Mission Delhi – Mithilesh Singh, Bahrisons Booksellers
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He has hardly any books in his house but he is known to many Delhiwallas who live in book-lined homes. Mithilesh Singh, a 39-year-old college…
Atget’s Corner – 506-510, 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 Archives – Delhi Belly, Around Town
[Digging out old stories from The Delhi Walla] Messy, smelly and non-stop, Jane Austen would have described it as a continual state of inelegance. Delhi’s biggest embarrassment, it is also the title of a Bollywood film. The phrase Delhi Belly,…
City Moment – Woman Reading a New Novel, Lodhi Garden
The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla came across a woman in Lodhi Garden. She was sitting alone on a green bench. The setting sun was casting an orange glow on…
City List – Walla Blogs/Sites, Inspired from The Delhi Walla
From Kashmir to Karachi. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla started his blog/website in 2007. The aim was (and remains) to understand this city through its people, places, buildings, cuisines, seasons, and many other such aspects….
Mission Delhi – Surya Ramasamy, India Habitat Center
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] What are we but hapless humans trying to adapt to a constantly changing world. There must have been a time when our most intimate relationships…
Hidden in Plain Sight – Arundhati Roy on Caste & The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
An interview with the author-essayist. [Photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] “Arundhati (Roy) is my friend. She’s a good writer. But I don’t take her comments seriously. She once described the Naxalites as ‘Gandhians with Guns’. Let’s see if she’ll change…
Atget’s Corner – 501-505, 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 Monument – Holy Trinity Church, Turkman Gate
A Byzantine phantom. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A succession of white domes, topped with lantern-like structures, estranges this old building from its counterparts in this quarter of the city. The Holy Trinity Church stands at the southern…
Atget’s Corner – 496-500, 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,…
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