City Library – Aatish Taseer’s Books, Rajesh Pilot Lane Library by The Delhi Walla - April 19, 2012April 19, 20122 A vanishing world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One late evening The Delhi Walla knocked at the door of Aatish Taseer, a novelist. In his 30s, Mr Taseer lives in an apartment in Rajesh Pilot Lane, a quiet neighbourhood close to Lodhi Garden in central Delhi. Hundreds of books are on display in his library. “If you count... ” he says, “there are 35 books on each shelf and the number of shelves is... well, I’m not good at Maths.” Switching to Urdu, Mr Taseer says, “This house reels under the terror of my dictatorship. No one is allowed into my study. What if somebody tried stealing the books?” The library contains many volumes in Urdu. “They are the letters