Atget’s Corner – 541-545, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 541-545, 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,…

Letter from Noida – The Progress of Womanhood, Sector 34

Letter from Noida – The Progress of Womanhood, Sector 34

Notes of a young mother. [By Manika Dhama] “It’s a girl.” Immediately after I heard her first cry the doctor informed me that I had given birth to a girl. Perhaps I was just imagining their lack of enthusiasm at…

City Food - Phirni, Around Town

City Food – Phirni, Around Town

Taste of Kashmir. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Many Kashmiris leave for Delhi during winters to escape the harsh cold in the valley. Between November and February, the relatively wealthy families hailing from Srinagar, Pahalgam and Anantnag stay…

Atget’s Corner – 536-540, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 536-540, 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 Archives - Barsatis, Around Town

City Archives – Barsatis, Around Town

[Digging out old stories from The Delhi Walla] It’s vanishing. The barsati. The small room at the top of the house where the family could enjoy the cool breeze during the monsoon. A unique Delhi phenomenon. The city’s real estate…

Atget’s Corner – 531-535, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 531-535, 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 Walk – Chelmsford Road, Central Delhi

City Walk – Chelmsford Road, Central Delhi

Stretch of serenity. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] “… The 20 kiloton warhead, which had exploded 1,600 ft above Chelmsford Road, midway between Connaught Place and New Delhi railway station, had demolished everything. Temperatures at the blast areas…

Atget’s Corner – 526-530, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 526-530, 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 – 521-525, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 521-525, 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 Moment – Pandit Jasraj’s Sighting, Kamani Auditorium

City Moment – Pandit Jasraj’s Sighting, Kamani Auditorium

A living legend. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla attended a classical music concert organized by the Department of Art and Culture, Delhi Government, in association with Punjabi Academy, in central Delhi’s Kamani Auditorium….