City Moment – Two Friends, Lodhi Gardens Moments by The Delhi Walla - June 29, 20190 The memorable instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s not always easy to find a true friend. But these two 18-year-olds have found one—in each other. Now on their 8th day in Delhi, Rupesh Kumar and Ravikant hail from the same town of Palwal where they’ve been inseparable friends since childhood. “We’ve now come to Delhi to start a new life, and of course to study,” explains Ravikant. This afternoon the guys are enjoying an “outing” in Lodhi Garden, lying on a grassy slope as they chat and laugh and lay idle. “We attended the same school,” says Rupesh, “and we’ve played just about every game together. From kanchas (marbles) to aais paais (hide and seek)!” Rupesh says he depends so much on
Julia Child in Delhi – Ayeshe Sadr’s “Awesome Chocolate Cake”, Mehrauli Food by The Delhi Walla - June 29, 20190 The great chef’s life in Delhi. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] As the possessive owner of 50 gorgeous saris, a beautiful silver “sari-belt” and a much-loved cake recipe, Ayeshe Sadr seems to be enjoying a reasonably contended existence in our smoggy metropolis. The 36-year-old illustrator lives with Koka and Tofu (cats), and Ishaan (“husband and roommate”) in a fourth-floor apartment in south Delhi’s Mehrauli. Ms Sadr, actually, had an equal likelihood of settling down in an apartment in faraway Tehran. She is of Persian origins—her name means ‘life’ in Persian. Her father came as a young man from native Iran to study political science in Delhi University’s Dayal Singh College. “Baba was staying at a barsati in Golf Links, Mamma was