Hindustan Times
The beautiful Delhi instant
The Delhi Walla was one morning traveling in the Delhi Metro’s Blue Line route, which connects Anand Vihar in east Delhi to Dwarka Sector 21 in west Delhi. Read more
(7 votes, average: 2.29 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Anand Vihar, Blue Line, commuter, Delhi Metro, Dwarka, Karkardooma More, Mandi House, Nirman Vihar, Ramakrishna Ashram Marg, west Delhi
The roti seems to be a few days old. Packed in a mud-stained handkerchief, it is broken into small pieces. With no sabzi or even a smidgen of pickle to go with it, these dry and crumbly remains of the staple Indian bread are the entire breakfast for Ram Swaroop Sharma. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Filed under Musings · Tagged Delhi Metro, Henry David Thoreau, India Gate maidan, materialism, mud-stained handkerchief, Prime Minister, Rajpath, Ram Swaroop Sharma, Rashtrapati Bhawan, Udyog Bhawan
Unlike in the Delhi Metro, doors in the Madrid’s do not open automatically. You have to press the green button when the train stops at the station. Also, unlike us Delhiwallas, Madridis do not storm in like jungle beasts. Read more
(6 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 8:13 am
Filed under Musings · Tagged Delhi Metro, Delhiwallas, Europe, Madrid, Madridis, metros, Pasarela Cibeles, Pragiti Maidan, South Delhi folks
The Delhi Walla discovered this grainy image in the archives of LIFE magazine. Nothing is known about the year when this picture was taken. But the life seen in this frame is proof enough that much has changed in this city down the decades. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, July 20, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Ambassadors, Chandni Chowk, Che Guevara, Delhi Metro, Delhi Transport Under-taking, DTC, Fiats, Hillary Clinton, Indian Coffee House, Inter State Bus Terminu, Kalka Mail, Khan Market, LIFE magazine, Standard Heralds, The Delhi Walla, Yamuna bridge
A person does not belong to a place until he has someone dead under the ground. Does that apply to Delhi Metro, too? On the Sunday morning of July 12th, 2009, a pillar on the partially constructed Metro bridge in the tony GK-I suddenly collapsed killing six. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.38 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Friday, July 17, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged accidents, Chandni Chowk Metro station, Delhi Metro, DMRC, Metro in Bollywood flicks, suicides
