Home Sweet Home – Muhammed Mintullah, Hazrat Nizamuddin East
Dwellers in a posh neighbourhood. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The daughter of the last nawab of Rampur resides in this neighbourhood. Author Vikram Seth has an apartment here. A neighbouring flat belongs to former Jammu & Kashmir…
City Landmark – Joseph Stein’s Tomb, India International Centre
On New Delhi’s iconic architect’s 20th death anniversary. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s a sunny evening, here in the members-only India International Centre (IIC). The Lounge by the poolside is teeming with softly-chatting tea-drinking ladies in handloom…
Mission Delhi – Meharchand, Sadar Bazar
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Jeweller Meharchand’s shop is in the Millennium City of Gurgaon. But the vibes of this small cozy establishment in the town’s Sadar Bazar goes far…
City Hangout – A Lane in Jatwada, Old Delhi
The Walled City’s essence. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The wall’s blue colour has faded unevenly. In some places, the patches look like a clear blue sky. In other places, they look as if the sky were shrouded…
City Life – Three Friends, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti
Bonds they share. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A great amount of uninhibited giggling is going on among the three friends, here in this lane in central Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. A quick investigation reveals that Saddam (in…
The Delhi Walla’s Biographical Dictionary – Jis James, Indirapuram & Kerala
Their story, in their words. [By Jis James] What Delhi has got to do with a boy who comes all the way from the southern most part of the country which is Kerala? But it has got some real genuine…
City Food – Mohabbat ka Sherbet, Matia Mahal
Drink of love. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Love has spread like a virus. This being the chaotic Walled City, it is more appropriate to say that love has leaked along the gallis and kuchas of Shahjahanabad like…
Mission Delhi – Anil Kumar, Central Delhi Roadside
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s a secret. Nobody in the village knows that he is selling balloons in the big city. “My family believes I’m here as a house…
The Delhi Walla’s Biographical Dictionary – Tahreema Rahim, Daryaganj
Their story, in their words. [By Tahreema Rahim] Tahreema, 19, lives somewhere in Daryaganj with her parents and a 5-year-old brother. She never knew that this will be the time when she will revisit her blue, towelled, patched childhood album….
Mission Delhi – Vishal Nagraj, Daryaganj
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Here’s his hand-drawn painting of poet Emily Dickinson. Here’s his portrait of poet Hart Crane. The next few loose sheets have his recreations of poets…
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