City Landmark – Amrit Book Company, Connaught Place
Surviving, for now. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This bookshop is a great spot for another Starbucks. (Connaught Place has just two Bucks so far.) The display counter will take over the left-side book shelves. The Classics corner…
Photo Essay – Delhi for Paris, Around Town
Je Suis Charlie. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] On January 7 2014, radical Islamists killed 12 people in Paris, the city that gave us the dangerous ideas of secularism, liberty and democracy. Therefore an attack on Paris hurts…
City Hangout – Mudrika Bus Route, Ring Road
Circling the capital. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It takes almost the same time that it takes to fly from Delhi to Helsinki, Finland. And the ticket costs a mere 15 rupees. One rush-hour evening The Delhi Walla…
Atget’s Corner – 651-655, Delhi Photos
The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…
City Moment – Poet’s Pilgrim, Ghalib’s Tomb
The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One cold rainy afternoon The Delhi Walla saw an elderly man entering poet Mirza Ghalib’s tomb in Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti. Ghalib lies buried within a marble cell in the…
Atget’s Corner – 646-650, Delhi Photos
The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…
Atget’s Corner – 641-645, Delhi Photos
The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…
City List – Queer Landmarks, Around Town
The Delhi gaydar. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi; the above photo was sourced from Gaylaxy magazine] From the top to the bottom, this is a list of Delhi’s most well-known and lesser-known queer sites. Made with inputs from…
Letter from Allahabad – The Last Bungalows, Civil Lines
The precious relics. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Allahabad is the land of the Sangam. This meeting point of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers in eastern Uttar Pradesh has been attracting pilgrims for centuries. But one…
Atget’s Corner – 636-640, Delhi Photos
The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…
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