Our Self-Written Obituaries – Rakhshanda Jalil, Somewhere in Delhi Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - February 18, 2015February 18, 20154 The 14th death. [By Rakhshanda Jalil] The erstwhile noted writer Rakhshanda Jalil died late last night. Living the life of a recluse in straitened circumstances, not much was known about her last years. With over 20 books, innumerable newspaper articles, book reviews, academic papers etc., she inexplicably dropped out of public life. We do not know what stilled her pen and stopped her prolific output. In a literary career spanning twenty-odd years, Ms Jalil wrote voluminously and on a variety of subjects: literary criticism, literary histories, biographies of poets and writers, translations from Urdu and Hindi, as well as opinion pieces on culture and society. Twenty years after it was first published, Ms Jalil is best remembered for her seminal work on the
Atget’s Corner – 706-710, Delhi Photos Delhi Pics by The Delhi Walla - February 18, 2015February 18, 20150 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, courtyards, kitchens and old buildings. My archive of more than 25,000 photos showcases Delhi’s ongoing evolution. Each day five randomly picked pictures from this collection will be put up on the pages of this website. The series is named in the memory of French artist Eugène Atget (1857-1927), who, in the words of a biographer, was an “obsessed photographer determined to document every corner of Paris before it disappeared under the assault of modern improvements.” Here are Delhi photos numbered 706 to 710. 706. Uttam Nagar 707.