City Life – Labourers’ Load, Central Delhi
Big city dreams. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s another cold morning in a city bazar, where a thousand bricks stacked in a by-lane somehow need to be hauled to a construction site nearby. A crew of young…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Shivani Singh, Bombay
The 172nd death. [Text and photos sent by Shivani Singh] Shivani Singh, 24, was discovered dead in her office cafeteria here in Bombay. She was found sprawled halfway across the lunch table with a slow fan whirring overhead. They say,…
City Monument – Zeenat ul Masaajid, Near Ansari Road
A Jama Masjid miniature. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Who shrunk the Jama Masjid? That’s the first thought on spotting this monument from the car window while driving down Ring Road. Zeenat ul Masjid greatly resembles that grand…
City Hangouts – The Pied Piper of Sector 18 Market, Noida
One man’s music. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Sector 18 Market in Noida lives up to its uninspiring name with a motley mêlée of almost everything, from fast food joints to stressed shoppers. The Delhi Walla was…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Arpan Chatterjee, Subroto Park, Delhi
The 171st death. [Text and photos sent by Arpan Chatterjee] They found Arpan Chatterjee in his room hanging from the ceiling fan, all stiff. They also discovered a pile of ashes in the patio containing pieces of him throughout his…
City Food – Chandelier Tea, United Coffee House
Reflected taste. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There’s something about chandeliers. They evoke a kind of nostalgia for past grandeur even if that grandeur never existed. It is to soak in such a feeling that The Delhi Walla…
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Ankita Surabhi’s Heartbreak Poetry, Lajpat Nagar
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s morning and Ankita Surabhi is nonchalantly looking at the monkey sitting just outside her balcony window. He, too, is intently staring back at her. Soon she must get…
City Hangout – Janpath Flea Market at Midnight, Central Delhi
The familiar world in unfamiliar light. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Far more frequently visited by us Delhiwallas than Delhi’s many monuments is a monument of another kind altogether. Of course The Delhi Walla is talking about the…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Anisha Saxena, Faridabad
The 170th death. [Text and photos sent by Anisha Saxena] Like the sun, she shines bright. Anisha Saxena has passed way smiling. For all the few who knew her, she was smiling even in her last days. She was serene…
Atget’s Corner – 1081-1085, 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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