City Walk – Aurangzeb Road, Central Delhi
The last days of the avenue. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Speeding cars are making gentle breezy sounds. Somewhere a peacock is crying out. While the soft sun of the August evening is filling Aurangzeb Road with golden…
City Walk – Galli Chooriwallan, Near Chawri Bazaar
It’s a dream. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There is an extraordinary street in Old Delhi. Its entrance offers a most dream-like prospect. You must step into Galli Chooriwallan from Chawri Bazaar. The turning transports the stroller into…
City Walk – Chelmsford Road, Central Delhi
Stretch of serenity. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] “… The 20 kiloton warhead, which had exploded 1,600 ft above Chelmsford Road, midway between Connaught Place and New Delhi railway station, had demolished everything. Temperatures at the blast areas…
City Walk – Bungalow No. 12 to 22, Hazrat Nizamuddin East
Lined with vanishing houses. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The residences are arranged along a tree-lined semicircle. The community garden permits entry only to the area’s residents. This section of the upscale Hazrat Nizamuddin East – from bungalow…
City Walk – Lodhi Road, Central Delhi
The tree-lined pathway. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A great multitude of giant-sized trees gives Lodhi Road its grave dignity. These aged-looking brown trunks bend over the roadside making graceful swaying patterns. The branches expand and bifurcate, frequently…
City Walk –Weeping Fig Way, Near Humayun’s Tomb
The tree-lined path. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The narrow dust track is guarded on both sides by the weeping fig (Ficus benjamina). The path is so small that you could walk its entire length in two minutes….
City Walk – Matia Mahal, Shahjahanabad
The moon-lit bazaar. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Heart of the Walled City, Matia Mahal bazaar is the land of chicken stew, bearded mullahs, kaftan-clad beggars, fat goats and veiled women. Chaotic during the day, it shows its…
City Walk – ITO Crossing, Central Delhi
One morning at Delhi’s most irksome traffic intersection. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Not again! My Blueline stuck in the traffic jam at ITO. I curse the bus, the city, and kick my way out of the chicken…
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