Olivia Fraser's Painting Exhibition – Delhi Through Firangi Eyes
Delhi in Lonely Planet-style exotica that only a westerner could have portrayed. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Olivia Fraser must be a happy artist. She has retained her identity in spite of being the wife of a superstar author. Most of…
St. Valentine's Special – Love and Trial in New Delhi
A couple struggles to carry on amidst parental disapproval and caste differences.[This report is based on a series of conversations Mayank Austen Soofi had with Ms. Renu Rani Tyagi. The picture is not related to Ms. Tyagi.] Ms. Renu Rani…
Photo Essay: Highway Weddings in New Delhi
Rush hour commuters in the capital cope with street weddings – along with everything else. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] They emerged from the five-star Ambassador Hotel a few hours after sunset. The handsome groom, turbaned and dressed in a cream-colored…
Miranda House Memories: 3 Years, 1 Degree, and 0 Men
A girl’s life in Delhi’s premier college for women.[By Manika Dhama; she is a Delhi-based media professional.] I’m lucky to be a Delhi girl. Many women colleges here are considered the best in the country. However, recently there were rumors…
Photo Essay: Celebrating Australia Day In New Delhi
While India was celebrating Republic Day, Delhi’s small Aussie community did something different. [Report and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Even as India celebrated Republic Day on January 26, the Australian High Commission in the leafy Chanakyapuri provided a low-key…
Eating Butter Chicken in Kake Da Hotel – The Pains and Pleasures of Street Cooking in Delhi
Greasy food, rude service and unclean setting – an account of a meal taken in the legendary dhaba. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] This account is based on the recollections of a meal taken during the summer of 2006. We were…
Photo Essay – Carrying a Coffin in Old Delhi
The Sunday calm, in the streets of the walled town, gets shattered by the grief of a funeral procession[Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] “The eyes shed tears and the heart is grieved, but we will not say anything…
Special Photo Essay – New Year Do's in the New Central Park
Within a month of its re-opening, the revamped Central Park has become the social sea beach that Delhi never had.[by Mayank Austen Soofi] Last day of the last year forced the Delhites out into the newly revamped Central Park in…
Picture Essay – Poverty Pornography in Sarojini Nagar
Mother India looking sexy in poverty pornography. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Following a Beggar in Sarojini Nagar Market (S N), One of Delhi’s Busiest Bargain Bazaars India is now more than just a the flavor of the…
Photo Essay: Reading Past and Present in Humayun’s Tomb, India’s Most Melancholic Monument
Walking and talking history at a world heritage site that inspired the Taj Mahal. [Pictures and text by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Fall It was a cold winter night but the sky in Delhi was unusually clear and devoid of…
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