City Reading – The Delhi Proustians XXV, Appetite Bakery
A la recherche du temps perdu. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Today is the 25th meeting of The Delhi Proustians, a club for Delhiwallas that discusses French novelist Marcel Proust. Every Monday evening for an hour we read…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Café Turtle
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla saw this woman at Café Turtle in Khan Market, India’s most expensive shopping street. She was wearing a flower print dress. Her toe nails were polished…
City Food – Sewai, Around Town
Sweet soul food. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is the sweet food of Ramzan, the holy month when Muslims are required to fast till the sunset to cleanse their soul. In evenings, the decorated alleys in Delhi’s…
City Series – Stones of Jama Masjid IV, Shahjahanabad
Delhi’s grand Friday mosque. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] As I am entering Jama Masjid, I recall the day I first viewed its Mecca-facing Western Wall. I was walking down from Chawri Bazaar, which used to be a…
City Notice – The Delhi Proustians XXV, Appetite Bakery
A la recherche du temps perdu. [Photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The 25th meeting of The Delhi Proustians, a club for Delhiwallas that discusses French novelist Marcel Proust, was cancelled because of heavy showers. It will take place on 23…
The Delhi Walla Books – Considered by The Friday Times
Effortless expedition into the city. [Text by Raza Rumi; photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Friday Times, Pakistan’s esteemed news weekly, reviewed The Delhi Walla books in its 26 July 2012 edition. Here is the complete text: Certain things get…
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Ekta Talwar, The Book Shop
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Ekta Talwar at The Book Shop in Jorbagh Market. In her early 20s, Ms Talwar graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in…
Photo Essay – Female Feticide, Around Town
Killing the girl child. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] According to the 2011 census, Delhi’s sex ratio of children up to six years of age has dropped to 866 girls per 1,000 boys from 868 girls in 2001….
City Reading – The Delhi Proustians XXIV, Muhammad Shah Sayyid’s Mausoleum
A la recherche du temps perdu. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Today is the 24th meeting of The Delhi Proustians, a club for Delhiwallas that discusses French novelist Marcel Proust. Every Monday evening for an hour we read…
Mission Delhi – Mohammed Usman, Netaji Subhash Marg
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Opening his wallet and resting his finger on a photo, he says, “That’s Khushbu Khatoon, my oldest child. She is eight. That’s Mohammed Raja, my…
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