City Moment – The Tree Surveyors, Bhisham Pitamah Marg

City Moment – The Tree Surveyors, Bhisham Pitamah Marg

The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon The Delhi Walla came across three men on Bhisham Pitamah Marg. They were walking very slowly on the tree-lined pavement, stopping in front of each tree. They…

Atget’s Corner – 491-495, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 491-495, 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,…

Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Naman Govil, The Book Shop

Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Naman Govil, The Book Shop

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…

City Sighting - New York's Brandon Stanton & Non-Humans of New Delhi, Central Park

City Sighting – New York’s Brandon Stanton & Non-Humans of New Delhi, Central Park

A Delhi comedy. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] At about 4 pm on September 12, 2014, a photographer called Brandon Stanton posted a line on his Facebook page, saying, “For those of you in Delhi who want to…

Photo Essay - In Praise of Srinagar, September Flood

Photo Essay – In Praise of Srinagar, September Flood

The tragic city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla knows an unpublished poet in Srinagar, Kashmir. The great September flood in the city spared her life but not some of her most beloved possessions. The books…

Atget’s Corner – 486-490, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 486-490, 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 Library – Anjani Kumar’s Books, Jor Bagh

City Library – Anjani Kumar’s Books, Jor Bagh

A vanishing world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon The Delhi Walla invited himself to Anjani Kumar’s library. The books are stocked in his office, which is a cramped plywood cabin situated outside a bungalow in Jor…

Atget’s Corner – 481-485, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 481-485, 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 Culture – De Bhasar, Shankar Market

City Culture – De Bhasar, Shankar Market

The philosophy of nonsense. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A grey-and-white peacock. A tree laden with shopping bags. A sadhu with skin the color of burnt molasses. And two almost-naked male dancers. The Delhi Walla saw these and…

Atget’s Corner – 476-480, Delhi Photos

Atget’s Corner – 476-480, 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,…