Atget’s Corner – 696-700, 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,…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Ratan Kaul, Greater Kailash II
The fifth death. [Text by Ratan Kaul; photo by Unknown] The party is over. Ratan Kaul is finally asleep. A society hostess famous for her collection of milk-white pearl necklaces, Ms Kaul died due to an overdose of partying. Though…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Nivriti Butalia, Dubai
The fourth death. [Text by Nivriti Butalia; photo by Dhruv Narain] Nivriti Butalia burnt her tongue on a milkless cup of tea sourced from the pantry of the newspaper office in the Middle East, where she had been a stooge…
City Faith – 711th Urs, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah
The annual celebrations. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The four-day Urs ceremony, or the death anniversary, of Delhi’s 14th century Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, starts on February 6. Urs means ‘wedding’ in Arabic and it symbolizes the…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Jasbir Chatterjee, Vikaspuri
The third death. [By Jasbir Chatterjee] Jasbir Chatterjee, a writer of poems and stories, living in the disguise of a corporate professional, died on 3 March ____ , one day before her ___ birthday. She died in her sleep due…
Mission Delhi – Harsh Vardhan Dutta, Lodhi Garden
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is a cold windy afternoon. The sky is grey. Lodhi Garden is looking bleak. But this young man is looking like March rather than…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Manpreet Kaur Soni, Maitreyi College
The second death. [Text by Manpreet Kaur Soni; photo by Davinder S. Soni] Manpreet Kaur Soni, a student of English Literature at Delhi University’s Maitreyi College, passed away on the early morning of February 3. She was 18. Her day…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Mayank Austen Soofi, Hauz Khas Village
The first death. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Mayank Austen Soofi, a writer and photographer who wrote about lives and places in Delhi, died on July 3 at his one-room apartment in south Delhi’s Hauz Khas Village. The…
New Series – Our Self-Written Obituaries, Delhiites Everywhere
In our own words. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] You too will die one day. The Delhi Walla begins a new series. Our Obituaries invites Delhiites across the world to write their obituary in 200 words. The idea…
City Hangout – Triveni Tea Terrace, Mandi House
Garden conversations. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The decades-old Triveni Tea Terrace shut down late last year. Triveni means “three plaits” in Sanskrit and, indeed, this Delhi landmark could well have been something a god of small and…
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