Photo Essay – Easter Sunday, Sacred Heart Cathedral

April 9, 2007 · by The Delhi Walla · in Photo Essays

Easter Sunday couldn’t bridge the social divide. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Sunday was not sunny and so the overcast sky blew in cool wind and good mood. Lepers and hawkers gathered outside the iron gates of…

Photo Essay – Time Out Lajpat Nagar

March 29, 2007 · by The Delhi Walla · in Photo Essays

Non-stop shoppping in one of Delhi’s busiest bazaars. [Story and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The sandals are pretty but expensive so Mrs. Sarla Nigam is arguing with the sandal walla to come down from Rs 300 to Rs 200…

Photo Essay: A Queer Dance

February 22, 2007 · by The Delhi Walla · in Photo Essays

Something went wrong at a wedding in Mahipalpur. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Somebody was getting married in Mahipalpur, an urban village near Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The excitement had burst out into the afternoon alley. The white mare which…

Photo Essay: To Delhi or Not To Delhi, That is The Question

October 4, 2006 · by The Delhi Walla · in Photo Essays

A Dutch diplomat calls Delhi filthy, but an American scholar seems more riveted than repulsed. Mr. James Mutti is a holder of a Master’s degree in South Asian Studies. Mr Mutti has made three trips to India. He talked to…

Photo Essay: A Short Walk in Connaught Place

August 22, 2006 · by The Delhi Walla · in Photo Essays

[Pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi. They cannot be used without his permission.] The official name of Connaught Place is Rajiv Chowk, named after India’s late Prime Minister. However, it is usually called CP by Delhi Wallas. Its colonial design, built…

Photo Essay: How does a Delhi Walla Commute in the Times of Terrorism?

August 17, 2006 · by The Delhi Walla · in Photo Essays

[Pictues by Mayank Austen Soofi] 8:15 AM: On Way to Office; Bomb Warning in a Delhi Transport Corporation Bus! 8:16 AM: Lurking Fear – Could This Man be a Bomber? THE END

Photo Essay: Delhi Shining – The Metropolis Flaunts its Metro

July 6, 2006 · by The Delhi Walla · in Photo Essays

Courtesy: Amsterdam-based Laurent Clère, who very kindly submitted this photograph to be published in The Delhi Walla.

Photo Essay: Loitering in Daryaganj’s Sunday Book Bazaar

July 5, 2006 · by The Delhi Walla · in Photo Essays

Picture by San Francisco-based Raymond Lee

Photo Essay: A Melancholic Dusk in Humayun’s Tomb

July 2, 2006 · by The Delhi Walla · in Photo Essays

[Photograph by San Franciso-based Raymond Lee]

Photo Essay: One Sunday in Daryaganj’s Book Bazaar

July 2, 2006 · by The Delhi Walla · in Photo Essays

[Photograph by San Franciso-based Raymond Lee]

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Since 2007, Mayank Austen Soofi has been collecting hundreds of stories taking place in Delhi, through writing and photography, for his acclaimed website The Delhi Walla. Every day, Mayank walks around the city with his camera and notebook to track down the part of extraordinary that exists in the seemingly mundane aspects of urban lives. By exploring and documenting the streets, buildings, houses, cuisines, traditions and people of Delhi, his work is also an attempt to give the megalopolis an intimate voice, and to capture the passing of time in this otherwise restlessly changing city.

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