Atget’s Corner – 716-720, Delhi Photos Delhi Pics by The Delhi Walla - February 27, 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 716 to 720. 716. Turkman Gate 717.
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Prabeen Panigrahi, Toronto Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - February 27, 2015February 27, 20150 The 22nd death. [Text by Prabeen Panigrahi; photo by Vinit Kumar Ashish] The shy software engineer, who hailed from Kalahandi in Orissa, ended his journey today thousands of miles away in Toronto, Canada. No one who knew Prabeen Panigrahi in his student days could have believed that this young man who used to be so afraid to talk to strangers would eventually emerge out of his shell and fly to a foreign land in search of himself. After finishing his Bachelors from the National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Mr Panigrahi did his MBA from the University of New Brunswick in eastern Canada. Leaving behind his family and acquaintances in India, Mr Panigrahi carved out a more truthful life in North America.