Photo Essay – Premier Padmini, Defence Colony Photo Essays by The Delhi Walla - March 26, 2015March 26, 20152 The world of yesterday. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The old rusting car stood under a tree. Its grille was broken. The bonnet and the roof were covered with dry leaves. The windows were rolled up. The doors were locked. The steering wheel was cobwebbed. The Delhi Walla came across a discolored Premier Padmini outside a bungalow in Defence Colony. It was a rare sighting. This car is no longer in production. It is also no longer seen on the roads. One could see through the grimy windows that the seats were coated with thick layers of dust. The rear glass exhibited the dense foliage on the other side of the car. Through the windows, even those green leaves looked dusty
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Binduu Chopra, Faridabad Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - March 26, 2015March 26, 201512 The 44th death. [Text by Binduu Chopra; photo by Aryan Adityo] Binduu was a dot. She was also a drop of water; also a full circle. Actually, she just wished to be a drop of love. Eldest of the three children of Saroj and Rajinder, Ms Chopra loved candles, plants, shells, chunky silver rings, wind chimes, and nail paints. An author of three books and a few anthologies, she kept herself busy with her writings, her "heart beats". Ms Chopra dreamed of a life in a slow paced town where she would sit among the thick trees and gaze at the stars at night -- but she was too scared of the dark, too fearful of the sounds of leaves