Hindustan Times
Shahjahanabad was a city of emperors and courtesans, kaftans and the Kohinoor, beef and ghee. This morning I am searching for its past splendor. The ancient alleys of Matia Mahal bazaar, under the watchful eyes of Jama Masjid, are redolent of morning meals. Kesar-flavored milk. Sewai. Jalebis. Soon a rich, meaty aroma tempts me. Paya-nihari. But it is burra – Buffalo meat. (I don’t like burra meat.) A true nihari carries the upper thigh of a cow. In its absence, I will perhaps have to resort to goat instead. I continue walking. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Filed under Musings · Tagged buffalo meat, food, Jawahar hotel, nihari, Old Delhi, paya
A 70-year-old shop is expected to wallow in its past. Yesterday must always be richer than today and tomorrow should be forever uncertain. If it’s a photo studio, the tragedy has to be weepier. After all, who needs to go to photo studios now? Read more
(7 votes, average: 4.29 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, October 26, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Filed under Musings · Tagged Connaught Place, delhi, digicams, janpath, photo studio, Rangoon Studio, regal building
Her talk is hardly different than that of most grandmothers – all about ‘our days, your days’. “Call me narrow-minded, but today’s newspapers carry such vulgar ads,” says Santosh Puri, the director of Central News Agency, one of Delhi’s biggest and oldest companies that distribute Indian as well as foreign newspapers in the Capital. Her family owns it. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Filed under Musings · Tagged Amitabh Bachchan’s late mother, Connaught Place, grandmothers, P-block, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Safdarjang Enclave, Shivaji Stadium
One October evening in 2009, The Delhi Walla finally met Editor, a spoilt south Delhi brat with a weakness for Parmesan cheese and chocolate chip cookies. A resident of Nizamuddin East, a pricey neighbourhood dotted with gardens and ruins, Editor owns “a nice collar, a nice leash and a serviceable winter coat.” Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Add new tag, Delhi Diary, dog, editor, mehta, Outlook, Sumita, The Delhi Walla, Vinod Mehta
