City Life – “Pandrah Agust” Independence Day, Old Delhi Life by The Delhi Walla - August 15, 2023August 16, 20230 The I-day. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] You are to be pitied if you live in Gurugram, or Ghaziabad, or Noida, or even in superposh Jorbagh. Because on Independence Day, the luckiest people in the country are those who live in Old Delhi. The reason is as clear as RO water: the Walled City is where the Prime Minister gives his customary I-Day speech, from the ramparts of the Lal Qila. The rest of Old Delhi too gets extraordinarily festive on Pandrah Agust (that’s what everyone here calls the great day). Particularly festive is the area around Jama Masjid. Virtually all shops and stalls in Matia Mahal Bazar these days sell stuff adorned with the colours of the Tiranga — dupattas to