City Food – Odd High Tea Ritual, Old Delhi
The mystery couple. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The pavement tea stalls of Old Delhi are famous—or notorious, according to the individual’s taste—for their extra-sweet, extra-milky, extra-gingery chai. If you are a tea seller’s regular patron or if…
Atget’s Corner – 746-750, 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 – Veena Venugopal, Sector 42, Gurgaon
The 56th death. [Text by Veena Venugopal; photo by Vishal Koul] Veena Venugopal, 70, died in Gurgaon yesterday after a bookshelf collapsed on her while she was moving to her 104th home. Doctors said the unopened box of the Complete…
City Library – Vinod Mehta’s Books, Hazrat Nizamuddin East
A vanishing world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The warm daylight is streaming in through the window. It is utterly quiet. This is the book room of Vinod Mehta, the founder-editor of Outlook magazine who died in March,…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Binodan Kumar Dev Sarma, Dwarka
The 55th death. [Text by Binodan Kumar Dev Sarma; photo by a “Dear Friend”] Iambic On a winter morning they discovered him still, fist open, legs apart, loins wet, a book of poetry lay open over his stiller chest, page…
Atget’s Corner – 741-745, 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 – Sanmukh Rao Kuppannagari, Los Angeles
The 54th death. [Text by Sanmukh Rao Kuppannagari; photo by Vishnu Vardhan] Sanmukh Rao Kuppannagari, better known by his Twitter handle @sraok, is the first person to legally die today on 1st April, 2120, since death was outlawed on 1st…
Netherfield Ball – Vijay Nambisan’s Poetry Talk, The Toddy Shop
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla went to hear a high-brow chitchat in Hauz Khas Village. Poet Vijay Nambisan and The Caravan magazine’s associate editor Supriya Nair had announced a conversation…
City Hangout – Husseini Hotel, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti
Rustic charm. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The pots and pans are filled with Delhi’s customary dishes; the thick rotis are stacked under a white netted fabric; the cooks routinely wave at passersby on the street; the two…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Apoorva Wadhwa, Rohini
The 53rd death. [Text by Apoorva Wadhwa; photo by Mrinal Verma] As I trace her bildungsroman, I realize she was ambrosia. She was a plot without a resolution, A dream with colours incomprehensible. She sent love letters to herself, She…
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