Capital Regret – A Booklover’s Library on the Road
Late film critic Amita Malik’s books sold to a ragpicker. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] Have you ever wondered what is the fate of the personal library of a bibliophile who has lived and died alone? It finds…
City Talk – Sadia Dehlvi, Author of Sufism, The Heart of Islam
The first copy of her first book has reached her home. [Interview and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] On the evening of April 23rd, 2009, author Sadia Dehlvi was beaming like a happy child in her Nizamuddin East drawing room….
City Guide – Time Out Tibet
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City Sighting – Arundhati Roy, The Book Shop
At The Book Shop, Jorbagh Market. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon, The Delhi Walla sighted his most beloved Delhiite – author Arundhati Roy. She was browsing at The Book Shop, Jorbagh. Ms Roy was looking as…
Maximum City – A Young Kashmiri in Town
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City Landmark – Khushwant Singh, Sujan Singh Park
Delhi’s celebrated author in his winter years. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] One night, during the first half of April, 2009, Delhi’s legendary author Khushwant Singh, said to be 95-year-old, fell off from his bed while sleeping at…
Capital Manners – Shoe Throwing Gets an OK
Delhi is becoming less courteous. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] No longer can Delhi’s cobblers ply their trade with a clean conscience. With Lajpat Nagar-based journalist Jarnail Singh doing an al-Zaidi on India’s home minister during a press…
Mumbai Diary – Why Delhi is Better than Bombay
The Delhi walla‘s pretension in writing makes me want to lodge a bullet in his balls – Blogger Nimpipi, the woodchuck chucks GO STRAIGHT TO MORE STORIESContact mayankaustensoofi@gmail.com for ad enquiries. The great city has grown less great. [Text and…
City Monument – Renovated Baoli, Nizamuddin Basti
A 700-year-old monument gets its first full makeover. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] Add one more attraction in the historic Nizamuddin Basti, apart from its dargah and the famed Thursday qawwali sessions. The ancient baoli, or step-well, built…
City Landmark – Timeless Art Book Studio, Kotla Mubarakpur
Delhi’s best coffee-table bookshop gets a second life. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] While the world is reeling under the global economic meltdown, a new bookshop in Kotla Mubarakpur village is hoping that slump-hit Delhiwallas will come to…
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