Photo Essay – KD’s Black Beard & Willie’s Rockstar Looks, The Book Shop, Khan Market & Jor Bagh
The golden era. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] So dashing! Author William Dalrymple looks like a MTV rock star at this long-ago book signing in The Book Shop. The Delhi Walla is in possession of rare photographs that…
City Food – Keyboard Biryani, Around Town
Dining by the desktop. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] What does your keyboard likes to eat? The keyboard, as we all know, is the most humane element of the computer. Despite the development of other forms of input…
Atget’s Corner – 826-830, 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 Landmark – Ambedkar’s House, 26, Alipur Road
The withdrawn address. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Note down the address: 26, Alipur Road. Get off at the Civil Lines Metro station. Walk past the Oberoi Maidens Hotel. The house is on the left. The gates are…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Janaki Hrishikesh, Chennai
The 83rd death. [Text by Janaki Hrishikesh; photo by Hrishikesh Narasimhan] Janaki Hrishikesh lay peacefully having had the death she desired. She had died in her sleep and what more could she ask for. She always feared a gory death–did…
City Library – Shuddhabrata Sengupta’s Books, Old Rajinder Nagar
A vanishing world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Life to death, sex to body (and body parts – the eyes, hands, the left hand, breasts, the penis, the vagina, bones and blood and guts). There are also shelves…
City Moment – Sadia Dehlvi’s Birthday Yoga, Nizamuddin East
The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One morning The Delhi Walla enters Sadia Dehlvi’s home in Nizamuddin East. An eminent writer, she is sitting barefoot on her drawing room floor. It is Ms Dehlvi’s 58th…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – RV Smith, Mayapuri
The 82nd death. [Text by RV Smith; photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] To generations in Delhi, nurtured formerly on Mughal and subsequent Anglo-Indian culture, the quintessential romantic was one who synchronized old world glamour with present-day reality. Of such caliber…
Mission Delhi – Asha Sood, Ramnath Patwa, Paharganj
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The elderly woman suddenly stops, looks up at a private balcony and seems lost in thoughts. She then shakes her head and walks on. The…
Atget’s Corner – 821-825, 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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