The sacred secret. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The courtyard is flooded with daylight. The marble feels cold to the bare feet. A hand pump lies in the corner. This tranquil destination is one of the very few…
Sharing a dream. [Text by Jordana Marak, photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] I was headed to a public washroom and to reach there, I had to jump a height of about 1 metre. On jumping, there was a huge bucket…
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He’s looking like an emissary from a different world — partly because of his dress. Sitting on a sidewalk in central Delhi’s Connaught Place, the white-haired Jagdamba Prasad is attired in a cotton…
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,…
Sharing a dream. [Text by Akshita Batra, photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] In my dream, I woke up in my bed with my phone right next to my pillow, with some song playing on it. The time on my phone…
The joys of signage art. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Here’s a delicious assault of the shop signages. New Fashion House has “parde hi parde,” boasting a great choice of curtains. Sudhiksha Beauty Parlour also happens to be…
Taste of winter. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s just another smoggy morning in the Walled City’s Galli Chooriwallan street. Some people are in masks, many are not. Lazy dogs are snoozing under vegetable carts, and greedy cats…
Sharing a dream. [Text by Aditya Jadhav, photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] I’m walking alone in a dense forest. After a while, I come to a clearing to see an ancient building. I walk towards it and enter through the…
Ode to unknowns. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Every granny needs a monument. And every granddaughter, another one close by. This double requirement is perfectly fulfilled in south Delhi’s breezy Green Park locality, which is home to two…
Sharing a dream. [Text by Arsheya Goyal, photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] So this is all about a recurring dream, which I’ve been trying to comprehend. The dream involves this room, which is completely white and glowing, with walls like…
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