City Moment – An Evening in the Life of Authors Padma Lakshmi and Sheela Reddy, Bahrisons Booksellers, Khan Market
The memorable instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The evening is opening up like a play and is best divided into six acts. Act 1 Bahrisons Booksellers, Khan market, is looking a little different today. A table and…
City Library – William Dalrymple’s Books, Mira Singh Farm, South Delhi
A vanishing world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] His empire at Mira Singh Farm, on the outskirts of Delhi, teems with Polish chickens and Scottish bantams. He also rules over a large population of goats, including Petunia, who…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Madhulika Ra Chauhan, Dalian, China
The 137th death. [Text by Madhulika Ra Chauhan; photo by Unknown] Madhulika Ra Chauhan, the vivacious septuagenarian, was found lying dead comfortably in her cozy home and without the hint of a scandal. Perhaps her face, which bore a mysterious…
City Culture – The Art of Seat Weaving, Near Tolstoy’s Statue
Handmade chairs. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Do you know who has made the seat of the chair on which you are sitting? A man or a woman, certainly, but this might be true only up to a…
City Notice – The Delhi Walla’s Photograph is the Cover Photo of Arundhati Roy’s Forthcoming Novel, ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’
On Arundhati Roy’s second novel. [Text by Mayank Austen Soofi] This was a dream that was never dreamed. Arundhati Roy wrote The God of Small Things 20 years ago. The Delhi Walla is a faithful acolyte of that novel as…
City Food – Kashmiri ‘Noon’ Chai, Around Jama Masjid
The pink tea. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A freezing morning certainly, but no snow, no mountain, and no valley. Yet, you see people of Kashmir snugly absorbed in their traditional breakfast of the noon chai and lavassa…
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