City Walk – Sir Syed Road, Old Delhi
Scholar’s lane. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Our Dilli has no dearth of books for those who have a taste for old buildings. Published in 1846, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s illustrated Urdu classic Asar-al-Sanadid (Relics of Past Things)…
City Landmark – Railway Station, Gurgaon
A station, for memories. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Ting tong. Yatrigan kripya dhyan de. Passengers, may we have your attention please. Better later than never. That thing called change will soon be expressing into one of Delhi…
City Food – Proust’s Paape, Diamond Bakery
Proust for Old Delhi. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Seven volumes, 3,000 pages, 1.5 million words. Naturally nobody has time for In Search of Lost Time. Why read the novel anyways when you can live it, and so…
City Life – Ghalib’s Graveyard, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] You cannot get close to Mirza Ghalib by sitting beside his marble grave. That intimacy can only be attained by reading the poet’s ghazals and…
Mission Delhi – Subhash Kumar Das, Chelmsford Road
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The evening sky is dark with clouds threatening to burst into a heavy down- pour any moment. The trees too are swaying, as the winds…
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