City Vox Popili – A Life in Keziah’s Day, IIT Delhi
As part of The Delhi Walla series asking citizens to “write down everything you did in one day.” Send yours in 400 words max to thedelhiwallasoofi@gmail.com [Photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] [By Keziah Souza, a research scholar in IIT Delh]…
City Vox Popili – A Life in Tansy’s Day, Manali
As part of The Delhi Walla series asking citizens to “write down everything you did in one day.” Send yours in 400 words max to thedelhiwallasoofi@gmail.com [Photos by Dasel Troy-Norbu] [By Tansy Troy, an “educator, performer, poet”] First sun streams…
City Vox Popili – A Life in Kanwal’s Day, Paris
As part of The Delhi Walla series asking citizens to “write down everything you did in one day.” Send yours in 400 words max to thedelhiwallasoofi@gmail.com [Photo by Apoorva Arora] [By Kanwal Sohi, who study English–Language, Literature and Society–at the…
City Vox Popili – A Life in Grishika’s Day, Delhi
As part of The Delhi Walla series asking citizens to “write down everything you did in one day.” Send yours in 400 words max to thedelhiwallasoofi@gmail.com [Photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] [By Grishika Arora, a 12th grade graduate sailing through…
Delhi Homes – Windows of Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti & Elsewhere
That opening in the room. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] With an upsurge in extreme weather conditions, along with pollution, smog and dengue mosquitoes, most of us are obliged to keep our household windows curtained and shut. The…
City Life – Pollution Postcard, 2023 Delhi
Prose and poem on the Delhi smog. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The mourning (sorry, morning!) sky is sandstorm yellow, so is the earth and everything between the sky and earth, though no storm is brewing. The distant…
City Life – Ramlila Actors, Ramlila Ground
Once in a year. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The crown gracing his head, the smooth folds of his dress–every inch the King Dashrath. But the Raja Dashrath sitting on this plain Jane plastic chair is also a…
City Life – Faces of a Far-Off War, Paharganj
On Israel and Palestine. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Everyone is smiling in these photos. A few are even grinning. All seem to be young. All are Israelis. The same carefree expressions are to be found on their…
City Hangout – Tracking the Pigeons, Chitli Qabar Chowk
Bird’s-eye view. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Suddenly, the house of lawyer Nilofar “advocate” starts moving. Nahi nahi, these are actually the dark ripples moving along the building’s walls that give that impression. The restless pigeons are flying…
City Life – Metro Dialogues, Blue Lines
Did you hear. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Shuttling on the Delhi Metro is incredibly visual. You see people in their most casual attitudes, completely unconscious of others, indulging in acts that are kabhi weird kabhi cute. Our…
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