The remarkable Delhi instant. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The little girl could hardly be ten. The Delhi Walla saw her in a bazaar in Jamia Nagar. Her head was covered with a black scarf. She was with…
Life in mails. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One afternoon, in a raddiwala’s (scrap dealer’s) home in Old Delhi, The Delhi Walla discovered a polythene bag filled with letters and picture postcards. The envelopes had the addresses of…
The 84th death. [Text by Sheema Mookherjee; photo by Jhampan Mookerjee] Sheema Mookherjee was found departed on a planter’s chair in her verandah at Kanha, Madhya Pradesh. The forest spirits had come and collected her soul. She had just finished…
Seeking assistance for special projects. [Text by Mayank Austen Soofi; photo by Marina Bang] The Delhi Walla is (willingly) spending too much of his time with Marcel Proust. It leaves him with not enough hours to do all he wants…
The golden era. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] So dashing! Author William Dalrymple looks like a MTV rock star at this long-ago book signing in The Book Shop. The Delhi Walla is in possession of rare photographs that…
Dining by the desktop. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] What does your keyboard likes to eat? The keyboard, as we all know, is the most humane element of the computer. Despite the development of other forms of input…
The visible city. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] Delhi is a voyeur’s paradise and The Delhi Walla also makes pictures. I take photos of people, streets, flowers, eateries, drawing rooms, tombs, landscapes, buses, colleges, Sufi shrines, trees, animals, autos, libraries, birds,…
The withdrawn address. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Note down the address: 26, Alipur Road. Get off at the Civil Lines Metro station. Walk past the Oberoi Maidens Hotel. The house is on the left. The gates are…
The 83rd death. [Text by Janaki Hrishikesh; photo by Hrishikesh Narasimhan] Janaki Hrishikesh lay peacefully having had the death she desired. She had died in her sleep and what more could she ask for. She always feared a gory death–did…
A vanishing world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Life to death, sex to body (and body parts – the eyes, hands, the left hand, breasts, the penis, the vagina, bones and blood and guts). There are also shelves…
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