City Culture – De Bhasar, Nehru Place Culture by The Delhi Walla - April 24, 2013April 24, 20131 The philosophy of nonsense. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Tumri maa ko choot number Apni maa choot walle The Delhi Walla saw this Devnagri calligraphy by an unknown Bhasarian artist at an office basement in Nehru Place, a commercial district in South Delhi. The sense of the lines is unclear but two words stand out: maa is Hindi for mother and choot refers to vagina. This is the eighth instance that I have come face-to-face with De Bhasar movement in Delhi. (Click here to view the first exhibit.) According to Wikipedia, De Bhasar or Bhasarism is a cultural movement that began in Nantes, France, during the post 9/11 Gulf War, reaching a tipping point between 2007 to 2009. The movement involves graphic designs
City Hangout – Castro Café, Jamia Millia Islamia Hangouts by The Delhi Walla - April 24, 2013April 24, 20132 The ideas den. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The floor is of Kota stone. The benches have wooden sheesham tops. There are no doors. Designed by the Delhi-based Romi Khosla Design Studio, this is Castro Café in Jamia Millia Islamia. It looks out on a garden and stays open till 7pm. The staff wear gloves. The house cat is called Adrian. A students’ canteen, Castro Café first came to notice in 2008 when it featured on the cover of The Modern Architecture of New Delhi, a photo-heavy volume featuring landmarks like the India Habitat Centre, Lotus Temple and the American embassy building. The book called the “semi-open air café” a “blur of the inside and the outside through a space that