City Hangout - F Block, Connaught Place

City Hangout – F Block, Connaught Place

The CP spirit. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The benches are stained with bird droppings. The muddy ground behind is littered with rat holes. The neem tree isn’t particularly shady. And yet, this place gives you a shat-pratishat…

Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Rekha Massey, Paharganj

Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Rekha Massey, Paharganj

The parlour confession. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Each time she flashes a smile, its sunshine radiance lights up her Bubbles, the boutique she has been running inside a Paharganj cafè for 15 years. Delhi’s backpackers’ district is yet to recover…

City Food - Mukhtar's Cold Season Tea, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti

City Food – Mukhtar’s Cold Season Tea, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti

The sip of winter. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Here are some of the sure signs of the arrival of winter season in Delhi, besides the obvious one of a nip in the air: opening of Lodhi Gardens…

City Monument - Winter-Time Ghamand Sarai, Gurgaon

City Monument – Winter-Time Ghamand Sarai, Gurgaon

Stones of November. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Without fail, the malleable winter light always softens the jagged stones, lying on the top, into a texture that appears only partially solid. As if a mere touch of the…