Atget’s Corner – 191-195, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 191-195, Delhi Photos

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,…

Atget’s Corner – 186-190, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 186-190, Delhi Photos

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,…

Letter from England - The Maharajah’s Well, Oxfordshire

Letter from England – The Maharajah’s Well, Oxfordshire

India’s gift. [Text and photos by Solveig Marina Bang] A hundred and fifty years ago, on hearing that a thirsty child had been beaten for stealing a gulp of water from private land because communal ponds had dried up, the…

Atget’s Corner – 181-185, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 181-185, Delhi Photos

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,…

Atget’s Corner – 176-180, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 176-180, Delhi Photos

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,…

City Nature - Amaltas Trees, Outside Humayun's Tomb

City Nature – Amaltas Trees, Outside Humayun’s Tomb

The cool of the heat. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi’s agonizing summer is made bearable by the blossoming of the amaltas. Although the tree’s yellow flowers herald the season’s brutality, their glittering bloom provides consolation. This year,…

Atget’s Corner – 171-175, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 171-175, Delhi Photos

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,…

Netherfield Ball – Le Monde's Anniversary Bash, Oxford Bookstore

Netherfield Ball – Le Monde’s Anniversary Bash, Oxford Bookstore

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The woman in the yellow sari was a stunner — and she spoke like a Sciences Po professor. One evening The Delhi Walla attended an event to celebrate the 70th…

Atget’s Corner – 166-170, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 166-170, Delhi Photos

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,…

City Walk - Bungalow No. 12 to 22, Hazrat Nizamuddin East

City Walk – Bungalow No. 12 to 22, Hazrat Nizamuddin East

Lined with vanishing houses. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The residences are arranged along a tree-lined semicircle. The community garden permits entry only to the area’s residents. This section of the upscale Hazrat Nizamuddin East – from bungalow…