Like a painting. If French novelist Marcel Proust had lived in India, he would have lived in Calcutta. The city is like a faded watercolor painting. The Delhi Walla visited it for a week. Unlike Delhi, the old houses in Calcutta still survive. The green shuttered windows...
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The Delhi Walla in Bombay. The Delhi Walla spent the final week of 2012 in Bombay. I had Bombay Masala sandwich and marzipan carrot cake at Leopold Café, hot chocolate at Starbucks, pomfret tikka at Mahesh Lunch Home, and masala tea at Kala Ghoda cafe. One evening...
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Delhi in Paris. The free online encyclopedia Wikipedia warns that Delhi’s India Gate should not be confused with the Gateway of India in Bombay. But during a trip to Paris, The Delhi Walla confused a prominent French landmark with the India Gate. According to the Wikipedia: The India Gate...
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The Delhi Walla in the French capital. Just as The Delhi Walla started to feel Parisian during his trip to Paris, it was time to return to Delhi. Pari(s), merci and au revoir. See you soon. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11....
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The Delhi Walla in the French capital. A labyrinth of cobbled paths and mossy tombs, it is neither a Christian cemetery, nor a Muslim graveyard even though Christians, Muslims and Jews lie buried here. It is not even exclusively French; there are graves of Turkish, Armenian,...
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The Delhi Walla in the French capital. It was raining. The Delhi Walla was in Illiers-Combray, a small town south of Paris that is believed to be the setting of some of the most memorable passages in the first volume of In Search of Lost Time, a...
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The Delhi Walla in the French capital. The trees of Delhi are unwieldy. The trees of Paris look more civilised. They are the gentlefolk in evening dress – courteous, healthy, symmetrical, and lovable. They pursue perfection. They seem to care only about the tender things in life....
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The Delhi Walla in the French capital. The Delhi Walla is trying too hard to be a Parisian. I had macarons in Laduree. I read Le Monde by the Seine. I acquired Flaubert’s Sentimental Education from Shakespeare & Co. I spent an entire day with a second-hand...
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The Delhi Walla in the French capital. The Delhi Walla began the dinner with a half-dozen oysters on the half shell. Then arrived the sole meunière. It was perfectly browned in a sputtering butter sauce with a sprinkling of chopped parsley on top. Then came the salade...
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The Delhi Walla in the French capital. Trees, fountains, flowers, cafes, sculptures, graveled paths, busts of important artists, a pond, and, of course, a palace, which serves as the seat of the French Senate. There is also a puppet theatre and the original model of the Statue...
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