Mission Delhi – Ronald Vivian Smith, Vatika Apartments
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Heaps of musty newspapers are piled up everywhere. Even the sofa has not been spared. As Ronald Vivian Smith digs out his typewriter from under…
Atget’s Corner – 611-615, 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 – Two Daughters, Mayapuri
The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The young woman in the blue saree was lifting bricks one by one from the ground, and keeping the whole pile on her head. The Delhi Walla meets the…
Letter from Montreal – Unpartitioned Things, Delhi & Lahore
Old objects in a post-partition world. [Text and photos by Aanchal Malhotra] When I was young I never thought about the past; it barely ever weighed down on me. In fact, back then it was all about the now. The…
Atget’s Corner – 606-610, 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 Hangout – New Landmarks, Connaught Place
The hot from the oven CP. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Connaught Place (CP) has returned from its long Arctic exile. After years of being outclassed by south Delhi’s hipster havens, it is reinventing itself with a bang….
Atget’s Corner – 601-605, 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 Food – Banoffee Pie, The Big Chill Café
The best pie. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] You can have the world’s best banoffee pie only in Delhi. And in Delhi you can have it only in the much-loved The Big Chill chain of cafes. And the…
Atget’s Corner – 596-600, 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,…
Letter from Allahabad – Poet Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Jyoti Apartments
The prodigal poet [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Posing in a camouflage jacket and faded denims, poet Arvind Krishna Mehrotra looks like People magazine’s sexiest man alive. He has long black hair, a five o’clock shadow, a cigarette…
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