Remains of lost time. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Flâneurs go to the Walled City for its street cuisine and to experience its famous and obscure monuments. But what about the Walled City’s wall — yes, it exists….
Notes from a kitchen. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The other day, The Delhi Walla ran into Somwar Kumar encamped on the pavement in central Delhi. He’d just eaten his homemade lunch. He had cooked aloo gobhi and…
The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…
The 156th death. [Text by Sromona Sabnam, photos by her and Anonymous] She often said that she was slowly becoming everything but her shattered story remained untold. The ocean of unread books haunted and ultimately drowned Sromona Sabnam. She did…
A stroll around the huaz. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] These days anything even resembling a pool of water can easily inspire panic among Delhiwallas thanks to dengue mosquitoes. But December is one of our better months. The…
A baby goat’s life. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It stands to reason that you’d want to bundle up your baby goat on a cold morning in central Delhi. It’s also obvious that The Delhi Walla would love…
The 155th death. [Text by Anmol Anand; photos by Pushkar Dhawale, Indrajeet Singh, Aakash Karnawat, Abhishek Keshri] A great gain to #Heaven! Anmol Anand, a #HashTag #lover, an #UrbanPlanner and a #Spiritual being with a #beautiful smile has left to…
A life extraordinary. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Like any unwieldy metropolis, Delhi is full of extraordinary lives, but how many of those do we know? Take Muhammed Waseem, a homeless man who used to spend all his…
A contrasting world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Let us go, you and I, when early evening splays the skies. To set forth on a surprising stroll that reveals storied wealth uneasily nudged by gross poverty. The walk…
The 154th death. [Text and photos by Anubhuti Krishna] This morning Anubhuti Krishna, aka Thatgirlinmuddyboots, was found dead in her bedroom amidst her pile of journals, ink pens, half-read books, and silver earrings. Her laptop was found beside her, her…
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