Old Delhi’s power breakfast. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Fish cutlets from the steps of the Jama Masjid, meatballs from Kucha Pandit, kheer from Hauz Qazi, qalaqand from Ghantewala, jalebis from Bhangi ka Katra, parathas from Qutb Shahi……
Souvenirs of our past. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The National Museum in Central Delhi is a guide to India. Opened in 1960, it has 2, 00,000 exhibits — the older dating back to 2500 BC and beyond….
Among the world’s best quirky guidebooks. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] The UK-based The Guardian daily calls The Delhi Walla books as one of “the best quirky guidebooks from around the world.” Writing in the newspaper, London-based literary walker Henry Eliot…
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He blows a whistle. A few men materialize from here and there. “Each one of you is a maderchodh (motherfucker),” he says. The Delhi Walla…
The morning crowd. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There were no women but there were many little girls – along with their fathers — on way to the Jama Masjid to offer prayers. It was the morning of…
The jungle trees of Central India. Pradip Krishen, the author of Trees of Delhi, is ready with a new book, entitled The Jungle Trees of Central India: A Field Guide. Browse through the images below and order a copy from…
The philosophy of nonsense. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Smoking Zone The Delhi Walla saw this calligraphy by an unknown Bhasarian artist on the boundary wall of Sujan Singh Park, an exclusive residential apartment in Central Delhi. It…
The Proustian self-introspection. [By The Delhi Proustians] The Proust Questionnaire represents a form of interview that owes its structure to answers given by French novelist Marcel Proust, the author of In Search of Lost Time, at two birthday parties that…
The lovely claustrophobia. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In 2010, HarperCollins India published The Delhi Walla volumes, a series of four guidebooks on Delhi — on the city’s monuments, food and drinks, hangouts and its people. Three years…
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