Profile – R V Smith, Delhi’s Classic Chronicler
The city has ignored its most endearing lover. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Robert Kaplan, the author of Balkan Ghosts, carried just one book, Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon—A Journey Through Yugoslavia, in his shoulder bag…
City Life – Evenings with Jahanara Fakeera
Strange encounters in the tomb of a woman sufi. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] Evenings at Hazrat Nizamuddin dargah. Sometimes, too much crowd, too many tourists, and too loud qawwalis. No peace, no quiet, and no place to…
Travel Guide – 36 Hours in New Delhi
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. Spending a weekend in India’s most happening metropolis. [Text-originally published in The New York Times-by Somini Sengupta; picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] A seat…
Opinion – No Rickshaws in Chandni Chowk
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. City planners have lost it. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Each morning my news-obsessed papa says this country is going to the…
Memo from Jantar Mantar – Killings in Lhasa, Unrest in Delhi
Amidst the city’s Tibetan citizens. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Red-robed lamas, apple-cheeked girls and the Tibetan flag. Also: fists, frowns, and slogans. In that side of the Himalayas, Chinese are killing Tibetans. Violence in Lhasa has left…
Delhi Diary – No City for a Muslim
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. Personal account of discrimination against Muslims [By Saif; picture by Mayank Austen Soofi is not the author’s photograph] Finding an abode in Delhi is…
Citizen Profile – A Coolie's Chronicle
GO STRAIGHT TO CITY CLASSIFIEDS & CITY EVENTSGO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. A porter’s life in the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station. [as told to Mayank Austen Soofi; picture is also by him] Salam alaikum from Salim…
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