Watched by thousands of people. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Penguin India, the publishers of The Delhi Walla’s new book, Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, sent me a mail: The video for the book has done extremely well online for us! We shared it twice on our Facebook page. The first time we shared it, the results were phenomenal. - It had almost 69,000 post views - About 500 likes and 40 shares The second time, it was even better! - We had more than 71,700 post views -

A very short film. A Little Anarky Films tells the story behind The Delhi Walla's book Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi's Red Light District. Published by Viking Penguin, it is available in book stores and on shopping websites. You may watch the video here.

Like a dream. [Text by Mayank Austen Soofi; photos by Unknown] Hot off the press. On receiving the first copy of his new book, Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, The Delhi Walla hid it in an envelope and went through the day as if it was just another ordinary day. In the evening I took an auto-rickshaw to Khan Market and walked on the Front Lane with the world’s most beautiful secret in my hand. An hour later I left the market for Lodhi Gardens. There I stood under a lamp. After making sure that nobody was around, I took out the book from the envelope, kissed its cover and carefully put it back into the

A public notice. Penguin India is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red-Light District, by Mayank Austen Soofi. It is published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin. The first book on Delhi’s red light area tells stories of the daily lives of sex workers and brothel owners. ‘Sensitive, melancholic and sharply observant’ — William Dalrymple, historian ‘Gentle, probing, curious and tender’ — Khushwant Singh, author ‘A deeply moving account of the lives, sufferings and routines of a dark segment of Delhi’s society’ — Ashok Vajpeyi, poet The book The sex workers of Kotha No. 300 raise their children, cook for their lovers, visit temples, shrines and mosques, complain about pimps and brothel owners, listen to

It will be published in America. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District, a book by The Delhi Walla, is set to release some time in November 2012. Published by Penguin India, the book includes black & white photos. Author Khushwant Singh, historian William Dalrymple and poet Asok Vajpeyi are among the book’s early readers. They have also provided blurbs for the cover. The other day my editor at Penguin India sent a mail, saying, “I just heard that Penguin US is picking up your book.” This means that the book will also be printed in the US and if you live there, you will not have to order Nobody Can

The first book on Delhi’s red-light district. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] In GB Road, Delhi’s red light district, the women of Kotha No. 300 raise their children; visit temples, shrines and mosques; complain about pimps and brothel owners; cook for their lovers; listen to film songs; and solicit customers. Following the habits of those at No. 300, Nobody Can Love You More paints an intimate portrait of people who have been shepherded by circumstance into living extraordinary lives. Amid the sordid and routine minutiae of brothel life, The Delhi Walla is shown the cruel and the compassionate, the carefree and the transcendent. With faithful impressions and black & white photographs, I attempt to tenderly sketch GB Road’s transient world

The first book on Delhi’s red-light district. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla has found a new home in GB Road, the city’s red-light area. There I gossip with the prostitutes, eat meals cooked by them, and play with their children. The women of kotha number teen sau tell me things they don’t share even with each other. They talk of their lovers, of the families they left behind, and of their dreams. Together we listen to film songs. Sometimes we dance. I wrote all of this in Nobody Can Love You More, the first book on Delhi’s red-light district. When I browse for books in, say, Khan Market, it is difficult to imagine that the world of the kothas exists

Effortless expedition into the city. [Text by Raza Rumi; photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Friday Times, Pakistan’s esteemed news weekly, reviewed The Delhi Walla books in its 26 July 2012 edition. Here is the complete text: Certain things get delayed beyond redemption. And one of these slipped covenants with myself was the sheer pleasure of writing about four short but enticing booklets on Delhi. My deep interest in Delhi began more than seven years ago when I visited the great capital for the first time. No, it is not the adoration of what Delhi has become after 1947, but its grand past and how it continues to live on despite the ideological shifts in the Indian republic. For Pakistanis and Muslims of

It’s a fact. Penguin India will publish a new book by The Delhi Walla later in 2012. It is a non-fiction. The cover is lovely. More updates in the coming months. The Delhi Walla is the author of four guidebooks on Delhi (published by HarperCollins India in 2010) 1. 2. 3. 4. And a new book later in 2012...

The taste of Delhi. [By Anusha Hariharan] The Book Review, India’s esteemed book review journal, reviewed The Delhi Walla books in its 1 January 2012 edition. Here is the complete text: When I moved to Delhi five years ago, apart from the various friends I had made, the work that I did, the endless chats on barsaatis of various people (I was being introduced to barsaati culture at that point, a typically Delhi phenomenon), the one other element that really got me to explore the city and its ways was Mayank Austen Soofi’s blog. Every day after lunch hour, I used to sneak a peek and catch up on his latest on The Delhi Walla (and yes, I had to sneak because at