Atget’s Corner – 86-90, Delhi Photos Delhi Pics by The Delhi Walla - April 29, 20140 The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur's paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds, courtyards, kitchens and old buildings. My archive of more than 25,000 photos showcases Delhi’s ongoing evolution. Each day five randomly picked pictures from this collection will be put up on the pages of this website. The series is named in the memory of French artist Eugène Atget (1857-1927), who, in the words of a biographer, was an “obsessed photographer determined to document every corner of Paris before it disappeared under the assault of modern improvements.” Here are Delhi photos numbered 86 to 90. 86. Chitli
City Food – Shahi Tukra, Cool Point Food by The Delhi Walla - April 29, 2014April 29, 20142 A royal treat. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Topped with cream, nuts, dry fruits, candied cherries and silver foil, it is deadly delicious. Shahi tukra (the imperial piece) is a sort of bread pudding. You’ll see it in a number of pavement stalls across the garbage-strewn streets of the Mughal-era Walled City. The Delhi Walla patronizes the one served at Cool Point, a kiosk outside Gharib Nawaz Guest House in Matia Mahal Bazaar. The dish is spread out on a giant pan where it is left to sizzle on a slow fire. According to Alan Davidson’s The Oxford Companion to Food, shahi tukra is “an Indian dessert in the Mughal style, which is made with bread fried in ghee, dipped
Atget’s Corner – 81-85, Delhi Photos Delhi Pics by The Delhi Walla - April 28, 20140 The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur's paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds, courtyards, kitchens and old buildings. My archive of more than 25,000 photos showcases Delhi’s ongoing evolution. Each day five randomly picked pictures from this collection will be put up on the pages of this website. The series is named in the memory of French artist Eugène Atget (1857-1927), who, in the words of a biographer, was an “obsessed photographer determined to document every corner of Paris before it disappeared under the assault of modern improvements.” Here are Delhi photos numbered 81 to 85. 81. Delite
City Monument – Nicholson Cemetery, Kashmere Gate Monuments by The Delhi Walla - April 26, 2014April 26, 20141 The next world. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s a mystery why guidebooks have been indifferent to the (deathly) charms of one of Delhi's oldest British cemeteries. Guarded by a cross-shaped gateway, Nicholson Cemetery has a sloping, grassy landscape dotted with tombstones, some intricately carved, some stark and simple. Neem, date and tamarind trees watch over like sentinels, while thick bougainvilleas, weighed down with flowers, shed pink petals over the graves of 'dearly loved' children and 'beloved' spouses. The personal details of the departed are preceded by carefully chosen poems or Biblical verses. One tomb inscription reads: "Jesus said, weep not." Stone angels look over your shoulder as you try to decipher these engravings after sweeping away the dry leaves that cover
On Nobody Can Love You More – The People of the Book, GB Road The Delhi Walla books by The Delhi Walla - April 26, 2014April 26, 20141 A journey into the red light. [By Helena Kaartinen] [Note: The author of this article is a senior Finnair flight attendant and a mother who blogs at Finnair Blog and At Helena's.] It is evening and I’m walking in circles in my hotel room in Delhi. My brain feels mushy and slow, as it always does when I get up after a post-night flight nap. There is a big bag on the floor, filled with presents; one for a man, six for the women, and four for the children. I'm about to visit an Indian brothel. There is a red-light district in Delhi, actually a road aligned with hardware shops, and sex is sold in the apartments above them. All of the apartments
Atget’s Corner – 76-80, Delhi Photos Delhi Pics by The Delhi Walla - April 25, 20140 The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur's paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds, courtyards, kitchens and old buildings. My archive of more than 25,000 photos showcases Delhi’s ongoing evolution. Each day five randomly picked pictures from this collection will be put up on the pages of this website. The series is named in the memory of French artist Eugène Atget (1857-1927), who, in the words of a biographer, was an “obsessed photographer determined to document every corner of Paris before it disappeared under the assault of modern improvements.” Here are Delhi photos numbered 76 to 80. 76. Noida 77.
Atget’s Corner – 71-75, Delhi Photos Delhi Pics by The Delhi Walla - April 24, 20140 The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur's paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds, courtyards, kitchens and old buildings. My archive of more than 25,000 photos showcases Delhi’s ongoing evolution. Each day five randomly picked pictures from this collection will be put up on the pages of this website. The series is named in the memory of French artist Eugène Atget (1857-1927), who, in the words of a biographer, was an “obsessed photographer determined to document every corner of Paris before it disappeared under the assault of modern improvements.” Here are Delhi photos numbered 71 to 75. 71. Connaught
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Sujata Chaudhry, Dak Bhawan City Poetry by The Delhi Walla - April 24, 2014June 3, 20151 Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Sujata Chaudhry at her office in Dak Bhawan, a pale-pink government building in Parliament Street. In her 50s, Ms Chaudhury describes herself in her visiting card as a “Writer, Poet & Bureaucrat”. Although a Telugu, she writes in English and Oriya (she grew up in Odisha). An admirer of Ramakant Rath, William Wordsworth, Gulzar, Pablo Neruda, Rabindranath Tagore and Sitakant Mahapatra, Ms Chaudhary says, “A poem is like a nuclear bomb. We should use it very carefully. Poetry is a form of art but it is also a scientific and rational device through which we can create awareness about the problems of the
City List – The Nehru-Gandhi Archaeological Park, Around Town Delhi by List by The Delhi Walla - April 22, 2014April 22, 20143 Delhi by list. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Hyderabad has the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Bombay, the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, and Chennai, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Our Delhi has well over 60 institutions, landmarks and places named after the Nehru-Gandhi clan, the family that has given India three Congress party prime ministers. No matter what your feeling may be for this political dynasty, the Nehru-Gandhis have left a mark on history. And perhaps the coming generations will look upon the family with as much awe (or boredom) as we now do in the case of the Tomars, the Mamluks, the Khiljis, the Tughlaqs, the Sayyids, the Lodis, and the Mughals. The Delhi Walla lays out the dynasty in the first
Atget’s Corner – 66-70, Delhi Photos Delhi Pics by The Delhi Walla - April 22, 20140 The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur's paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds, courtyards, kitchens and old buildings. My archive of more than 25,000 photos showcases Delhi’s ongoing evolution. Each day five randomly picked pictures from this collection will be put up on the pages of this website. The series is named in the memory of French artist Eugène Atget (1857-1927), who, in the words of a biographer, was an “obsessed photographer determined to document every corner of Paris before it disappeared under the assault of modern improvements.” Here are Delhi photos numbered 66 to 70. 66. Mehrauli 67.