Home Sweet Home – The Family Courtyard, Ganj Meer Khan
Biography of an aangan. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The little courtyard, or aangan, is placed in the big house as snugly as a nest in a tree. The aged mansion in old Delhi’s Ganj Meer Khan was…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Jessica Faleiro, Goa
The 196th death. [Text and photos sent by Jessica Faleiro] Although she managed to write prolifically during her life-time, it was the weight of the unwritten tomes inside her that finally dragged Jessica Faleiro’s body down to its watery death….
City Food – Bel Sherbet, Connaught Lane and Around Town
The summer comfort. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s time to acknowledge the walker-friendly Connaught Lane linking Kasturba Gandhi Marg to Barakhamba Road in Connaught Place as a spoilt-for-choice food street. The alley is lined with stalls hawking…
Mission Delhi – Farzana Siddiqui, Kucha Chelan
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The denizens of Old Delhi are notorious for staying awake late into the night. But, of course, there are exceptions. Such as Farzana Siddiqui who…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Payu Tiwari, Bombay & Dublin
The 195th death. [Text and photos sent by Payu Tiwari] Despite issuing several proclamations of apocalyptic warnings to the masses about the consequences of patriarchy, Payu Tiwari died ignoring what she’d been warned of her whole life–daydreaming, as she crossed…
Home Sweet Home – Saloni Srivastava, Old Gupta Colony
A flat of her own. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Perhaps The Delhi Walla is afflicted by an overly active imagination. But it does seem as though every second person on the street is young, has a tattoo…
City Landmark – Naushad’s No. 1 Head Massage, Smart Cut Saloon
The 10-minute thrill. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One thing you certainly have to do before you quit Delhi for good is to experience the head massage by barber Naushad at his Smart Cut saloon in Central Delhi’s…
City Hangout – Bihar News Agency, Lakshmi Nagar
The world of Hindi books. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Sad but true. This is a ‘kadva satya’. Our Hindi-speaking metropolis is a wasteland for book lovers reading in Hindi. You’ll be searching high and low for the…
City Life – A Fishy Washroom, Connaught Place
Fish in the loo. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] To watch fish frolicking inside an aquarium is supposed to be soothing and hypnotic. May be that’s why quite a few hotels in the touristy district of Paharganj have…
City Library – A Rare Family Bible in Urdu, Pahari Imli
A vanishing world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Some books are like family heirlooms passed down from one generation to another. And then they get lost and are washed ashore on some other coast. Such is the case…
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