City Faith – The Ballad for the Eid Goats, Old Delhi Faith by The Delhi Walla - September 12, 2016September 13, 20162 The gifts of sacrifice. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] They all will die. The goats, as well as the occasional camels and buffaloes. The Delhi Walla spent a week walking in the Islamic parts of the Walled City, which is preparing to get ready for Eid ul Zuha, or Bakra Eid, in which animals are sacrificed to commemorate the legend of a devout man’s complete surrender to his God. Every household in certain parts of Old Delhi have at least one goat tied in the courtyard. These creatures are presently the center of attraction. Children kiss them and the elders affectionately feed them with gular grass. On the morning of Eid, the lungi-clad butchers will visit every home. Rest in peace 1a. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Tanima Saha, Lutyens’s Delhi Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - September 12, 2016September 12, 20161 The 133rd death. [Text by Tanima Saha; photo by Christopher Gardner] Tanima Saha was found dead in her Lutyens's Delhi residence earlier today by a bunch of schoolboys. Every morning on their way to school the boys would throw stones at Ms Saha's window blinds to annoy the old lady and she would yell at them. Unaccustomed to going to school without hearing Ms Saha scream at them and with their curiosity piqued, the boys sneaked into her house through her kitchen window. Ms Saha was found dead sitting in her armchair with her kajal-ed eyes wide open (she had once famously told a friend that she would never be found dead without kajal). She is believed to have died of a heart