Delhi by list.

[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]

Perhaps your most beloved author lives in your city. Perhaps it is almost impossible to meet her. Perhaps you are shy of coming face-to-face with her.

Perhaps it is better just to wander in her neighbourhood, and soak in the sights and sounds of her streets, and walk past houses one of which could be hers.

In the first of the City List series, The Delhi Walla gives you locality names of Delhi’s many authors, living and dead. The list will continue to be updated.

1. Aatish Taseer – Rajesh Pilot Lane, near The Claridges

2. Anuja Chauhan – Ambience Lagoon, Gurgaon

3. Arun Shourie – Shanti Niketan

4. Arundhati Roy – Jor Bagh

5. Ashis Nandy – Nizamuddin East

6. Ashok Vajpeyi – Mayur Vihar I

7. Basharat Peer – Nizamuddin East

8. Bhaichand Patel – Sujan Singh Park, near Khan Market

9. Gurcharan Das – Jor Bagh

10. Ira Pande – Sector 93, Noida

11. Khushwant Singh – Sujan Singh Park, near Khan Market

12. Manju Kapoor – Akbar Road

13. Mark Tully – Nizamuddin West

14. Meenakshi Madhavan Reddy – Nizamuddin West

15. Mirza Ghalib – Ballimaran

16. Mushirul Hasan – Jawaharlal Nehru University

17. Nilanjana S. Roy – Jangpura

18. Pradip Krishen – Kaultilya Marg

19. Qurratulain Hyder – Okhla

20. Rakhshanda Jalil – Jamia Nagar

21. Rana Dasgupta – Defence Colony

22. Romila Thapar – Maharani Bagh

23. RV Smith – Mayapuri

24. Sadia Dehlvi – Nizamuddin East

25. Upinder Singh – St Stephen’s College

26. Veena Venugopal – Sector 54, Gurgaon

27. Vikram Seth – Sector 15 A, Noida, and Nizamuddin East

28. William Dalrymple – Chattarpur

Spycam photos

1. (Jor Bagh)

2. (Defence Colony)

3. (Nizamuddin East)

4. (Jamia Nagar)

5. (Mayapuri)

4. (Ballimaran)