The new night life in the shopping district. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There they are. Just two minutes of walking through a deserted block, and you spot the party-ready midnight’s children, who confirm what one had suspected…
Sacred meal. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The tiled floor has got a new pattern. It is carpeted with hundreds of paper plates. Each plate is filled with sliced fruits and a piece of fried kachori. The Delhi…
Farewell to summer. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The magic is gone. It’s no longer the same thing. The flowers look pale, many are almost sickly white. To tell the truth, most of these Amaltas trees no longer…
Leaping past the secondhands. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s not Chandni Chowk. Not Mehrauli Archaeological Complex. No, not even Lodhi Gardens. It’s the Sunday Book Bazaar in Daryaganj. This mile-long pavement market for secondhand books is the…
Thank God It’s Tuesday. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] It was close to midnight at Pegs N Pints pub in Chanakyapuri – New Delhi’s diplomatic enclave. Illegal acts were being performed close to the maximum security zone of…
Delhi’s most puzzling ruin. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] This was the palace of Muhamamd bin Tughlaq (1300-1351), a sultan so stupid that he forcibly moved Delhi’s entire population 700 miles south to the Deccan. Having survived many…
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The year 2013 was important in his life. Then, he led a “Dil Jodo Nafrat Choro” journey to bridge Hindu and Muslim hearts, travelling…
The evening meal. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Ramzan is the month when the Quran is believed to have been sent down from heaven and revealed to Prophet Muhammad. It is also the best opportunity for believers to…
The silvery stretches. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Yesterday, it was a blue sky. Today, it’s embroidered in silver. One day before the start of the Islamic month of Ramzan, the sky above the Matia Mahal street in…
A whole world [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Is there anything more beautiful in the world than a woman with a room of her own? The person The Delhi Walla is talking of lives in a room filled…
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