Hindustan Times
Delhi’s scenic Hindu heritage Read more
(9 votes, average: 3.11 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, November 29, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Filed under Musings, The Delhi Walla · Tagged delhi, Dilli Gate, Hanuman, Hindu shrine, Hinduism, Krishna, Radha, Sai Baba, Shiva, Shri Shiv Mandir, Walled City
For the last 10 minutes, his grey eyes haven’t blinked; his posture on the brown plastic chair hasn’t changed. Vijay Kumar, 56, is selling second-hand books in Paharganj, central Delhi, for 30 years. Read more
(6 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Hindustan Times on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Blessing Hotel, central Delhi, Chankayapuri, Daryaganj, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Imperial cinema, Japanese, Nalwa street, paharganj, Rajasthani Music Emporium, Rajguru Road, Spanish, The Delhi Walla, Vijay Kumar
The other day I met a friend in Lodhi Garden. She remarked on my unkempt hair. I said, “Who cares! I’m a bloody author of four books!” That same evening I went to the Midland bookstore in South Extension-I. Read more
(8 votes, average: 3.88 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged books, books on Delhi, Lodhi Garden, Mayank Austen Soofi, The Delhiwala, travel books
Delhi ceases to be Delhi
(5 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Connaught Place, dilli ki sardi, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Hindustan Times, Jeevan Bharti Complex building, Lodhi Garden, news, paharganj, Russian fairytales
Delhi’s cold wardrobe.
The Delhi Walla is looking for signs of winter in Delhi’s colonial-era shopping district, Connaught Place. It is the second week of November. The city gets chilly, but only in the early hours of the dawn.
(5 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, November 15, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged astrakhan caps, button-up cardigans, Connaught Place, delhi walla, denim overalls, European backpacker, flip-flops, Hindustan Times, khadi jackets, monkey caps, news, tweed coats, woolen blazers
Good morning and…Brrrinng! Nas char gayi. Neck cramp is painful. Drive towards Indian Spinal Injuries Center at Vasant Kunj, south Delhi. Don’t stop there. Keep going straight to Mahipalpur, the urban village towards Indira Gandhi International Airport. Keep driving. Can you now see the hoarding of a wrestler with fractured arm? That’s Chowdhury Pehelwan. Pehelwan is the Hindi for wrestler. Read more
(2 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Chowdhury Pehelwans, cramps, fractures, Indian Spinal Injuries Center, Indira Gandhi international airport, Mahipalpur, Meerut, sprains, Uttar Pradesh
They will be removed
(6 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, November 8, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Arvinder Singh Lovely, Bluelines, CNG buses, Delhi Transport Corporation, Hindustan Times, news, Redline, Sheila Dikshit
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Asian Age, bestseller, books, delhi, Faqirchand Bookstore, guidebook, HarperCollins India, Khan Market, media, The Delhiwalla, Top 10 bestselling list
One day there will still be books, but they may not be in the printed form. In the series, Delhi Libraries, The Delhi Walla will make a record of the private libraries of Delhiwallas. In each library, I will try to understand the library owner through his or her collection of books. Read more
(4 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Arundhati Roy, Danielle Steele, Delhi Libraries, Enid Blyton, films, food, history, Jeffrey Archer, music, politics, Russian fairy tales, Sidney Sheldon, The Delhi Walla, travel
