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“... Delhi Walla’s work may add up to one of the most eccentric and encyclopedic ground-level portraits of a megacity in the Internet age”—New Yorker
Even the shadows on the road say: “I love Hazrat Nizamuddin”
because the staircase is more than just a fire exit
Into a cab man’s soul… my daily City Life dispatch in Hindustan Times today!
On coming across a photo book by the famous Michaud couple—cover showing two beaded men with red rose… so I turn inward to my own work—see!… The Delhi Walla Archives, from across the years
Super-loving your kurta, sir… Fida ji, at the Sufi Shrine of Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya
portrait of his gaze… and that gentle grey wave on the top
to whosoever it may concern… we’re experiencing some turbulence
Dull, smoggy, grey. Almost a rotting corpse. That’s the Delhi sky most of the year. The same sky resurrects into life during the monsoon. It is the year’s A-1 time for Delhi nephophiles, the cloud lovers… my field guide—please read!
His right hand ringing the bell… Santosh ji, a cotton candy seller
Delhiwale | 📍City surface full of clouds Dull, smoggy, grey. Almost a rotting corpse. That’s our Dilli sky most of the year. The same asmaan resurrects into life during the monsoon. It is the year’s A-1 time for Delhi nephophiles, the cloud lovers. (This is also the time to…
