Hindustan Times
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 beautiful Delhi instant
The Delhi Walla was one morning… no, it was not just any morning. It was the anniversary of the day when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu fundamentalist in Delhi in 1948. Read more
(2 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, delhi walla, Dilli Gate, Dr Binayak Sen, Golcha Cinema, Mahatma Gandhi, Maoists, Martyr’s Park, Netaji Subhash Marg, Protest March
This is injustice
One cold afternoon, The Delhi Walla went to Jantar Mantar after receiving a chain text message the day before on the cell phone:
Join citizens’ protest against the conviction of Dr Binayak Sen at 2.30 pm on December 27, Jantar Mantar. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Friday, December 31, 2010 at 11:13 am
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Arundhati Roy, Binayak Sen, Chattisgarh, delhi walla, democracy, Down to Earth, dysentery epidemics, Jantar Mantar, life imprisonment, Maoists, Naxals, poverty line, Salwa Judum, starvation deaths, supreme court
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
The beautiful Delhi instant
(8 votes, average: 4.38 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, October 25, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged air hostess, aloo-subzi, delhi walla, Finnish, Hindustan Times, kachori-sabzi, Kinari Bazaar, Old Delhi
The Delhi Walla was one evening resting in the shrine of 14th century sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. Read more
(2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged dargah, delhi walla, Dua e Roshni, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Hazrat Nizamuddin's shrine, Mughal king Muhamamd Shah Rangeela, Mughal princess Jahanara, Syed Altamash Nizami
One of the one per cent in 13 million.
She looks up at the evening sky, stays still for a moment before starting to pace again. The Delhi Walla met Rakhshanda Jalil, 47, in Gandhi-King Plaza, a little pool garden in the members-only India International Center (IIC), a cultural institution near Khan Market. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, July 19, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged authored, British Library, broke, cameo, delhi walla, editor, evocative, fiction, Finchley, foliage, freedom movement, Gandhi-King Plaza, hujra, India International Center, Indian Muslims, Jamia Millia University, Jamia Nagar, Khan Market, khanqas, King's Cross, laptop, library, London, mainstream, national dailies, peacock, PhD, Progressive Writers, Rakhshanda Jalil, short stories, South Delhi, Sufis, tube, TV serials, Urdu, wi-fi
Lying on the grass, he is looking up at the sky. There are no stars to be seen yet. The evening’s gathering darkness, however, is bringing the surrounding skyscrapers into closer focus. The tall office buildings, lighting up for the night, are suddenly looking accessible. Read more
(5 votes, average: 3.4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, June 14, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged Connaught Place, delhi, delhi walla, employment, Ferozepur, Jalandhar University, jobs, Nitin Chanana, Palika Bazaar, Punjab, recruitment
The Delhi Walla met Irene Banias in Humayun’s Tomb, the first big Mughal monument to be built in India in 1570. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.13 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, May 31, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Filed under Musings, The Delhi Walla · Tagged Bosphorus University, delhi, delhi walla, Greece, Greek woman, human rights, Humayun’s Tomb, Irene Banias, istanbul, lawyer, Machu Picchu, may heat, Mughal monument, Oracle of Delphi, peru, summer, turkey
Ranking somewhere between DTC buses and private cars in the social hierarchy of the city’s traffic system, autos are an essential Delhi feature. The Delhi Walla asked Delhiites, both present and past, about their experiences with this Capital Necessity. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Filed under Musings · Tagged delhi, delhi walla, delhiites, DTC buses, Karol Bagh, London, Rohini
