Netherfield Ball – French Ambassador's Cocktail Reception, Nyaya Marg

Netherfield Ball – French Ambassador’s Cocktail Reception, Nyaya Marg

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] What they all are always interested in is the course of the Balkan war. Yet, these diplomats do need little diversions now and then to indulge in non-confrontational dialogues with…

Netherfield Ball – Geeti Bhagat's Cocktail Reception, Tees January Lane

Netherfield Ball – Geeti Bhagat’s Cocktail Reception, Tees January Lane

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The most handsome person in the select gathering was the new Mexican ambassador. Melba Pria entered the drawing room with her long hair cascading down her back. Her multi-stringed necklace…

Netherfield Ball – Sanjay Suri's Book launch, India International Centre

Netherfield Ball – Sanjay Suri’s Book launch, India International Centre

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It was raining. The famous TV news anchor Sagarika Ghose still managed to reach the India International Center (IIC) on time. She was to stage a conversation with author and…

Netherfield Ball – Colors of Life-15 Bash, India Habitat Center

Netherfield Ball – Colors of Life-15 Bash, India Habitat Center

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Are rules beginning to relax? Delhi’s art world is opening to the idea of samosas with unlimited beer. One breezy evening The Delhi Walla attended the inaugural bash of Colors…

Netherfield Ball – Amitav Ghosh’s Book Launch, India Habitat Center

Netherfield Ball – Amitav Ghosh’s Book Launch, India Habitat Center

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] That athletic elderly man in shorts was the hippest man in the crowd. He arrived alone, stayed by himself and looked meditative with a pair of white headphones slung around…

Netherfield Ball – Vedova Opening Party, Zattere, Venice

Netherfield Ball – Vedova Opening Party, Zattere, Venice

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One cool evening The Delhi Walla attended the opening of ‘Frammenti Expo ’67: Alexander Calder, E Emilio Vedova’, an art exhibition in Magazzino del Sale in Zattere, Venice. (I’m in…

Netherfield Ball – Vijay Nambisan's Poetry Talk, The Toddy Shop

Netherfield Ball – Vijay Nambisan’s Poetry Talk, The Toddy Shop

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla went to hear a high-brow chitchat in Hauz Khas Village. Poet Vijay Nambisan and The Caravan magazine’s associate editor Supriya Nair had announced a conversation…

Netherfield Ball – Vinod Mehta's Book Launch, Lodi The Garden Restaurant

Netherfield Ball – Vinod Mehta’s Book Launch, Lodi The Garden Restaurant

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla attended the launch of journalist Vinod Mehta’s second volume of memoirs, Editor Unplugged: Media, Magnates, Netas and Me at central Delhi’s Lodi The Garden restaurant….

Netherfield Ball – Jashn-e-Rekhta, India International Centre

Netherfield Ball – Jashn-e-Rekhta, India International Centre

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One evening The Delhi Walla attended the inaugural ceremony of Jashn-e-Rekhta held in the Fountain Lawns of the India International Centre (IIC). The two-day Urdu literary festival was hosted by…

Netherfield Ball – Intizar Hussain's Late-coming, Oxford Bookstore

Netherfield Ball – Intizar Hussain’s Late-coming, Oxford Bookstore

The party secrets. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One cold evening The Delhi Walla attended a talk by Pakistani author Intizar Hussain at the Oxford Bookstore in Connaught Place. Mr Hussain lived up to his name, which means…