City Food – Daulat ki Chaat 2021, Chawri Bazar
The delicatest delicacy. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s just another tiresome evening in the Walled City’s Chawri Bazar. The entire road from the rear of the Jama Masjid to Ashok Chaat Corner is blocked by a massive…
Mission Delhi – Ranjeet, Nehru Place
One of the one percent in 13 million. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Such tall multi-storeys. Such a crowd of busy pedestrians. And he is sitting cross-legged on the ground, with his little basket in front of him. His statue-like stillness…
City Nature – Saptaparni Flowers, Around Town
Winter’s bloom. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Winter is here. Those feeling homesick for the golden-yellow flowers of the amaltas must resign themselves to a long wait for the tree’s summertime bloom. Some interim relief will however arrive…
City Hangout – Old Windows, Daryaganj
Openings of old times. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This is a window with six panes. The glass of each pane is discoloured to a different degree—one pane is in fact partially broken, the jagged edges of its…
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