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South China Morning Post Review – On Nobody Can Love You More

January 17, 2013
Nobody Can Love You More

Life in the red light. Victoria Burrows of the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post talked about Nobody Can Love You...
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Times of India Review – On Nobody Can Love You More

January 4, 2013
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Life in the red light. Arunima Mazumdar of Times of India talked about Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, a book by The Delhi Walla, on the newspaper’s website. Click here to read it, or see below. Lifeless posters of Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit, Amisha Patel...
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City Book – GB Road, Inside Delhi’s Red Light District

December 25, 2012
Nobody Can Love You More

Interview on Nobody Can Love You More. Joanna Sugden at The Wall Street Journal‘s website talked to The Delhi Walla about his book Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District. Click here to read it on the newspaper’s website, or see below. Mayank...
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City Video – Nobody Can Love You More, GB Road

December 13, 2012
Nobody Can Love You More

Watched by thousands of people. Penguin India, the publishers of The Delhi Walla’s new book, Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, sent me a mail: The video for the book has done extremely well online for us! We shared it twice on our Facebook page....
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City Book – Nobody Can Love You More, YouTube Video

November 30, 2012
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A very short film. A Little Anarky Films tells the story behind The Delhi Walla’s book Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District. Published by Viking Penguin, it is available in book stores and on shopping websites. You may watch the video here.
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City Book – Nobody Can Love You More, First Copy

November 21, 2012
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Like a dream. Hot off the press. On receiving the first copy of his new book, Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, The Delhi Walla hid it in an envelope and went through the day as if it was just another...
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Letter from Penguin India – A Major New Book

November 1, 2012
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A public notice. Penguin India is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red-Light District, by Mayank Austen Soofi. It is published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin. The first book on Delhi’s red light area tells stories of the daily lives of sex workers and...
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City Book – The US Edition of Nobody Can Love You More

October 25, 2012
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It will be published in America. Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, a book by The Delhi Walla, is set to release some time in November 2012. Published by Penguin India, the book includes black & white photos. Author Khushwant Singh, historian...
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City Book – Nobody Can Love You More, GB Road

September 27, 2012
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The first book on Delhi’s red-light district. In GB Road, Delhi’s red light district, the women of Kotha No. 300 raise their children; visit temples, shrines and mosques; complain about pimps and brothel owners; cook for their lovers; listen to film songs; and solicit customers. Following the habits of those...
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City Notice –The Delhi Walla’s New Book

September 17, 2012
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The first book on Delhi’s red-light district. The Delhi Walla has found a new home in GB Road, the city’s red-light area. There I gossip with the prostitutes, eat meals cooked by them, and play with their children. The women of kotha number teen sau tell me things they don’t...
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Time Out Delhi

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