City Landmark - Notary Clerks' Cubicles, Asaf Ali Marg

City Landmark – Notary Clerks’ Cubicles, Asaf Ali Marg

A Chekhovian world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] 7 am. Tables are being put out, chairs are being unfolded. Along the corridor where the pedestrians walk. And also along the roadside. It is like a pavement cafe opening…

City Food - Moradabadi Biryani, Around Town

City Food – Moradabadi Biryani, Around Town

Battle of the biryanis. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] They had it coming. Big powers squabble among themselves only to lose out to smaller ones. Take megacities like Delhi, Calcutta and Hyderabad. They are forever fighting over whose…