The Delhi Walla Books – Enjoying a Long Life

The Delhi Walla Books – Enjoying a Long Life

More considered reviews and recognition. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] A cat has nine lives. The Delhi Walla books – all four of them – are enjoying the same fate. Published by HarperCollins India in 2010, the books were widely considered…

The Delhi Walla Books – Now in Japan

The Delhi Walla Books – Now in Japan

Delhi to Tokyo [By Mayank Austen Soofi] The four-volume The Delhi Walla series have become a constant fixture in Delhi’s bookstores. Being its author and photographer, I like to believe that they are considered as a serious attempt to interpret…

The Delhi Walla Books - Interview by Yuva Magazine

The Delhi Walla Books – Interview by Yuva Magazine

[By Yuva Magazine] Despite being bestsellers, most newspapers and magazines ignored The Delhi Walla books. Corrupt as India media is, the editors and book beat reporters are always plugging books of friends or of authors who can afford the services…

The Delhi Walla Books – An Online Chat with Rediff Readers

The Delhi Walla Books – An Online Chat with Rediff Readers

Chatting on books, blogging and life in Delhi. [Excerpts from the chat section of rediff.com] The Delhi Walla-Portraits is the fourth and final volume in a series of books that brings together the best of writer-photographer Mayank Austen Soofi’s website…

The Delhi Walla Books - Portraits, Rs 199

The Delhi Walla Books – Portraits, Rs 199

The final volume of The Delhi Walla series. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The fourth and final volume in The Delhi Walla series – Portraits – reached the bookstores in late June, 2011. While working on this book,…

The Delhi Walla Books – Portraits is Published

The Delhi Walla Books – Portraits is Published

The fourth and the final volume. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] On the evening of June 6, 2011, The Delhi Walla received a small parcel from HarperCollins India. It was the fourth and final volume of The Delhi…

The Delhi Walla Books - A Work of Passion

The Delhi Walla Books – A Work of Passion

Interesting and informative guides. [By The Book Lovers] Delhi, the capital of world’s largest democracy, is perceived differently by different people. You can hate it, love it but you cannot ignore it. The city has been the hot seat right…

The Delhi Walla Books – The Delhi Mantra

The Delhi Walla Books – The Delhi Mantra

They are from the heart. [By Fahad Shah] A traveller. A photographer. A book lover. And a guide to Delhi. He walks all around the city. Alone, late in the night, he writes what he had experienced from dawn to…

The Delhi Walla Books – Launch Event, Lodhi Restaurant

The Delhi Walla Books – Launch Event, Lodhi Restaurant

Good snacks, good talk. [Pictures by Yajuvendra Upadhyaya, Marina Bang, Mark Williams and Surabhi Chauhan] The book launch for The Delhi Walla series was a success. The venue was packed. People laughed and clapped. And Arundhati Roy came! This is…

The Delhi Walla Books - Novelist Anuja Chauhan's Review

The Delhi Walla Books – Novelist Anuja Chauhan’s Review

A bestselling author’s verdict. [By Anuja Chauhan] They say one of the greatest simple joys you can experience is to become a tourist in your own city. Just two books have actually made me do that – the first is…