Hindustan Times
A bestselling author’s verdict.
They say one of the greatest simple joys you can experience is to become a tourist in your own city. Read more
(4 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, December 6, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Filed under The Delhi Walla · Tagged City of Djinns, Delhi street food, Hindustan Times, Lonely Planet, news, The Delhi Walla series, William Dalrymple
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
This is her first visit to a Church, but she is sleeping through it. On the warm morning of February 27, 2010, Sarah Rose is being baptized in the Cathedral Church of the Redemption. Her mother, Jaya Bhattacharji, too was baptized here. It was the Viceroy’s Church, built of red sandstone and Burmese teak on what is now known as the President’s Estate in Luyens’ Delhi. Read more
(3 votes, average: 2.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Filed under Musings · Tagged baptism, Cathedral Church of the Redemption, Holy Spirit, President's Estate, Viceroy's Church, William Dalrymple
The first day of the fifth Jaipur Literary Festival rocked. Held in Hotel Diggi Palace, there was a Nobel laureate from Africa, two Pulitzer-prize winning authors from the US, a bestselling novelist from Scotland, a young writer from Pakistan, a lyricist from Bombay, a poet from Allahabad. Read more
(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 7:15 am
Filed under Musings · Tagged Ali Sethi. Om Puri, BBC journalist Sir Mark Tully, Gulzar, Jaipur, Jaipur literary festival, novelist, Pakistan, Roberto Calasso, Scotland, Shabana Azmi, William Dalrymple
