100 Things To Do Before You Quit Delhi – Hang Out at Midnight by the Holy Sarovar, Gurdwara Bangla Sahib
The perfect Delhi experience. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One thing you ought to do before leaving Delhi forever is to visit the Gurdwara Bangla Sahib at midnight. After going to the prayer hall, get out into the…
City Hangout – Poems from the Underground, British Council
The consolation of verses. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Finding poetry in a smoggy chaotic city like ours can be a challenge. The other day, however, The Delhi Walla was delighted to discover a barely visited stairway that…
City Hangout – Minto Bridge Underpass, Central Delhi
The bridge of sounds. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] We don’t expect romance out of a railway underbridge. And yet, here is Minto Bridge. Named after a British viceroy, it connects Connaught Place (CP) to the New Delhi…
City Hangout – The World’s Best Garden Bench, Nehru Park
To you with love. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Yay, The Delhi Walla found it. I have discovered the most romantic garden bench in the entire capital. It’s in Nehru Park, and it sits alone under a grove…
City Hangout – The Bookshop Ghosts of PVR Anupam, Saket
The saving grace of bookstores. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There were days, not long ago, when the PVR cinema and plaza in Saket seethed with energy. The capital’s smart set would inevitably beeline to this south Delhi…
City Hangout – A Lonely Railway Station, Sarojini Nagar Market
Where few trains stop. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] You may think that this lonely little railway station is somewhere out there in the hinterland — one of those bleak little stops that express trains pass by in…
City Hangout – Gallery of Musical Instruments, Rabindra Bhavan, Mandi House
Music as objects. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Here, you’ll make friends with the Dama from Tripura, which looks like a tapering dholak (drum). And there’s the Sanitar, a kind of lute from Kashmir, with a hollow resonator…
City Hangout – Terminal 3, Indira Gandhi International Airport
Foreign holiday with no jet lag. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Isn’t it a hassle to file visa forms for EU nations? Besides asking us for our passport, we have to furnish our return flight ticket, salary slips,…
City Hangout – Sperm Park, AIIMS Flyover
Silence in the chaos. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Who could have imagined the quietest place in Delhi is snuggled in the heart of noise? All around The Delhi Walla is chaos — bikes, autos, cars and buses…
City Hangout – Midnight in Nehru Place, South Delhi
A poetic world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Have you noticed how some places evoke different feelings at night and in the day? Take Nehru Place. Nobody would go to that business district for aesthetic reasons. The concrete…
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