City Walk – Gali Hanuman Mandir Wali, Old Delhi
Hidden beauty. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The arched entrance is made of marble, but at this afternoon hour, the entry is shut closed with a metal shutter. The contrast between the smooth white stone and the choppy…
City Vox Popili – A Life in Tansy’s Day, Manali
As part of The Delhi Walla series asking citizens to “write down everything you did in one day.” Send yours in 400 words max to thedelhiwallasoofi@gmail.com [Photos by Dasel Troy-Norbu] [By Tansy Troy, an “educator, performer, poet”] First sun streams…
City Library – Raghu Rai’s Collection of Books, Mehrauli
Photographer’s company. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The first impulse is to click his gaze, zoom up the photo on the screen and study it in detail. These eyes of Raghu Rai have not only recorded some of…
City Home – The Courtyard, Hameed Manzil
The last sehen. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Old houses in Old Delhi were made of onion-like peels. There would be kamra, the room, often called the mehman khana to receive the guests. It would open into dalan,…
City Vox Popili – A Life in Kanwal’s Day, Paris
As part of The Delhi Walla series asking citizens to “write down everything you did in one day.” Send yours in 400 words max to thedelhiwallasoofi@gmail.com [Photo by Apoorva Arora] [By Kanwal Sohi, who study English–Language, Literature and Society–at the…
City Food – Gur or Jaggery, Gurgaon
The gur of Gurgaon. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Gurugram’s name traces its origins to the ancient days of Mahabharat and means guru’s village. Its former name of Gurgaon too implied the same. Even so, it is possible…
City Landmark – Anil Book Corner, Connaught Place
The friend around the corner. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Volga river is in Russia. Connaught Place (CP) too had its Volga, the restaurant. A denim showroom exists on the site. Also a part of CP’s history: Gaylord…
City Monument – Madrasa Aminia, Kashmere Gate
A lesser-known beauty. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] First, the eyes are drawn to the arched pool. Then, to the greenish water in it; to the sky in the water; to the reflected crows flying in the reflected…
City Vox Popili – A Life in Grishika’s Day, Delhi
As part of The Delhi Walla series asking citizens to “write down everything you did in one day.” Send yours in 400 words max to thedelhiwallasoofi@gmail.com [Photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] [By Grishika Arora, a 12th grade graduate sailing through…
Mission Delhi – Shakeel Artist, Old Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is the signboard hand-painter of Shahjahanabad. Almost every existing (and fast disappearing) hand-painted shop banner in the Walled City bears his painted signature at…
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