The Delhi Walla Books – The Guardian on the Boxed Set
Among the world’s best quirky guidebooks. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] The UK-based The Guardian daily calls The Delhi Walla books as one of “the best quirky guidebooks from around the world.” Writing in the newspaper, London-based literary walker Henry Eliot…
Mission Delhi – Ashok Kumar, Near Sai Baba Temple
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He blows a whistle. A few men materialize from here and there. “Each one of you is a maderchodh (motherfucker),” he says. The Delhi Walla…
City Faith – The Eid People, Old Delhi
The morning crowd. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There were no women but there were many little girls – along with their fathers — on way to the Jama Masjid to offer prayers. It was the morning of…
City Notice – On Pradip Krishen’s New Book
The jungle trees of Central India. Pradip Krishen, the author of Trees of Delhi, is ready with a new book, entitled The Jungle Trees of Central India: A Field Guide. Browse through the images below and order a copy from…
City Culture – De Bhasar, Sujan Singh Park
The philosophy of nonsense. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Smoking Zone The Delhi Walla saw this calligraphy by an unknown Bhasarian artist on the boundary wall of Sujan Singh Park, an exclusive residential apartment in Central Delhi. It…
Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Sanchita Guha, Appetite German Bakery
The Proustian self-introspection. [By The Delhi Proustians] The Proust Questionnaire represents a form of interview that owes its structure to answers given by French novelist Marcel Proust, the author of In Search of Lost Time, at two birthday parties that…
New in Town – Boxed Set, The Delhi Walla Books
The lovely claustrophobia. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In 2010, HarperCollins India published The Delhi Walla volumes, a series of four guidebooks on Delhi — on the city’s monuments, food and drinks, hangouts and its people. Three years…
City List – Prohibited Items, Delhi Metro
Delhi by list. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] According to the Delhi Metro Railway (Prohibition of Carriage of Large-sized Luggage, Carriage of Offensive and Dangerous Goods in the Metro Railway, Travelling of Persons Suffering From Infectious and Contagious…
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