Letter From The Venice Ghetto – Lucio De Capitani’s Readings, Parco Savorgnan Travel by The Delhi Walla - February 22, 2016February 22, 20161 On the world's first ghetto. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is a scholar of the world’s first ghetto—the ancient Jewish ghetto of Venice is observing its 500th anniversary this year. One late morning The Delhi Walla meets Lucio De Capitani at Parco Savorgnan, a public garden not far from the ghetto. Despite this being a liquid city, there is no water to be seen. An old palace blocks the view of the park from the canal. The decorative pools are dry. Seated on a bench, the 20-something PhD student says, “I’m studying the works of authors who travelled to distant places and tried to describe other people and cultures. Amitav Ghosh is one such writer. He went to Egypt, Burma,
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Mugdha Ahluwalia, Mansarovar Park, Delhi Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - February 22, 2016February 22, 20161 The 112th death. [Text by Mugdha Ahluwalia; photo by Kulbir Ahluwalia] She was an engineer by studying, an MBA by studying more, and a skilled Human Resource professional for an MNC by placement. More importantly she was a poet by birth without any published material. She was also a self-acclaimed habitual writer, truly a teller of various tales, an ardent talker and a avid reader (to show off). In addition, she was thoughtfully philosophical in reality and she was spicily sarcastic. She was also an obsessive mobile phone photographer, a dedicated movie watcher, an optimistic dreamer, and a futurist thinker. She was never a tourist, always a traveler. Mugdha Ahluwalia had always wondered what brought night? Did the dreams call it or the