City Moment – Chaat Vendor, Kinari Bazaar
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla was one afternoon taking a stroll in Kinari Bazaar, a congested market in Old Delhi, famous for its wedding stores and street food. Reaching a turning,…
City Monument – Minto Bridge, Near Connaught Place
The railway landmark’s emotional pull. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] We don’t expect aesthetics out of a railway underbridge. Minto Bridge, that connects Connaught Place (CP) to the New Delhi railway station (Ajmeri Gate side), is an ambivalent…
From the Press – On The Delhi Walla Books
They are loving it. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla books are being talked about and not just by The Delhi Walla. The weekend edition of Mint, India’s leading business daily, said: “The Delhi Walla blog’s mix of gentle…
City Food – Imarti, Mehboob e Ilahi Mithai Shop
The sweet decadence. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Thick and sticky, the loopy imarti is as decadent as the court of Delhi’s last Mughal. Its crusty deep-fried shell packs in a pool of extravagantly sweet sap. The disciplined…
Photo Essay – Raavan Spotting, Tagore Garden
The making of the devil. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] He will die. Again. On the evening of October 17, 2010, the effigy of Raavan, the 10-headed demon king of Lanka, will burn down with much cheer and…
Letter from Islamabad – On the Delhi Walla Books
A Pakistani artist introduces the The Delhi Walla books. [By Faiza A Khan] Our own self is composed of some very vital elements, like our physical body, our soul, and our minds packed with diverse thoughts. This is our own…
City Culture – Ramlila, August 15 Ground
The annual multi-starrer Hindu blockbuster. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Totally Shakespearean. It has love, jealousy, greed, lies, betrayal, revenge, war, death and redemption. Ramlila, the 10-day play on the exploits of Bhagwan Ram, which takes place every…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwallas, Connaught Place
Searching for the stylish. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla saw these young women in Connaught Place, Delhi’s premier shopping district. In army boots, fatigues and caps, they still looked slender and delicate. Cargo pockets on…
City Moment – Dua e Roshni, Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla was one evening resting in the shrine of 14th century sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. It was the hour of Dua e Roshni, when the day…
Letter from Gurgaon – On The Delhi Walla Books
Best-selling novelist introduces The Delhi Walla books. [By Advaita Kala] When my family moved to Delhi in the early nineties, I was not in the least pleased. With two years to go before I finished school, I had made up…
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