Hindustan Times
He walks to the young man and whispers in English, “Sir, I see you are lucky. ” The man stares at him for a moment, looks scared and go away. He lowers his head and then raises his eyes looking around suspiciously. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.38 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, May 17, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Filed under Musings · Tagged beggar, delhi, drug, English, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Kashi Vidhyapeeth University, Mathura Road, smack addict
Is there a greater delight than being referred to in a book on Jane Austen? The Delhi Walla can no longer defer his raptures. In April, 2009, UK’s Canongate Books published Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World. Written by Jane Austen scholar Ms Claire Harman, this is a “history of Jane Austen’s fame, the changing status of her work and what it has stood for, or been made to stand for, in English culture in the two hundred years since her death.” Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 10:20 am
Filed under Musings · Tagged English, Jama Masjid, Jane Austen, Ms Claire Harman, UK newspapers
One morning, tired of wandering in tombs, forts, bookshops, malls, I went to a college campus instead. Not just to any college. St Stephen’s, in north Delhi, is a glass bubble fantasy. It’s the south Delhi of Delhi University. Snobbish.
Here’s no noise, no dust. Just trees, hedged pathways, redbrick structures and English-speaking kids, rumored to be some of the country’s brightest. (Wikipedia has a list of ‘distinguished’ Stephanians.) Read more
(6 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Filed under Musings · Tagged campus, college, college campus, English, St Stephen
