City Monument – Coronation Park, Bhai Parmanand Marg
The relics of the Raj. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] At the beginning of the second decade of the 20th century, the empire of Great Britain comprehended the most civilized portion of mankind. Delhi was its principal possession….
Guest Writer – Sonal Aggarwal on Nizamuddin Dargah
The spritual discovery. [Text by Sonal Aggarwal; pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] You didn’t need to tell Hazrat Nizamuddin what had brought you to his door — the desire for a son, a cure, or mental peace. He would know…
City Library – Somini Sengupta’s Books, Nizamuddin East
A vanishing world. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] One cold afternoon The Delhi Walla knocked at the door of Somini Sengupta, the former South Asia bureau chief of The New York Times. Ms Sengupta, 43, is working on…
City Hangout – The New Landmarks, Connaught Place
Four hours in Delhi’s premier shopping district. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Connaught Place, aka CP, Delhi’s Colonial-era shopping district, is changing rapidly. Old landmarks are giving way to new. Under extensive renovation in 2010, CP is returning…
January 1, 2011 – Letter from The Delhi Walla
The New Year resolutions. [Pictures by Aanchal Malhotra; text by Mayank Austen Soofi] Greetings. In 2010, my life’s first books – the four-volume The Delhi Walla series – were published. But my life didn’t change. I wasn’t invited to the…
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