“Where’s the doorman?” Outside the entrance of Sidewok, a dimly lit Chinese eatery in Delhi’s upscale Khan Market, Sumanta Roy refuses to go in till the guard appears and opens the door for him. A man of style, he is a brand-sensitive consumer of classy dressing and fine taste who expects good service when paying for it. [Read more]

The Delhi Walla has got the Nobel Prize for literature. Well, almost. A picture taken by me has been put up in the official web site of the Nobel Foundation, Nobelprize.org. [Read more]

The arched entrance of the modestly built gateway opens into a grassy expanse. Unknown tombs and domed chhatris lie on the garden. [Read more]

In the fifth Jaipur Literature Festival, young Pakistani novelist Ali Sethi proved to be a sensation. But The Delhi Walla had caught up with Mr Sethi before he became this famous. As it happens, when people are not that famous, they talk more candidly. Last year in July I met Mr Sethi in the lawn of Delhi’s Ambassador Hotel when he was visiting India for a book tour of his first novel The Wish Maker. Here are my questions and Mr Sethi’s answers. [Read more]

There is no reason why The Delhi Walla shouldn’t feel lucky to be in the fifth Jaipur Literature Festival. I chatted with the former New Yorker editor Tina Brown. Nobel laureate Wole Soynka looked into my eyes for full five seconds. William Dalrymple, the author of City of Djinns, hugged me. [Read more]