Our Self-Written Obituaries – Sohini Pal, Landour Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - September 2, 2015September 2, 20152 The 98th death. [Text by Sohini Pal; photo by Reeti Roy] Well-known children's author Sohini Pal was found dead this morning in her tiny bungalow in Landour, a hill town near Mussoorie in Uttarakhand. The person who discovered her body was her landlady, a Mrs Hanslow, who opened the door with a master key after a strange smell started to emanate from the house. Ms Pal was found lying dead on her couch, with her cat, Mrs Norris, next to her. The cat mewed at Mrs Hanslow. Mrs Norris had not nibbled at Ms Pal's body, although she had left generous piles of poop on the blanket that covered her. Tokens of love, no doubt. According to her neighbours, the late children's writer
Home Sweet Home – Thomas Ellis’s Residence, Sujan Singh Park Delhi Homes by The Delhi Walla - September 1, 2015September 29, 20154 Inside the walls. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One late morning The Delhi Walla enters the home of French filmmaker Thomas Ellis. He lives in the exclusive Sujan Singh Park Apartments in Central Delhi. Raised in the 1940s, this is a tree-lined neighborhood of redbrick houses. It was most famous for being the address of late author Khushwant Singh. Mr Ellis’s apartment is reached through a dimly-lit staircase. The landing to his floor has a small semi-circular balcony with iron railing. It looks down to a garden. Mr Ellis moved here recently from his old home in South Delhi. The apartment still feels somewhat vacant. While tables, chairs and beds have been laid out in their respective places and each