Mission Delhi – Abdul Wajid, Todarmal Lane Mission Delhi by The Delhi Walla - February 19, 20180 One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There are different ways of owning a piece of the city, The Delhi Walla realises, while walking with Abdul Wajid — a 19-year-old college student — on Central Delhi’s Todarmal Lane. This is such a quiet place that it’s difficult to believe that the noisy Bengali Market is just a turning away. The lane’s bungalows with their closed gates and guard cabins add to the hushed atmosphere. The little park with its see-saws and swings is tucked on one side. It’s empty at the moment. And there is no one but us to see the evening sunlight so softly scattering through the tree leaves. “This road is very special,” says
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Taruna Khatri, Jodhpur Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - February 19, 2018February 19, 20180 The 180th death. [Text and photos sent by Taruna Khatri] She often looked at herself in the mirror and wondered if anyone knew she was a troubled child. Taruna Khatri, obnoxious and overly emotional, to be 21 in a week, died during a college trip. An architecture student (but a writer at heart), she slipped and drowned into the Ganga on Panchganga Ghat in Banaras while lighting a diya floating on the river. Ms Khatri passed away devoid of love, touch, connection and happiness. She went away not having achieved much, accounting to the perpetual state of frustration she dwelt in. Her final days were those of extreme dissatisfaction with herself and with everybody she knew. 'Detached' was her first