City Moment – Dyed Chicks, Okhla
The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon The Delhi Walla met a vendor of dyed chicks in a congested street in Okhla. “These are not for eating,” he said. The babies were stuffed inside…
City Moment – Happy Cow, Sri Aurobindo Marg
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One morning The Delhi Walla met an extravagantly dressed cow on the busy Sri Aurobindo Marg. The animal, attired in pink velvet, had a marigold garland draped around her…
City Moment –Author Hugging, India Habitat Center
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla was at the Stein auditorium in India Habitat Center. Author Arundhati Roy had just finished speaking on The Doctor and the Saint, her book-length…
City Moment – The Kiss, Nehru Place
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon The Delhi Walla came across a hijra in the office district of Nehru Place. She was wearing a white dupatta and pink suit, and she was with…
City Moment – Friend’s Grave, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One cold midnight The Delhi Walla entered the dargah of Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. The courtyard was empty. The dome was lit up with strings of tiny electric…
City Moment – Buffalo’s Martyrdom, Gali Kuen Wali
The melancholic Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One morning The Delhi Walla came across a lifeless buffalo in Old Delhi’s Gali Kuen Wali street. The body was lying upside down. Its mouth was open — the…
City Moment – The Kitchen Concert, Nizamuddin East
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon The Delhi Walla was at a third-floor apartment in Nizamuddin East when a young man entered the kitchen. He was wearing a blue kurta and a white…
City Moment – The Rat’s Funeral, Jorbagh
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon The Delhi Walla attended the funeral of a rat in the Central Delhi neighbourhood of Jorbagh. “Our dog attacked him,” the woman told me. She lives in…
City Moment – The Circumcision, Ghaffar Manzil
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla attended the khatna, the circumcision, of a Muslim boy. The ceremony took place at his home in the South Delhi neighbourhood of Ghaffar Manzil….
City Moment – Birthday Woman and Marcel Proust, Nizmauddin East
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla was sitting at the drawing room of a society hostess in Nizamuddin East when a young woman entered the house. She was wearing a…
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