Mission Delhi – Akash Kanaujia, Outside Lodhi Gardens Mission Delhi by The Delhi Walla - September 22, 20182 One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Akash Kanaujia attracts attention, no question about it. As though every atom comprising his ripped body is pure muscle. It’s also certain that Mr Kanaujia is used to being stared at. Pedestrians along this central Delhi lane outside Lodhi Gardens are instinctively turning towards this hotel executive with dazed eyes; while evening commuters on a slow-moving bus gawk unabashedly. “My life’s really too hectic to mind the attention,” he laughs. “Five years ago, I was nothing more than a chopstick. Then I started gymming.” This 75-kg guy trains three hours daily before leaving for the office, where he was recently hired as sales manager for a hotel company. “When I
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Arushi Thapar, Bombay Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - September 22, 20181 The 207th death. [Text and photos sent by Arushi Thapar] Arushi Thapar will always be remembered as someone who remembered too much. She was never good at making small talk because she was a fan of the real stuff, of things that mattered no matter how insignificant they seemed. She called herself a 'serial nostalgist' as she was plagued by nostalgia several times a day. Her life was a quest to feel every shade of every emotion. She wanted to feel every subtle ripple or shift of emotion that people go through and thought there was something very important about how they drove us into being or not being a certain way. She will be missed for the kind of adrak chai she made,