Delhi Metro – Two Lovers in My Coach, Yellow Line Delhi Metro by The Delhi Walla - February 14, 2016February 14, 20161 Life on the Metro. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It was around 9 in the morning. The Delhi Walla was on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro. Ten minutes after leaving Chawri Bazaar Metro Station, the eight-coaches-long train came to a stop at the crowded Rajiv Chowk. A great mass of commuters emptied the sixth coach. A greater number of commuters filled it up an instant later. They two were among the new arrivals. He was in a yellow sweater. She was in a red jacket. Scores of men in many other shades of sweaters and jackets stood around them. Soon afterwards, his arm went up to hold a grab handle for support. While her arm enveloped him. She kept on looking
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Devraj Singh Kalsi, Calcutta Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - February 14, 2016February 14, 20162 The 108th death. [Text by Devraj Singh Kalsi; photo by Preeti Kalsi] TV channels ran the story of Devraj Singh Kalsi’s death on prime time. Editors found an unusual human-interest angle in his bizarre pop-off. Travelling by Rajdhani Express from Sealdah, West Bengal, he reached New Delhi in the morning and did the recce he was here for. Armed with a spiral–bound manuscript, he hopped from one publishing house after another, approaching the dozen leading ones he had already sent query letters, synopsis and sample chapters via email. His status enquiries drew a blank, with trainee editors fobbing him off, asking him to follow submission guidelines properly before sending in. Double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt font-size. When he heard an almost