City Food – Mr Mukhtar’s Spicy Lemon Tea, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti
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….
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Harsh Roy, Delhi
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…
City Monument – Dilli Gate, Daryaganj
A Walled City Survivor. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Crenellation. Of course, you know the meaning. Some of us might not, and we can always Google it. But certainly all of us ought to head to a particular…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Pavel Catalina, Calicut
The 262nd death. [By Pavel Catalina] Catalina Pavel, a writer and a lover of Kerala, was found dead at the beginning of Edavappathi, at her place in Malabar, her second home, most probably while watching the sun setting over the…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Amitayush Yadav, Lucknow
The 261st death. [By Amitayush Yadav] He once quoted Arundhati Roy and asked “Where do dreams go, when the dreamer dies?” Now that he himself has set off on the eternal journey, we wonder what must have happened to his…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Sneha Roy, Durgapur
The 260th death. [By Sneha Roy] Sneha Roy, a poet and photographer, was found dead on 12th June in Shillong while writing the last of her letters in the attic. The letter was not revealed as it was solely intended…
Mission Delhi – Vinod, Central Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is suddenly making an unsuspecting passerby hungry, this delicious smell of spiced veggies shallow-frying in oil. The entire lane is infused with a strong…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Suroshri Paul, Barrackpore
The 259th death. [By Suroshri Paul] Suroshri Paul, a student and a growing nihilist, who was apparently believed to be an optimist, died on 27th January in a room of her own in Barrackpore. The cause is yet to be…
City Walk – Changing Architecture, Old Delhi
Changing Walled City. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is as if these patches of sky could no longer hold together. As if they had given up, falling down here and there over the city. This is one…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Varun Dhingra, Delhi
The 258th death. [By Varun Dhingra] Varun Dhingra, the well-unknown center of his make-believe universe, passed away, in his favorite writer’s words, at the viable-diable age of 33, in his ramshackle room on the roof at his parents’ house in…
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