Atget’s Corner – 461-465, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 461-465, 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,…

The Hindu Review – On Nobody Can Love You More

The Hindu Review – On Nobody Can Love You More

Life in a red light district. [By Enid Paul] Enid Paul of The Hindu talked about Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, a book by The Delhi Walla. Click here to read it on the…

City Season - The August Dog, Tilak Nagar

City Season – The August Dog, Tilak Nagar

Hot, humid and still cool. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] If it’s August in Delhi, then it has to be insufferably humid and burning. The overcast sky traps the broiling heat and the city becomes a sponge. There’s…

Mission Delhi - Ramrati Singh, Near Barakhamba Metro Station

Mission Delhi – Ramrati Singh, Near Barakhamba Metro Station

One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Every morning she reads aloud passages from the sacred Ramcharitmanas; her head rocking back and forth in tune with the cadence of the Awadhi dialect…

Atget’s Corner – 456-460, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 456-460, 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 – 451-455, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 451-455, 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 – Heera Lal’s Kulle Chaat, Chawri Bazaar

City Food – Heera Lal’s Kulle Chaat, Chawri Bazaar

Invented delights. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He picks up a whole boiled potato, scoops out most of its flesh with a knife and fills the ensuing void with delicious stuffing. Depending on your taste, he can substitute…

City Archives – Delhi Forests, Around Town

City Archives – Delhi Forests, Around Town

[Digging out old stories from The Delhi Walla] Secretive and silent. Intertwined trees, twisted trunks, thorny twigs, rocky slopes, and clumps of grass. The nearest McDonald’s is two miles away. The Delhi Walla is on Delhi’s Central Ridge, a forest…

Atget’s Corner – 446-450, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 446-450, 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 – 441-445, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 441-445, 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,…