Reporting from Delhi’s backpackers’ district. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Forget the deluxe hotels, Delhi University’s makeshift tourist hostelries and the city’s Bed & Breakfast lodges. The chief lodging destination for many visitors of Commonwealth Games (CWG), being…
Khan Market to become more democratic. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The citadel of south Delhi snobbery is about to fall. Khan Market, where the city’s rich go to see and be seen, is getting a metro station….
A US-based scholar introduces The Delhi Walla’s books. [By Gaurav Sood; picture by Mayank Austen Soofi] In Delhi, one is surrounded by history, but oblivious of it. Worn stone and brick arches with peeling MCD (Municipal Council of Delhi) plaster,…
One of the one per cent in 13 million. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] With tiny forceps, he plucks out the steel caseback of the wristwatch. The insides reveal a net of springs, clips and wires. He pores…
The great chef’s life in Delhi. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Meet the Julia Child of Nizamuddin Basti, a congested village in central Delhi. A cheery 28-year-old, Child hails from the state of Uttar Pradesh and has been…
The definitive directory of famous Delhiites. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] My disdain for Mills & Boon (MB) novellas cannot prevent the admission that Kuldip Chander, the seller of MBs, is a great product that has come out…
The instant getaway. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] No escapist haven, it is still an excellent place to seek seclusion. The statue of Tamil poet Subramania Bharathi (circa 1987) in a little plaza, off Maharshi Raman Marg, near…
Is all lost? [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Missed deadlines, leaking stadiums, zero hotel bookings, corruption scandals, flooded roads, absentee athletes, Connaught Place looking like bombed-out Baghdad and Swagatham as our Waka Waka. Every new day the bad…
The beautiful Delhi instant. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla was walking one night in Mathura Road, central Delhi. I reached a pavement where a couple of homeless people were sleeping. One man was awake. Lying…
Award-winning American author introduces The Delhi Walla’s books. [By Geoffrey C. Ward] Delhi Wallas come in at least three varieties: those lucky enough to have been born there; those who chose it as their home; and those like me, who…
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