Hindustan Times
The music of the peepal tree
Life is a series of disappointments. And then you see something grand and noble, which surpasses life. Read more
(5 votes, average: 3.8 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, March 21, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Beethoven, Deer Park, delhi, forest, Hindustan Times, news, ninth symphony, peepal tree, Safdarjang Enclave, The Delhi Walla
The spring season oddities
Smelling a pink silk tree flower, Raluca Sidon, a visitor from Bucharest, Romania, says, “I’m seeing it for the first time. It doesn’t grow in my country. I have only read about them in books.” Read more
(6 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Asia, Bucharest, delhi, delhi walla, Humayun's Tomb, lilac, Rajasthan, Romania, silk tree, spring, Trees of Delhi
The yellow of the spring
Every year as winter gives way to Delhi’s short spring spell, the Delhiwallas mark the shift in season by offering yellow mustard flowers at the shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, the 14th century sufi saint.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 12:02 am
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Basant, Basant Panchmi, dargah, delhi, Delhiwalla, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Hindustan Times, Khusro, news, sufi saint
Delhi’s lightest dessert
An abstraction, Daulat ki Chaat is more an idea than a dessert. A white froth, pop a spoonful into the mouth and it disappears. The lingering sweetness is as fleeting as an early-morning dream. Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, February 7, 2011 at 9:19 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Chandni Chowk, Chawri Bazaar, Daulat ki Chaat, delhi, dessert, Fatehpuri Mosque, flavours, Hindustan Times, khoya, Kinari Bazaar, Moradabad, news, Old Delhi, pistachios, saffron, vendor
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
(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
The lit-up version
A glossy little marker — part stylish, part nothing special. Gol Gumbad, the 15th century Lodhi dynasty tomb at the intersection of Lodhi Road and Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, has become one of Delhi’s must-see monuments. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Friday, October 29, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Centenary Methodist Church, delhi, Gol Gumbad, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, Lodhi dynasty tomb, Lodhi Road, mishap
Best-selling novelist introduces The Delhi Walla books
(5 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, October 18, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Advaita Kala, Almost Single, Anjaana Anjaani, Chanakya movie hall, delhi, Delhiwallas, Gurgaon, independence day, Mayank Austen Soofi, South America
One rainy evening, The Delhi Walla was at the lobby of The Claridges, Aurangzeb Road. There I got the first copies of my four-volume series on Delhi called The Delhi Walla.
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Aurangzeb Road, delhi, Delhi Walla books, first day, four-volume series, HarperCollins India, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Solveig Marina Bang, The Claridges, The Delhi Walla
Later this month I’m coming out with four books on Delhi. On hearing this, Gaurav Sood, a scholar in Stanford University, US, wrote me this. Read more
(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, September 6, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Archaeological Survey of India, ASI, culture, delhi, Delhi culture, Delhi's history, history, Indian culture, Indian Partition, MCD, Municipal Council of Delhi, New Delhi, Stanford University, William Dalrymple
