City Life - Family Closet, Sadar Bazar

City Life – Family Closet, Sadar Bazar

A souvenir of memories. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Loved ones go, the objects of their daily life stay. And some trace of the departed, tidbit of a particular memory perhaps, is evoked by those objects. Like in…

City Landmark - The Book Mark, South Extension I

City Landmark – The Book Mark, South Extension I

A survivor. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Let’s talk about Delhi’s extinct bookshops. The Bookworm in Connaught Place had a spiral staircase, that went up to the Capital’s best collection of books on cinema. The Fact & Fiction…

Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Nadira Khan, Central Delhi

Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Nadira Khan, Central Delhi

The parlour confession. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Nadia Khan is leaving Delhi. After six years as a research fellow in Jamia Millia Islamia university where she finished her PhD on “expats assigned to India,” the Srinagar native is herself to…

City Life - Three Labourers, Pragati Maidan

City Life – Three Labourers, Pragati Maidan

Builders of a new city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The air is laden with dust. The temperature is so high that the body seems to be on a slow roast. In such a setting, a new world…