Life in a red light district. [By Atish Patel] Atish Patel of Reuters discussed Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, a book by The Delhi Walla. Click here to read it on the agency’s website,…
Evening dreams. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla was walking in the garden outside the ticket window of Humayun’s Tomb. The grass was covered with dry leaves. The traffic sounds of Mathura Road were…
No longer a Proust-virgin. [Photos by Divya Babu] The Delhi Walla is finally plucked. This week I finished Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time — all the seven volumes. As founder of The Delhi Proustians,…
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There she is. Now, she is over there — her frock ballooning around her. Is she real or just a smudge of pink? This moment…
Best at any hour. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There is one thing paratha enthusiasts will agree upon — the wheat flour disks fried on a shallow pan have unlimited versions. At its simplest, a paratha is crisp…
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla was sitting at the drawing room of a society hostess in Nizamuddin East when a young woman entered the house. She was wearing a…
Ghost of the games. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is 10 years since Delhi Metro Rail Corp. (DMRC) ran its first train. Most Delhiwallas have grown to think of Metro stations as places to push each other…
Life in a red light district. [By Raza Rumi] Raza Rumi discussed Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, a book by The Delhi Walla in the Lahore-based weekly The Friday Times. Click here to read…
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla saw bougainvillea vines on Lodhi Road. The pink flowers were falling down on the pavement. Underneath, a man was performing his prayers. His coloured…
Delhi by list. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] The Mughal dynasty gave 19 rulers to Hindustan. It was the fifth, Shah Jahan, who established his capital in Delhi. The Delhi Walla gives you the entire list of Mughal rulers, from Babur,…
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