Atget’s Corner – 351-355, Delhi Photos Delhi Pics by The Delhi Walla - July 15, 2014July 15, 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 351 to 355. 351. Indian Coffee
City Moment – Joshua’s Bar Mitzvah, Chabad House Moments by The Delhi Walla - July 15, 2014July 19, 20144 The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This does not happen often in Delhi. One afternoon The Delhi Walla attended Joshua’s bar mitzvah, the coming of age ritual that every Jewish boy undergoes on turning 13. One of the 20 Jewish residents of Delhi, the boy had his bar mitzvah ceremony held at the Chabad House in Paharganj. The book-lined Jewish center teemed with a couple of tourists. Among the attendees included Joshua’s immediate family -- his father, David; mother Leah; brothers Rafael and Michael. The other notables were grandmother Segula (aka Sheila) from Poona and an aunt who feels too shy to be named. Another important guest was Zekiel Isaac Malekar, the rabbi of Judas Hyam Synagogue,