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…
City Hangout – Rail Track Twilight, Barakhamba Flyover
Sky-filled evening. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The rail tracks seem to extend to the point where the earth touches the sky. Though the earth is pitch dark at this moment in the evening. The sky however has…
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