The book lover’s commute. [Photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Nikhil Kumar is interested in history and politics. He lives in Sector 10, Dwarka. And he read the whole of Vikram Seth’s novel A Suitable Boy while commuting on the Delhi…
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla arranged to meet Hindi poet Ram Chander Bhakt on Mathura Road in Central Delhi. Mr Bhakt makes his living as an auto-rickshaw driver. I…
New look, old mood. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Each of the two tombs is now surrounded by a grille of white marble. The floor has been laid with smoother tiles. These are among the new attractions. The…
On the margs [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Dalhousie Road and Aurangzeb Road, rest in peace. In February 2017, the New Delhi Municipal Council renamed Dalhousie Road as Dara Shikoh Road. Lord Dalhousie was a colonial-era administrator in…
The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon The Delhi Walla enters the Indian Coffee House in Connaught Place. I’m carrying London-based photographer Stuart Freedman’s new book, The Palaces of Memory: Tales from the Indian…
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla attended the launch of The Bridal Diet: Get Fit Not Fat This Festive Season, a book by dietician Nishi Grover at the Ritu Kumar Store…
Death of a landmark. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Opened in 2011, the Spell & Bound Bookshop in South Delhi’s SDA Market will soon be history. “We are closing this month,” a staffer told The Delhi Walla. He…
Death of a landmark. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Opened in its new avatar in 2009, Timeless Art Book Studio in Kotla Mubarakpur, South Extension-I, will soon be history. “I deal in expensive coffee-table books. Since there are…
The great chef’s life in Delhi. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Meet the Julia Child of South Delhi’s Greater Kailash Enclave Part-I. Himani Dehlvi lives in a cheery sun-filled apartment with husband, Vaseem, and cook, Zakir. A 50-something…
A scrap dealer’s shed. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One morning The Delhi Walla enters the shed of scrap dealer Raju, who uses only one name. The decade-old shed is situated in an open ground in Vasundhara, a…
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