Last chance to see a classic. A comi-tragedy, it’s a cult classic. Directed by Pradip Krishen, the author of Trees of Delhi, and scripted by Arundhati Roy, the author of The God of Small Things, the 1992 film Electric Moon will be screened on May 20 at India Habitat Center...
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Listen to this. BBC Radio 4 interviewed The Delhi Walla. The Bristol-based BBC presenter Chris Ledgard came to Delhi to record an episode of his weekly show Word of Mouth. The theme: Language and Politics in India. Mr Ledgard talked to newspaper editors, professors, authors and civil servants, and he...
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Poetry in the city. The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet C.P. Cavafy at his office in Rail Bhawan, the headquarters of the Indian Railways in Central Delhi. At the age of twenty nine Mr Cavafy took up an appointment as special clerk in the Third Circle...
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Delhi by list. The Mughal dynasty gave 19 rulers to Hindustan. It was the fifth, Shah Jahan, who established his capital in Delhi. The Delhi Walla gives you the entire list of Mughal rulers, from Babur, the first Mughal, to Zafar, the last. 1. Babur b. 1483, r. 1526-1530 2....
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Poetry in the city. The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Shahwar Kibria outside the showrooms of South Extension-I market. In her early 20s, she works as an editor in a publishing firm. Ms Kibria grew up in Calcutta. Her beloved poets are Jalaluddin Rumi, Charles Baudelaire,...
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The leather woman. One evening The Delhi Walla sighted his most beloved Delhiite – author Arundhati Roy. She was in a black leather jacket and black Levi jeans. Ms Roy was at the India Islamic Center, Lodhi Road. She was to speak on Spontaneous Protests and Complicit...
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Poetry in the city. The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Anna Akhmatova outside the highly-secured boundary wall of Tihar Jail in West Delhi. In her late 20s, Ms Akhmatova is wearing a white shawl. A woman of somewhat severe features, she is looking immensely sad. Gesturing...
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Celebrating Pride & Prejudice. Such a delightful day. On January 29 1813, Jane Austen wrote to her sister Cassandra to tell her the good news that Pride and Prejudice had been published. The Delhi Walla is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Readers,...
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Poetry in the city. The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Manika Dhama in the Outer Circle of the Colonial-era Connaught Place. In her late 20s, Ms Dhama is an investment consultant in a Gurgaon-based real-estate firm. A resident of Noida, she runs the blog framed by...
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Poetry in the city. This poem is by The Delhi Walla. Which movie did she see on Sunday evening? In Jantar Mantar. To a fellow Delhiwalla, ‘Sir, are you for or against rape?’ Newspapers say she was returning home after watching a film in Select Citywalk, She was with a friend. Cutting across party...
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