City Monument – Dilli Gate, Daryaganj Monuments by The Delhi Walla - January 26, 20220 A Walled City Survivor. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Crenellation. Of course, you know the meaning. Some of us might not, and we can always Google it. But certainly all of us ought to head to a particular monument in Delhi, and gaze upon this word as it exists in the real world. Cambridge dictionary explains crenellation as “a wall around the top of a castle, with regular spaces in it through which the people inside the castle can shoot.” This detail is most clearly illustrated at Dilli Gate in central Delhi. The top of the stone gateway is punctuated with large tablets of stone, which are separated from each other by vertical slits through which the warriors of old
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Pavel Catalina, Calicut Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - January 26, 2022January 26, 20220 The 262nd death. [By Pavel Catalina] Catalina Pavel, a writer and a lover of Kerala, was found dead at the beginning of Edavappathi, at her place in Malabar, her second home, most probably while watching the sun setting over the Arabian Sea. On her desk: her diary and Madhavikkutty's poetry, the remains of her afternoon black coffee and the beginning of a letter written to someone close. The ink stains still fresh. The smell of the coffee still persistent in the room. In her letter she was actually expressing her wish to be buried under a coconut tree facing the sea. She smiled one day when she found out this wish in one of Kamala Das' books as well. For her Kamala was, in
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Amitayush Yadav, Lucknow Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - January 26, 20220 The 261st death. [By Amitayush Yadav] He once quoted Arundhati Roy and asked "Where do dreams go, when the dreamer dies?" Now that he himself has set off on the eternal journey, we wonder what must have happened to his dreams? Twenty-two-year old lad who answered to the name of Amitayush (Betu, at home), passed away on the morning of 25th January, 2021. On a close observation of his room, certain notables were found--Ten sticky notes, four of which had question marks on them while other six had exclamations; a pile of books having a hat on the top; few posters pinned on the corner wall carrying lines from the movies TAMASHA, THE NAMESAKE and FIGHT CLUB; a honeydew blend cigarette in the upper
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Sneha Roy, Durgapur Farewell Notice by The Delhi Walla - January 26, 20220 The 260th death. [By Sneha Roy] Sneha Roy, a poet and photographer, was found dead on 12th June in Shillong while writing the last of her letters in the attic. The letter was not revealed as it was solely intended for some fellow poet. Virginia Woolf's suicide note was found in the pockets of her cloak. Her personal diary where she documented her life was found burnt beside her typewriter with shiuli flowers scattered all over the floor, as informed by her lover. She was well known for writing 4 books and directing 2 films. The best known poetry collection among them was 'The Cacophonic Screams'. "The reminiscence of an unloved soul will break apart the burial ground to emerge eternal with all