Netherfield Ball – Novelist Arundhati Roy Stuns Society by Opening a Banarasi Saree Showroom, Chitli Qabar Bazaar
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It was the day when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened. One sweltering afternoon novelist Arundhati Roy was seen inaugurating a Banarasi saree showroom in Old…
Netherfield Ball – The Superhit Show at Rana Ayyub’s Book Launch, India Habitat Center
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There was so much room to breathe during the forgettable launch of Tavleen Singh’s book a few weeks ago at the India Habitat Center. The veteran journalist with 233K followers…
Netherfield Ball – The Ordeal of the Ambassador’s Beautiful Partner at the Israel National Day Celebrations, ITC Maurya Hotel
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A blue shade covered her bare shoulders. The delicate cloth languidly fell over her red gown. And her blue necklace resembled a late-night dream. The Israeli ambassador’s beautiful partner, the…
Netherfield Ball – The Flop Show at Tavleen Singh’s Book Launch, India Habitat Center
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It was a scandal and it was very distressing. Only a few people were there to celebrate the iconic Tavleen Singh, the bestselling author and journalist with 228K followers on…
Netherfield Ball – Explosive Clash Averted at William Dalrymple’s Opening Bash, Vadhera Art Gallery, Defence Colony
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It was a countdown to the nuclear war. Two superstar Indian journalists ended up almost within an inch of annihilation. The Delhi Walla watched the spectacle with bated breath one…
Netherfield Ball – Sadia Dehlvi’s Grand Bash, Nizamuddin East
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Everybody who is somebody in Delhi is Sadia Dehlvi’s friend. That doesn’t mean that the author of Sufism: The Heart of Islam does not have important friends outside Delhi. One…
Netherfield Ball – ‘Somewhere in Delhi’ Palace Bash, Venice
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It was a delightful gathering of beautiful people in a beautiful palace in one of the world’s most beautiful cities. One afternoon in Venice The Delhi Walla attended Somewhere in…
Netherfield Ball – Tea Scandal in ‘Somewhere in Delhi’, Venice
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The man from the East was full of himself. He was the only oriental face–in flesh and blood, that is. There were also quite a few such faces to be…
Netherfield Ball – Remembering Intizar Hussain, Oxford Bookstore
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There were more people at his remembrance meet than when he was here in flesh and blood last winter. One evening The Delhi Walla was at the Oxford Book Store…
Netherfield Ball – Margaret Atwood’s Reception, India Habitat Center
The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Author Patrick French is very, very handsome. Even so, that was not the only reason why one chilly evening in Delhi a multitude of women and men wanted to be…
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