Life in a red light district. [By Sukalp Sharma] Sukalp Sharma discussed Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, a book by The Delhi Walla in The Financial Express. Click here to read it on the…
The great chef’s life in Delhi. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Meet the Julia Child of Dwarka, an expansive settlement of residential apartments, bleak-looking malls and many many metro stations. In her 30s, Ruchira Hoon lives with her…
Delhi by list. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The multicultural megapolis Delhi should have dozens of hyper-local blogs exclusively dedicated to its distinct neighborhoods, peoples, monuments, cuisines and lifestyles. One day the city might get all those blogs….
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Shahwar Kibria outside the showrooms of South Extension-I market. In her early 20s, she works as an editor in a publishing firm….
Life in a red light district. [By Vivek Tejuj] The Bombay-based literary blogger Vivek Tejuja, who manages Of Books and Reading, discussed Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, a book by The Delhi Walla, on…
A time of the year. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is early March. The coldness in Delhi’s air is arriving at an end. One early morning The Delhi Walla went to India Gate maidan in the center…
The Walled City dictionary. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Once, it was a land of galis (lanes) and kuchas (residential alleys usually inhabited by people having the same occupation). But little remains of Purani Dehli’s canals and tree-lined…
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is later afternoon. The Delhi Walla is in the tomb of poet Mirza Ghalib. It is in Central Delhi’s Nizamuddin Basti, which is home to the dargah of…
The leather woman. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla sighted his most beloved Delhiite – author Arundhati Roy. She was in a black leather jacket and black Levi jeans. Ms Roy was at the…
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