Hindustan Times
6.23am: Waking up in Hauz Khas Village, my new address. Looking out the window into the 13th century ruins. Ferozeshah’s tomb, the madrasa, the lake. Beyond - Deer Park. The trees laced with the morning mist. The rest of Delhi invisible. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Filed under Musings · Tagged Deer Park, Hauz khas village, Hindustan Times, South Delhi
The celebrated Delhi-based author Khushwant Singh loves Pakistan, a nation often looked at with suspicion, and sometimes even with hatred, by a majority of Indians.
One winter evening in 2009 at a rare public appearance, the 94-year-old novelist, facing a select audience that included the Indian prime minister’s wife, said, “I wish more Indians realise that most Pakistanis are nice people.” Read more
(8 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Filed under Musings · Tagged Hindustan Times, India, Khushwant Singh, news, Pakistan, Sujan Singh Park, Train to Pakistan
Qasim Ali, a resident of Daryaganj in Old Delhi, a trainee journalist with Hindustan Times, an occasional photographer and my friend died on March 29, 2009, aged 25. Early this month he was diagnosed with leukaemia. Thereafter he was admitted in Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Rohini, from where he was not able to return home. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Mayank Austen Soofi on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Filed under Musings · Tagged cancer, Connaught Place, Daryaganj, Hindustan Times, leukamia
