Atget’s Corner – 76-80, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 76-80, Delhi Photos

The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…

Atget’s Corner – 71-75, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 71-75, Delhi Photos

The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…

Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Sujata Chaudhry, Dak Bhawan

Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Sujata Chaudhry, Dak Bhawan

Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Sujata Chaudhry at her office in Dak Bhawan, a pale-pink government building in Parliament Street. In her 50s, Ms Chaudhury describes herself…

City List – The Nehru-Gandhi Archaeological Park, Around Town

City List – The Nehru-Gandhi Archaeological Park, Around Town

Delhi by list. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Hyderabad has the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Bombay, the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, and Chennai, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Our Delhi has well over 60 institutions, landmarks and places named…

Atget’s Corner – 66-70, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 66-70, Delhi Photos

The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…

Atget’s Corner – 61-65, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 61-65, Delhi Photos

The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…

Mission Delhi – Pathik Kar, Oxford Bookstore

Mission Delhi – Pathik Kar, Oxford Bookstore

One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Keeping the book back on the shelf, the young waiter takes out his smartphone and says, “See my website. I launched it last year.” The…

Atget’s Corner – 56-60, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 56-60, Delhi Photos

The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…

Atget’s Corner – 51-55, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 51-55, Delhi Photos

The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…

Mapping National Museum – The Dancing Girl, 2500 BC

Mapping National Museum – The Dancing Girl, 2500 BC

A little marvel. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] She is stark naked, except for bangles, rings and a necklace with four pendants. Sculptured in bronze more than 2,000 years ago, the Dancing Girl was discovered in 1926 in…