City Food - Daulat ki Chaat 2021, Chawri Bazar

City Food – Daulat ki Chaat 2021, Chawri Bazar

The delicatest delicacy. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s just another tiresome evening in the Walled City’s Chawri Bazar. The entire road from the rear of the Jama Masjid to Ashok Chaat Corner is blocked by a massive…

Mission Delhi - Ranjeet, Nehru Place

Mission Delhi – Ranjeet, Nehru Place

One of the one percent in 13 million. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Such tall multi-storeys. Such a crowd of busy pedestrians. And he is sitting cross-legged on the ground, with his little basket in front of him. His statue-like stillness…

City Nature - Saptaparni Flowers, Around Town

City Nature – Saptaparni Flowers, Around Town

Winter’s bloom. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Winter is here. Those feeling homesick for the golden-yellow flowers of the amaltas must resign themselves to a long wait for the tree’s summertime bloom. Some interim relief will however arrive…

City Hangout - Old Windows, Daryaganj

City Hangout – Old Windows, Daryaganj

Openings of old times. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This is a window with six panes. The glass of each pane is discoloured to a different degree—one pane is in fact partially broken, the jagged edges of its…