Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Shahwar Kibria, South Extension-I
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Shahwar Kibria outside the showrooms of South Extension-I market. In her early 20s, she works as an editor in a publishing firm….
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Manika Dhama, Connaught Place
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Manika Dhama in the Outer Circle of the Colonial-era Connaught Place. In her late 20s, Ms Dhama is an investment consultant in…
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Job, BKS Marg Subway
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Job at the BKS Marg subway in Connaught Place. Telling me his story, Job says he was a decent man who suffered…
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Chandni Singh, Janakpuri & Reading
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Chandni Singh on the online video call service Skype. Ms Singh, who spent her “happy childhood years” in Delhi where she has…
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Ekta Talwar, The Book Shop
Poetry in the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla arranged to meet poet Ekta Talwar at The Book Shop in Jorbagh Market. In her early 20s, Ms Talwar graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in…
City Series – Delhi’s Bandaged Heart, Around Town
Poetry in the city. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Are you a poet? Do you secretly compose poems? Yes? Can I meet you? The Delhi Walla is starting a series called ‘Delhi’s Bandaged Heart’. The purpose is to…
Delhi’s Bandaged Heart – Pakistan’s Poet Zehra Nigah, Mehrauli
Visitor from Pakistan. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] One spring afternoon, The Delhi Walla accompanied Urdu poet Zehra Nigah, 75, to Mehrauli Archaeological Park. Ms Nigah, who lives in Karachi, Pakistan, was in Delhi to attend a mushaira,…
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