City Moment – Delhi Migrants, The Big Chill Cakery, Khan Market
The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla enters The Big Chill Cakery in Khan Market. The bakery’s glass window proudly proclaims–‘Estd. 2015’. Inside: carrot cake, banofee pie, frosted brownie, blueberry cake,…
Netherfield Ball – Late Khushwant Singh’s Book Reception, The Park
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The former Prime Minister’s wife was spotted here, along with her women security guards in grey safari suits. The gracious Gursharan Kaur held her black handbag in the style of…
City Travel – Sufi World, Ajmer
Glimpses of a sacred space. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] An elderly pilgrim from Rajkot in Gujarat lovingly offers a rose petal to the lips of his wife. Nearby, rose petals are placed on an unknown person’s grave….
City Food – Number Walli Kulfi, Delhi Stock Exchange
The digital dessert. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The hot season has gone but it is still possible to taste summer-time Delhi. Just grab a kulfi, the Indian-style ice cream that comes in flavours like pista, rose, cardamom…
Our Self-Written Obituaries- Maryann Taylor, Gurgaon
The 103rd death. [Text by Maryann Taylor; photo by Aashish Chopra] Maryann Taylor died by choking on a red chili. The world ended in her little rented flat in Gurgaon. Ms Taylor was seated on her favourite mooda. She was…
City Library – Jeet Thayil’s Books, Safdarjung Development Area
A vanishing world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon The Delhi Walla visited the home of Jeet Thayil, the poet and novelist in his 50s, who lives with his partner, designer and photographer Akanksha Sharma, and cat,…
Photo Essay – The Brown Dog On a Stone Tomb, Mehrauli
Friend of the tomb. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. This is true only up to a point. There is a lazy dog, indeed, but no brown fox. Instead, there…
City Moment – Historian Romila Thapar’s Disappearance, Khan Market
The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla spots historian Romila Thapar at the Faqirchand Bookstore in Delhi’s Khan Market. She is wearing a long grey kurta. Her hair is grey. Ms…
Home Sweet Home – Anuj Panwar’s Residence, Chirag Dilli
Inside the walls. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] His house feels like a hotel room that has just been cleaned by the housekeeping for the next guest. Not a single element is out of place. The laptop is…
City Monument – Teen Murti House, Central Delhi
Nehru’s last home. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A koel perched somewhere on one of the trees is calling out incessantly. A peacock emerges from behind a hedge, but disappears the next instant. The big house exudes an…
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