Mission Delhi – Kavita Joshi Rai, Lodhi Garden Mission Delhi by The Delhi Walla - July 26, 20220 One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This mobile phone snapper has perhaps the most beautifully named instagram handle in Delhi. Please shake paws with Kavita Joshi Rai, the founder of @dogs_of_lodhi, aka Dogs of Lodhi Garden. On a recent rainy evening, she was sighted near the park’s gate no. 7 with friends Jingle, Happy, Tiny, Mr John Snow, Misthi, and Frecky. You started your Insta account in March last year. I’m constantly photographing the many inhabitants of Lodhi Garden and thought this would be more efficient way of sharing my images. I’m part of a group of animal-friendly souls that feed, nurture, medicate the park’s creatures, and have been walking in the garden ever
City Landmarks – A-One Flower & More A-One Places, Old Delhi & Around Town Landmarks by The Delhi Walla - July 26, 2022July 26, 20220 A-one. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Galli Chooriwallan, the street of bangle sellers. Mohalla Qabristan, the neighbourhood of the graveyard. Pahari Imli, the hill of the tamarind. Each of these names are requiems for lost worlds. Galli Chooriwallan is no longer an exclusive address of bangle sellers. Mohalla Qabristan no longer hosts burials. Pahari Imli no longer has its tamarind tree. The names of Old Delhi places are severed from the Old Delhi of today, and barely have any connection with the wider metropolis. But one landmark is an exception. Not only is its name very modern, but it also helps reduce the gap between the Walled City and the big wide Delhi existing outside its vanished walls. A-One Flower makes