City Notice – On Pradip Krishen’s New Book
The jungle trees of Central India. Pradip Krishen, the author of Trees of Delhi, is ready with a new book, entitled The Jungle Trees of Central India: A Field Guide. Browse through the images below and order a copy from…
City Culture – De Bhasar, Sujan Singh Park
The philosophy of nonsense. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Smoking Zone The Delhi Walla saw this calligraphy by an unknown Bhasarian artist on the boundary wall of Sujan Singh Park, an exclusive residential apartment in Central Delhi. It…
Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Sanchita Guha, Appetite German Bakery
The Proustian self-introspection. [By The Delhi Proustians] The Proust Questionnaire represents a form of interview that owes its structure to answers given by French novelist Marcel Proust, the author of In Search of Lost Time, at two birthday parties that…
New in Town – Boxed Set, The Delhi Walla Books
The lovely claustrophobia. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In 2010, HarperCollins India published The Delhi Walla volumes, a series of four guidebooks on Delhi — on the city’s monuments, food and drinks, hangouts and its people. Three years…
City List – Prohibited Items, Delhi Metro
Delhi by list. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] According to the Delhi Metro Railway (Prohibition of Carriage of Large-sized Luggage, Carriage of Offensive and Dangerous Goods in the Metro Railway, Travelling of Persons Suffering From Infectious and Contagious…
City Monument – Gandhi’s Samadhi, Rajghat
Official India’s holy shrine. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In our city of tombs, this mausoleum stands without a tomb. This is the site of Mohandas K Gandhi’s cremation. The stone footpath runs along a manicured lawn. The…
City Travel – Hindu/Buddhist Heritage, Kathmandu
The painful history. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It was raining. The Delhi Walla was in Nepal. I was being driven to Nagarkot, a village few miles outside Kathmandu that stands on a cliff and offers panoramic views…
Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Gajra, Sector 34, Noida
The Proustian self-introspection. [By The Delhi Proustians] The Proust Questionnaire represents a form of interview that owes its structure to answers given by French novelist Marcel Proust, the author of In Search of Lost Time, at two birthday parties that…
Photo Essay – The Wandering Woman, Old Delhi
An evening in Shahjahanabad. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The other evening The Delhi Walla followed a woman in Old Delhi. It was humid. The woman was walking in Matia Mahal Bazaar. She was wearing a long green…
City Travel – Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu
The Nepal diary. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The devotees were sitting on the stone stairs in groups of families and friends — some were talking to each other, others were quiet. They were looking down at the…
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