Letter from Venice – Country Postcards, Near Adriatic Sea
The Italian nature. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Have you ever cycled through a daydream? The Delhi Walla did. I’m in Venice. One morning I left it for its surrounding country. The day was made of a blue…
City Monument – Jahanara’s Tomb, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah
An open-air mausoleum. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In a city notorious for its hostility to women, a cramped, little-known monument has emerged as their private sanctuary. Even stranger, this unlikely place is tucked into one corner of…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Richard Weiderman, Grand Rapids, Michigan
The 72nd death. [Text by Richard Weiderman] Word has reached us of the passing of Richard Weiderman. The cause of his demise has not been reported. Mr Weiderman always considered himself like everyone else, someone pretty much undistinguished from others….
Atget’s Corner – 801-805, 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 Venice – Marcel Proust’s Woman, Calle dei Preti
A Proustian in Italy. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] She has read the entire Proust, all the seven volumes of À La Recherche Du Temps Perdu. We the English-speakers, of course, know the French novel as In Search…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Nandini Nair, Adchini
The 71st death. [Text by Nandini Nair; photo by Anupama Sivan] Nandini Nair, reporter and editor, 32, passed away early this morning. She was at her yoga class and was determined to do a handstand. This was despite the warnings…
City Food – Momos, Around Town
It’s not Tibet. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Monuments and the English language are not the only examples of how effortlessly Delhi handled foreign influences and made them its own. On makeshift stalls in South Extension market, migrants…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Farooq Soomro, Karachi
The 70th death. [Text by Farooq Soomro; photo by Waseem Nawaz] A friend once described Farooq Soomro as a chameleon that changes its shades pompously yet blends within its surroundings without ever letting anyone know that it is an outsider….
City Moment – A Colony of Birds, Lodhi Gardens
The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One warm sky-blue evening The Delhi Walla saw a tree in Lodhi Gardens that was colonised by hundreds of birds. The birds were silent. Their kingdom seemed in a…
Atget’s Corner – 796-800, 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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