – Delhi Sultanate Ruins, Around Town

Lodhi-era and others. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Concealed amid the ruins of south Delhi’s Mehrauli Archaeological Park, Ghiyas-ud-din Balban’s unmarked grave bakes in the hot sun. This doesn’t befit his stature. “During the whole time that he…

Atget’s Corner – 151-155, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 151-155, 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 Landmark - Taxi Stands, Around Town

City Landmark – Taxi Stands, Around Town

Almost history. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Just the place to while away an evening—string cots under mulberry trees, cold water in earthenware pots, a table fan to keep the flies away, and if it rains, a cabin…

Atget’s Corner – 146-150, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 146-150, 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 – 141-145, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 141-145, 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 News - An Important Award for Arundhati Roy, Yavatmal

City News – An Important Award for Arundhati Roy, Yavatmal

On a par with the Booker. [Gathered from agency reports; photo by Unknown] The Maharashtra-based Samata Parva Pratishtan conferred the tenth annual Mahatma Jotiba Phule­-Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Samata Ratna award on Delhi-based author Arundhati Roy on 10 May 2014, in…