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    Mayank Austen Soofi

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

    Articles by Mayank Austen Soofi

    Delhiwale: A flower, 20 times

    Delhiwale: A flower, 20 times
    delhi news
    Updated on Sep 13, 2026 16:58 IST

    Delhiwale: This way to Punjabi Phatak

    The arched gateway of Punjabi Phatak opens into what feels like Ballimaran’s food pantry. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Sep 12, 2026 02:06 IST

    Delhiwale: The gentleman of Sharif Manzil

    This was an afternoon scene in the upper-floor drawing room of Haveli Sharif Manzil, the 300-year-old family mansion in the Walled City’s congested Ballimaran neighbourhood. Its patriarch, the aforementioned Hakim Masroor Ahmed Khan, died early Wednesday morning, aged 80, following a brief illness. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Sep 10, 2026 02:06 IST

    Delhiwale: Auto biennale Delhi 2026

    Paintings and photos are often found illustrated on the passenger seats of Delhi’s auto rickshaws. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Sep 9, 2026 02:07 IST

    Delhiwale: Homage to a room in college life

    The photo showing a classroom at St Stephen’s College, snapped some time ago
    delhi news
    Updated on Sep 8, 2026 02:10 IST

    Delhiwale: Passions of Dilli rains, in inversion

    Delhiwale: Passions of Dilli rains, in inversion
    delhi news
    Updated on Sep 7, 2026 02:06 IST

    Delhiwale: This way to Gali Godoya

    Lakshmi is at home, in a courtyard at the farthest end of Gali Godoya in Old Delhi. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Sep 5, 2026 02:02 IST

    Delhiwale: A village’s village days

    Hauz Khas Village became the place to see and be seen. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Sep 4, 2026 02:02 IST

    Delhiwale: Capital’s capital check-in

    Diana Mickevičienė, Lithuania’s ambassador to India poses with The Ashok’s 70th anniversary cartoon. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Sep 3, 2026 02:30 IST

    Delhiwale: A tale of two colours

    Red and green have long divided the shrine between its two saints. Hazrat Sarmad lies under a red chaadar, Hazrat Hare Bhare Shah under a green chaadar. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Sep 2, 2026 02:31 IST

    Delhiwale: The Nepal amidst us

    Delhiwale: The Nepal amidst us
    delhi news
    Updated on Sep 1, 2026 02:41 IST

    Delhiwale: IGI’s unmoving frequent fliers

    Delhiwale: IGI’s unmoving frequent fliers
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 31, 2026 14:48 IST

    Delhiwale: This way to Gali Qasim Jan

    Poetry in some form is everywhere in Gali Qasim Jan. Not the poetry of Mirza Ghalib, who spent his last years on this Old Delhi street, but the poetry of shop names. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 29, 2026 02:32 IST

    Delhiwale: Light in August

    Under a partly clouded monsoon sky, daylight, moonlight and electric light mingle unevenly among the trees, grass and monuments. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 27, 2026 02:54 IST

    Delhiwale: Room of the rain

    This Tuesday morning, rain is lashing a Delhi terrace. Seen through a room’s raindrop-covered window, the terrace is drenched and deserted, see photo. This was what the room was meant for: a place to run to when the barsat arrived. A barsati. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 26, 2026 02:36 IST

    Delhiwale: Millennium City’s other towers

    Delhiwale: Millennium City’s other towers
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 25, 2026 02:42 IST

    Delhiwale: Lost beauty regained

    Delhiwale: Lost beauty regained
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 31, 2026 14:52 IST

    Delhiwale: This way to Machhiwalon ka Bazar

    At Chitli Qabar Chowk, street trader Parvez sells fish from a cart stationed at the centre of the square. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 22, 2026 02:31 IST

    Delhiwale: Peering into pearl

    Delhiwale: Peering into pearl
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 21, 2026 02:34 IST

    Delhiwale: Portrait of a lady

    When she began appearing in gold, she took the name Sheela.
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 20, 2026 02:37 IST

    Delhiwale: A horror not to be surveyed

    In Connaught Place, after sundown, a bald man in a black suit and tie is sitting alone, without even a mobile phone, on a low cement ledge close to Anil Book Corner, shut for the day. He is looking down. (HT Photo)
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 19, 2026 02:34 IST

    Delhiwale: Tree of the poets

    Akshay, who often travels from distant Gurugram to Lodhi Garden.
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 18, 2026 02:40 IST

    Delhiwale: Did Gurugram come first or Instagram?

    Delhiwale: Did Gurugram come first or Instagram?
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 17, 2026 02:30 IST

    Delhiwale: This way to 15 August

    (Mayank Austen Soofi)
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 14, 2026 17:10 IST

    Pushpa Singh: ‘Only a few of us champions are left, the rest are out’

    Pushpa Singh stands by the table for a quick photo, holding her cards in a fan.
    india news
    Updated on Aug 14, 2026 15:23 IST

    Delhiwale: Scent of a scoop

    In the black-and-white photograph, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is raising a hand in greeting.
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 12, 2026 02:34 IST

    Delhiwale: No bargaining with his Middlemarch

    Delhiwale: No bargaining with his Middlemarch
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 11, 2026 02:41 IST

    Delhiwale: Timekeeper’s cat

    Throughout the conversation, the cat remained motionless.
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 10, 2026 02:31 IST

    Delhiwale: This way to Gali Garhiya

    Delhiwale: This way to Gali Garhiya
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 8, 2026 02:34 IST

    Delhiwale: Quiet stands the gumbad

    The pale walls were catching just enough light from two street lamps to remind the passing commuters that Gol Gumbad was still there.
    delhi news
    Updated on Aug 6, 2026 02:32 IST
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