City Chronicle – The Mall-Made Mess
The leafy Nelson Mandela Marg is being sacrificed to Shining India. [Text and picture by Pearl Toppo; she runs the blogsite Journey Called Life.] Memories of the Past My favourite road in the city has to be the Nelson Mandela…
City Landmarks – Pepsi, Popcorns & Stairs at Satyam
Checking out a new multiplex in town. [By Meenakshi Chauhan; she owns the blog Love It or Leave it; picture by Satyam Cineplexes] Loyalty has no bounds! Since my boss’s son worked on the film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, panned in…
City Landmarks – Cooke & Kelvey Silverware Shop
A legendary showroom patronised by Maharajas and Prime Ministers. [Text and the picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] They sell such stuff as dreams are made on. Tulips and Hibiscus, bracelets and key-chains, liqueur tankers and cruet sets – all in…
Viewpoint – Safety Pins, Pepper Spray and Other Survival Tips for Delhi Girls
How not to let the city’s perverts snatch away your freedom to explore and have fun. [By Pearl Toppo; picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] No, I’m not paranoid. I just live in Delhi! Born and brought up here, I know…
Bestselling List – What is Delhi Reading
[Weekly list, from June 25 to July 2, compiled by Khan Market’s Bahri Bookshop; some of the comments might be in response to older lists; picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] Dalrymple falls, Hillary Clinton rises and Khaled Hosseini rules. NON-FICTION…
Review – Parikrama, Delhi’s First Revolving Restaurant
Dining in the thin air. [Text by Mayank Austen Soofi; picture by Ville Miettinen] If a revolving salon is judged by its views and height, then Parikrama (rotation for Hindi), 240 feet above Connaught Place in Antriskh Bhawan, scores an…
Interview – “I Can't Promise to be Gentle or Generous or Vicious”
Conversations with a Delhi writer on her first personal blog. [Ms. Manika Dhama works in media. She is also a writer for The Delhi Walla; interview and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] Ms. Dhama, what prompted you to start your…
Living – Loving and Leaving Sujan Singh Park
Musings of a woman born and brought up in Delhi’s most elegant address. [By Meenakshi Chauhan; pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Almost everyone I know has lived in different houses but I had only one home since the day I…
Special – Rock Bands in Delhi Hit the Phoren Jackpot
City bands go global with foreign tours and firangi fans. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] After 16 years in the spotlight, the Parikrama band is to shove rock ‘n’ roll back to where it came from: England. It…
Review – Pecha Kucha Nights in Delhi
The Japanese art of conversation reaches the capital. [Text and picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] On a rainy Thursday night last May, a panel of designers, writers, photographers, urban thinkers, and a solitary antique collector, set about ‘Mapping the City’…
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