Our Self-Written Obituaries – Aishwarya Kandpal, Třeboň, Czech Republic Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - September 27, 2015September 27, 20152 The 102nd death. [Text by Aishwarya Kandpal; photo by Unknown] My 45th death. November 19, 2055. Slurp. Sniff. Slurp. The huge Mishka sat next to a most demurely seated figure, head down on the grand piano, seemingly wondering why her master wouldn’t respond despite her vain attempts of the wondrously vehement licking. Five minutes later, she stretched her old paws on the grass and stared at what remained of the master with the equivalent of a dog’s expression of glum- droopy eyes blinking periodically. “Aishwarya Kandpal passes away. Snow covered body found head down on her grand piano in the middle of her small strawberry orchard. The death is probably a result of her late evening skinny-dipping in a nearby lake,” the local newspaper
City Life – Muhammed Sabir’s Dengue, Hazrat Nizamuddin East Life by The Delhi Walla - September 27, 2015September 27, 20154 A face in the fever. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The thinkable has happened. Muhammed Sabir, too, has got dengue. Mr Sabir is one of the thousands of Delhiwallas who have been hit by this fever in the current season. He also happens to be the only man in author Sadia Dehlvi’s life. He is her longtime cook. They live in Delhi’s upscale Hazrat Nizamuddin East. “Sabir was diagnosed with dengue three days ago,” says Ms Dehlvi, while preparing an extract of papaya leaves, which is said to have great curative powers for dengue patients. Ms Dehlvi says she did not sleep during the first night of the diagnosis. “I kept a watch over Sabir as he slept. I would