Remains of the past. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Never judge a fort by its ramparts. The only grand part of the Mughal-era Red Fort palace complex is its outer wall. Inside, the old buildings look ruined. In…
The 23rd death. [Text by Arpita Das; photo by Freddie Ribeiro] Arpita Das was an independent publisher of a whimsical list of books. Although she was often heard saying that she couldn’t be bothered with bestselling books, a friend remembers…
Anatomy of the Radcliffe Line. [Text and photos by Aanchal Malhotra] There is a map on the wall of my room. It is a modern depiction of the projections of Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. Towards the east, prominently…
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 22nd death. [Text by Prabeen Panigrahi; photo by Vinit Kumar Ashish] The shy software engineer, who hailed from Kalahandi in Orissa, ended his journey today thousands of miles away in Toronto, Canada. No one who knew Prabeen Panigrahi in…
The 21st death. [Text by Bina Shah] Bina Shah, Pakistani writer and columnist, died peacefully at her home in Karachi, Pakistan, at the age of ___. Ms Shah could never quite understand the reason for her popularity as a writer….
The 20th death. [Text by Taslima Nasreen; photo by Bebika Rai] Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen was beheaded yesterday by Islamist terrorists at her home in New Delhi where she had been living in exile. A video of the decapitation was…
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 19th death. [Text by Namya Sinha; photo by Showkat Shafi] It was confirmed early morning today that Namya Sinha, a flamboyant elderly lady, was among the missing passengers in the cruise liner Isis (named after an Egyptian goddess, not…
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] “Aamir Khan mahodayasya abhinayam sameecheenam aasit atet sampreshyintu yatam andh-vishvasho maa kartayavamam. Sushant-mahodayasya Anushka-mahodayayashra abhinaya api sameecheenam aasite. Tathapi gitani samayanya aasan.” Aamir Khan’s film…
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