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Mayank Austen Soofi

Mayank Austen Soofi

Mayank Austen Soofi is a writer-snapper trying to capture Delhi by heart.

Articles by Mayank Austen Soofi

Delhiwale: Your visa to Vasant Vihar is ready

Before arriving at the embassy of Senegal, you are obliged to pass by a roadside kiosk crammed with packets of kurkure and aloo bhujia. (Mayank Austen Soofi)

Updated on Aug 4, 2026 02:39 IST

Delhiwale: Tasty walk

Founder’s elder son Jagmohan Singh with longtime cook Bhagwan Das, who retired six months ago. (Mayank Austen Soofi)

Updated on Aug 3, 2026 02:35 IST

Delhiwale: This way to Gadhe Walon ka Chowk

Updated on Aug 1, 2026 02:34 IST

Delhiwale: Dreams of Meraj

Meraj, 22, has been helping his father run the stall while hunting for a job. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 30, 2026 02:40 IST

Delhiwale: Tree with wings

The photo is from another day, snapped around twilight (Mayank Austen Soofi)

Updated on Jul 29, 2026 02:43 IST

Delhiwale: The new Dilli speak

Delhiwale: The new Dilli speak

Updated on Jul 28, 2026 02:36 IST

Delhiwale: Have you been shown to the ambassador?

Delhiwale: Have you been shown to the ambassador?

Updated on Jul 27, 2026 02:46 IST

Delhiwale: This way to Ramlila Maidan

Delhiwale: This way to Ramlila Maidan

Updated on Jul 25, 2026 02:52 IST

Delhiwale: Dreams of Ayush

For the past year, Ayush Kumar has worked as a waiter at this neighbourhood café in Central Delhi. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 23, 2026 02:46 IST

Delhiwale: Flyover trekking

This humid evening, an elderly labourer is pushing a cart loaded with long iron pipes downhill a Central Delhi flyover. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 22, 2026 03:09 IST

Delhiwale: This island of rahat

Delhiwale: This island of rahat

Updated on Jul 21, 2026 02:54 IST

Delhiwale: Inside a businesswoman’s heart

Delhiwale: Inside a businesswoman’s heart

Updated on Jul 19, 2026 17:17 IST

Delhiwale: This way to Gali Master Shiv Prasad, Part 2

Gali Master Shiv Prasad lies discreetly in Turkman Gate Bazar, sandwiched between the modest establishments of Jawed Lassiwala and Muhammad Doodhwala. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 18, 2026 02:30 IST

Delhiwale: The Meharchand eclecticism

Over the years, almost every visit to Central Delhi’s Meharchand Market feels as though it is undergoing some or the other sort of renovation, and no one knows when it will end. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 17, 2026 02:41 IST

Delhiwale: Geetanjali Shree’s writer’s block

Geetanjali Shree left this apartment during the first Covid lockdown to be with her mother in Gurugram, where her younger sister, Jayanti, lives. This afternoon, she enters the apartment for a rare visit. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 16, 2026 02:34 IST

Delhiwale: Dilli walla American

Light, shadow, and shade were Joseph Stein’s essential raw materials. Even though it bears all of his hallmarks, the India Habitat Centre is unlike anything he had designed before. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 15, 2026 02:34 IST

Delhiwale: And the monsoon rain baptised the park benches

After the rain, such pools scatter across the grassy lawns. (Mayank Austen Soofi)

Updated on Jul 13, 2026 02:31 IST

Delhiwale: This way to Farash Khana

A framed black-and-white photo shows the nattily dressed founder, the late Bhagwan Das, cutting the hair of a suited customer. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 11, 2026 02:30 IST

Delhiwale: Kulfi for kavita

Delhiwale: Kulfi for kavita

Updated on Jul 7, 2026 02:40 IST

Delhiwale: This way to Kucha Daya Ram

Delhiwale: This way to Kucha Daya Ram

Updated on Jul 3, 2026 17:21 IST

Delhiwale: His lunch break confessions

Young Aamir is eating rajma-roti while watching YouTube videos on his phone. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 3, 2026 02:34 IST

Delhiwale: Dilli, the temple town

The new addition is the 108-foot statue of Bhagwan Swaminarayan in his child ascetic form as Neelkanth Varni. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 1, 2026 17:10 IST

Delhiwale: Lit meet in the time of extreme heat

Only one person as audience in the hall for a literary gathering. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 30, 2026 17:27 IST

Delhiwale: Before we talk of the rising inches

Delhiwale: Before we talk of the rising inches

Updated on Jun 29, 2026 22:10 IST

Delhiwale: This way to Gali Shah Abul Khair

Amaan appears, descending the stairs and heading to work in Gali Garaiya near Jama Masjid, where he works as a “shoker repairer.” In his early twenties, he has spent his entire life in this tiny street. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 26, 2026 21:36 IST

Delhiwale: Pink shelter

Late in the afternoon, a group of four arrives beneath one of the canopies. The woman in white is holding a bouquet of flowers, which too are pink but they aren’t the bougainvillea. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 24, 2026 21:56 IST

Delhiwale: Malraux sighting on Malraux Marg

This week, his granddaughter Céline Malraux is in Delhi on her first visit to the country. The trip forms part of a series of commemorations marking André Malraux’s 50th death anniversary. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 23, 2026 21:38 IST

Delhiwale: Twin towers tourism

Delhiwale: Twin towers tourism

Updated on Jun 22, 2026 21:50 IST

Delhiwale: This way to Gali Dugdugi Shah Kallan

The street’s name appears on maps dating to the period when kings still lived in the Red Fort. A man named Kallan Shah used to make dugdugis on this street. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 19, 2026 21:34 IST

Delhiwale: In purple blood

A cart piled high with purple jamuns stands before a row of autos. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 18, 2026 21:32 IST

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