Our Self-Written Obituaries – Deepannita Misra, Bhilwara Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - January 27, 20220 The 265th death. [By Deepannita Misra] Here lies Deepannita Misra, 25, who laughed and cried a little, gulped down her tears with two shots of bitter espresso, and passed away peacefully on the morning of 22nd November. It was a terrifically mundane day. It was also her birthday. She looked good though – wearing a dark lipstick with no other signs of makeup, basking in sufficient warmth and sunlight filtering in through her hollow 2bhk rented apartment. She was hollow inside-out. Those who knew her testified that she had been embezzled out of emotions worth millions of rupees a long time ago. She revealed shortly before her death that she had fallen prey to this grave crime. They didn’t know who the culprit
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Sumaiya Arshad, Delhi Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - January 27, 2022January 27, 20220 The 264th death. [By Sumaiya Arshad] "We carry the tragedy, the legacy, the kindness and the sins." -Sumaiya Arshad Sumaiya was an English professor by profession and a poet in her free time. You could find her baking with her cats every evening in her small apartment that overlooked Delhi's blurry skyline. She loved going to art galleries and the city's monuments for peace and inspiration. Her house always smelled like cakes and coffee and its walls had framed roses and prints of her work. Her first poem was published when she was 17 and that's when her dream for literature was born. She published her first anthology "The Bittersweet Potpourri" at 21 and a photo book titled "I saw it all" at 25. Her
City Food – Mr Mukhtar’s Spicy Lemon Tea, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti Food by The Delhi Walla - January 27, 20220 An uncommon street tea. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Such a small place, but packed with so many points of interests. Delhi’s greatest poet, Mirza Ghalib, is buried here. So is the legendary poet and musician, Amir Khusro. This place is also home to the beautiful tomb of Atgah Khan, a noble in Akbar’s court. The white marble Chausath Khamba, Delhi’s only Jehangir-era architectural souvenir, is also here. Then there is the enigmatic Barakhamba monument. And, of course, the heart of Nizamuddin Basti beats in the Sufi shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, from whom this central Delhi village takes its name. You might have already been to these places. But now you have to come here to have a taste of
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Harsh Roy, Delhi Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - January 27, 20220 The 263rd death. [By Harsh Roy] Harsh Roy died at the tender age of 21, in the colorless room of a hospital in South Delhi, his hand being held by his love. In his last moments, he was being yelled at for not revealing his sickness until it was too late, but he went away peacefully, knowing her anger was coming from a place of love. He was a student, alone and quiet, drowned in literature. His room was a mess filled with books, out of which Dostoyevsky and Murakami stood out. He was also immeasurably in love with nature and writing. Deeply influenced by music and art, he believed they were the meaning of life. A person, no matter how alone