City Walk – Chirag Delhi Village, South Delhi
A small town stroll. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Ladies standing by a corner, murmuring to each other in low voices. Idle shopkeepers silently watching the street life outside. Small town vibes are evocative of slow living, letting…
City Walk – Side-lane Strolling, Jor Bagh
A passage to exclusivity. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Who wouldn’t want to live right here in Jor Bagh? This upscale neighbourhood in Central Delhi is far from maddening crowds, with graceful mansions safely secured by guards and…
City Walk – Hailey Road, Central Delhi
Loafing through calmness. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Tucked behind the commercial high-rises of a hectic Connaught Place, Hailey Road, by contrast, is utterly serene with its tree-lined pavements, unapproachable residences, scarce traffic, weather-beaten brick walls and a…
City Walk – Skywalk Passageways, Pragati Maidan
New kind of stroll. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s as if an artistic child had scribbled lines across a blank page. Or this is at least how the Pragati Maidan footbridges, or the skywalk if you will,…
City Walk – Raisina Hill Walk, Central Delhi
Into the heart of the governing elite. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The 2019 General Election results will be out later this month. By then we’ll have a clear idea of who would be ruling upon us for…
City Walk – Kaka Nagar, Central Delhi
A neighbourhood stroll. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The serene and privileged world of government housing seems nigh unto dead in this sweltering mid-afternoon, here in Central Delhi. Finding a single fellow human walking about in the Kaka…
City Walk – A Journey to Togo, Vasant Vihar
Tracking an elusive land. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Most of us might not claim much knowledge about Togo. But this West African country is right there at the Vasant Vihar Metro station. Sort of. Display signs at…
City Walk – Amrita Shergil Marg, Central Delhi
Strolling through a bubble. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This is a land of bungalows so elegant and trees so grand that each appears to be a republic of its own. A peaceful, hushed world; the traffic is…
City Walk – Midnight Round, India Gate Circle
Late night wonder. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Just about anybody moving about in Delhi knows something about that radial enveloping India Gate Circle. It’s usually clogged with traffic, of course. Which is why knowledgeable city guides to…
City Walk – Homely Views, Ashram Flyover
Intruding the privacy. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This is 1. 1. 2019. Let’s make a New Year resolution: To never ever invade people’s privacy, with just one exception today please! In any case we don’t usually get…
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