Atget’s Corner – 576-580, 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 Hangout – Traffic Training Park, Baba Kharak Singh Marg
An unusual garden. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi despises traffic rules because hardly any Delhiwalla visits the Traffic Training Park. Situated on central Delhi’s Baba Kharak Singh Marg, it is an unusual garden. Instead of flowers and…
The Ridge Magazine Review – On Nobody Can Love You More
Life in a red light district. [By Nigel Tan] Nigel Tan of the Singapore-based The Ridge Magazine talked about Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, a book by The Delhi Walla. Click here to read…
City Sighting – Dan Brown, Siri Fort
The worst-selling debacle. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Sharp at 7.05 pm 10 November 2014, renowned writer Dan Brown staggered into south Delhi’s Siri Fort Auditorium with the swagger of a man whose six novels are circulating across…
City Monument – St Mary’s Catholic Church, SP Mukherjee Road
God’s lovely house. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] If the British had made our land their lasting and loving home, then Delhi would have had as many British-period churches as there are Mughal-era tombs. The capital probably would…
Atget’s Corner – 571-575, 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 Lahore – Delhi Dreaming, Pakistan
An Indian in a post-Partition world. [Text and photos by Aanchal Malhotra] Lahore was wild today. The sky had suddenly turned dark and it felt like late evening though it was barely noon. Rain poured hard against my window pane….
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – William Meredith, Jain Bird Hospital
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet American poet William Meredith at the Charity Birds Hospital in Chandni Chowk. Popularly known as the Jain Bird Hospital, the medical shelter receives…
Atget’s Corner – 566-570, 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 Life – Waste Handlers, Bhopura
Lives of rag pickers. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Ms Nisha used to wake up an hour before dawn, make breakfast for her family, and then start her workday. Accompanied by her four small children (she couldn’t leave…
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