From The Delhi Walla Archives - A Selection of Prints, "Somewhere in Delhi", Third Batch

From The Delhi Walla Archives – A Selection of Prints, “Somewhere in Delhi”, Third Batch

Tangible souvenirs [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Hello friends! I’ve come out with a third batch of “Somewhere in Delhi” prints! The selection is curated and designed by Venetian designer Anna Gerotto, and professionally printed on high quality Hahnemühle Photo Rag…

Photo Essay - The Delhi Walla's Exhibition, Serendipity Arts Festival 2018, Goa

Photo Essay – The Delhi Walla’s Exhibition, Serendipity Arts Festival 2018, Goa

My life as an artist. [Photos by Visual Pan] Dear reader, one of the most amazingly beautiful things that happened in my life as a blogger/writer/photographer was the exhibition of a sample of my instagram posts in the prestigious Serendipity…

Photo Essay - Seeking Big City Solitude, Around Town

Photo Essay – Seeking Big City Solitude, Around Town

The love of anonymity. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Loneliness is a horror, as poet Emily Dickinson famously wrote, not to be surveyed. But have you ever felt its icy sensation on your skin? In the crowded city…

Photo Essay - Living With Jane Austen, Around Town

Photo Essay – Living With Jane Austen, Around Town

Being Jane. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Since my middle name is ‘Austen’, some people confuse me as being some distant relative of Jane Austen. That’s not true at all. In fact, I am The Jane Austen. I…

Photo Essay – The Apocalyptic Scenes in the World’s Most Polluted City, Around Delhi

Photo Essay – The Apocalyptic Scenes in the World’s Most Polluted City, Around Delhi

The end of the world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] For at least two days in November, Delhi was cloaked in smog. During the day, you couldn’t see the sun. At night, the stars and the moon went…

Photo Essay - Cooling Fan in Literature, Around Town

Photo Essay – Cooling Fan in Literature, Around Town

Fan stories. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Before the AC, before the cooler, there was the fan. It is probably still hanging there in your room — look up and check. Or maybe you have a pedestal fan…

Photo Essay - Some Suitable Boys for BBC's Suitable Boy, Around Town

Photo Essay – Some Suitable Boys for BBC’s Suitable Boy, Around Town

On Vikram Seth’s hero. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Who shall be Vikram Seth’s Suitable Boy? BBC has announced its adaption of Mr Seth’s novel A Suitable Boy. It will be the British broadcaster’s first period drama with…

Photo Essay - In Memory of the Nameless Homeless Man Who Died, Around City Pavements

Photo Essay – In Memory of the Nameless Homeless Man Who Died, Around City Pavements

Rest in sleep. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is almost midnight. He is lying sprawled on the road divider. He seems to be sleeping. His eyes are closed. The headlights of a speeding car fall on his…

Photo Essay - The Lonely Foreign Woman and Other Women in the Italian Unification Celebrations, Italian Embassy Grounds

Photo Essay – The Lonely Foreign Woman and Other Women in the Italian Unification Celebrations, Italian Embassy Grounds

Women watching. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The beautiful people of the capital’s diplomatic world trickled in one after another. One evening The Delhi Walla attended the Italian Unification Celebration on the grassy grounds of the Italian embassy…

Photo Essay - The Deceitful Sky Over Our Jealous Jama Masjid, Old Delhi

Photo Essay – The Deceitful Sky Over Our Jealous Jama Masjid, Old Delhi

Beauty lost. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] What’s gone wrong with Jama Masjid?! It is morning and the grand Mughal-era mosque is still standing on its centuries-old spot but there is no trace of its yesterday’s grandness. It…