Delhi Proustians – Marcel’s Dream, Venice
Du côté de chez Proust. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In his novel In Search of Lost Time, Marcel Proust’s narrator said, “When I went to Venice I found that my dream had become – incredibly, but quite…
Delhi Proustians – Bois de Boulogne, Paris
Marcel Proust’s garden. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One cold grey morning The Delhi Walla walked into the woods of Bois de Boulogne, a park along the edge of 16th aggrandizement of Paris, one of the city’s wealthiest…
Delhi Proustian – Le Swann, Rue de Constantinople
A hotel for Proustians. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon in Paris The Delhi Walla entered Le Swann. This hotel in rue de Constantinople is named after Charles Swann, perhaps the most romantic/artistic/melancholic character in Marcel Proust’s…
Delhi Proustian – Marcel Proust’s Tomb, Père Lachaise
The Delhi Walla in Paris. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One cold January afternoon The Delhi Walla visited Marcel Proust in Père Lachaise, the cemetery in Paris that is home to some of the most distinguished citizens of…
City Portraits – 100 Delhiwallas & Proust, New Year Special
Celebrating a century. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The year 2013 was special. The Delhi Walla finished reading all the seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s wildly entertaining novel In Search of Lost Time. 2013 was also the centenary…
Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Supriya Anand, Noida Sector 44
The Proustian self-introspection. [By The Delhi Proustians] The Proust Questionnaire represents a form of interview that owes its structure to answers given by French novelist Marcel Proust, the author of In Search of Lost Time, at two birthday parties that…
Delhi Proustians – Swann’s Way, Anniversary Edition
On turning 100. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Of course you have read this book. But not everybody is like you. Apparently a large part of the world is scared of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time,…
Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – R. Sivapriya, Freedom Fighters Enclave
The Proustian self-introspection. [By The Delhi Proustians] The Proust Questionnaire represents a form of interview that owes its structure to answers given by French novelist Marcel Proust, the author of In Search of Lost Time, at two birthday parties that…
Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Pradeep Chaturvedi, Gurgaon
The Proustian self-introspection. [By The Delhi Proustians] The Proust Questionnaire represents a form of interview that owes its structure to answers given by French novelist Marcel Proust, the author of In Search of Lost Time, at two birthday parties that…
Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Somak Ghoshal, Defence Colony
The Proustian self-introspection. [By The Delhi Proustians] The Proust Questionnaire represents a form of interview that owes its structure to answers given by French novelist Marcel Proust, the author of In Search of Lost Time, at two birthday parties that…
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