Netherfield Ball – Margaret Atwood’s Reception, India Habitat Center

Netherfield Ball – Margaret Atwood’s Reception, India Habitat Center

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Author Patrick French is very, very handsome. Even so, that was not the only reason why one chilly evening in Delhi a multitude of women and men wanted to be…

Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Mantra Mukim, Kamla Nagar

Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Mantra Mukim, Kamla Nagar

Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The one-room apartment is filled with books on poetry. There are paperbacks under the bed, too. The ashtray lies atop Jorges Luis Borges’s Poems of the Night. The writing…