Mayank Austen Soofi is a writer-snapper trying to capture Delhi by heart.
Articles by Mayank Austen Soofi
Stephen ka cool factor
Chandan Gomes, 21, a 3rd year Philosophy student and president of St. Stephen’s Photography Club, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, reveals his mind to Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Feb 03, 2009 05:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
Blood letting!
Rahat Open Surgery, an open-air clinic under the shadow of Jama Masjid in our city.
Updated on Jan 27, 2009 05:05 PM IST
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Siddharth trained Anil for Slumdog...
Quizmaster Siddharth Basu conducted a week-long workshop for Anil Kapoor on the sets of KBC, writes Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Jan 13, 2009 08:24 PM IST
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First Kids’ new start
It is a big day for Michelle and Barack Obama's daughters, as they start their new school in Washington DC. Mayank Austen Soofi reports...
Updated on Jan 05, 2009 07:21 PM IST
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Delhi’s niharinama
When the mercury plunges, keep the body warm by feasting on Delhi’s paya-nihari, writes Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Jan 02, 2009 06:59 PM IST
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Delhi between the covers
If reading more is your New Year’s resolution, then here is our special list of some of the best books on Delhi. Mayank Austen Soofi tells more.
Updated on Jan 01, 2009 08:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
The Dungdungs’ Christmas is no cakewalk
A third-generation Catholic, Dungdung lives in the servant’s quarter of a large bungalow in Nizamuddin West. And she is not baking a cake today, reports Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Dec 24, 2008 12:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
Next year, no Khan Market
This is Mayank Austen Soofi's year-end ode to his favourite haunt place in his ‘own’ Delhi: the Khan Market...Read on...
Updated on Dec 23, 2008 09:32 PM IST
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Poor man’s Humayun Tomb
Everything at Safdarjung’s is as it is at Humayun’s, but smaller: the gateway, the dome, the trees, writes Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Dec 17, 2008 06:46 PM IST
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Sign language lessons on the border roads
A US radio channel asked ajay Jain if Peep Peep Dont Sleep was suitable reading material for women and children.
Updated on Dec 13, 2008 11:29 PM IST
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Singh is King
Check out Ajit Vikram Singh’s wildly eclectic bookstore at Delhi’s most eclectic bookstore at Priya cinema, Basant Lok Market.
Updated on Dec 09, 2008 07:20 PM IST
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The Well-Connected
Obama’s Internet strategy paid him great dividends. But can such a ploy work for our politicians? Mayank Austen Soofi takes a look.
Updated on Nov 22, 2008 10:50 PM IST
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The Immigrant
An arranged marriage with an NRI dentist and Nina flies to Canada. What does she get there? Peanut butter and plenty of cold relatives, writes Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Nov 01, 2008 11:14 PM IST
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Land of the sterile
Today I’m taking you to no monument, no tomb, no garden, no haveli, no mall. Mayank Austen Soofi takes us on a journey...
Updated on Oct 27, 2008 08:50 PM IST
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Little enthusiasm for flower fair
In Mehrauli, you sense little enthusiasm for Wednesday’s Phool Waalon ki Sair, a three-day festivity especially noted for its inter-religious character — it begins in a Muslim shrine and ends in a Hindu temple, writes Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Oct 22, 2008 12:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
Uneasy lies the head
At a time when Barack Hussein Obama is trying to play down his middle name, when a group with a name like Indian Mujahidin claims to bomb our cities, I moved around in Delhi donning a skull cap. Mayank Austen Soofi tells more... Cap couture
Updated on Oct 04, 2008 11:00 PM IST
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A night in Jamia boys’ hostel
Fourteen days after the Delhi blasts, eight days after the 'encounter' in Jamia Nagar, and a day after the Mehrauli attack, life is no longer the same for students of Jamia Milia University. Mayank Austen Soofi reports.
Updated on Sep 29, 2008 12:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
Self in the city
Last week, on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, I was at a bookstall in Janpath when it started raining. Everyone rushed into shelters. I rushed out into the emptied street..., writes Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Sep 25, 2008 04:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
Breaking news
As an upcoming journo, it’s a dream come true to tumble from one disaster zone into another. On 9/11, I was in flood-hit Bihar, Mayank Austen Soofi elaborates.
Updated on Sep 18, 2008 06:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
Love & loss
Despite the catastrophe around him, Tuntun remains lost in the thoughts of Archana Devi, his “16 or 17-year-old wife” who is stuck in her marooned village, reports Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Sep 09, 2008 11:47 PM IST
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Thank God it’s Ramzan
Enjoy a whole month of night-long eating and shopping. And the action is not just in Old Delhi, writes Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Sep 05, 2008 03:21 PM IST
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A chick lit for Delhi girls
I'm determined to write the world's chocolatiest chick lit and determined to dedicate it to the chicks of Delhi, says Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Sep 05, 2008 04:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
Bookless in Delhi
On the Sunday that preceded Independence Day, there were no booksellers in Daryajanj’s weekly book bazaar, Mayank Austen Soofi elaborates.
Updated on Aug 28, 2008 05:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
Run Lutyens run
A few ambitious drawing rooms even boast the complete never-opened volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica, says Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Aug 21, 2008 03:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
'I'm enjoying complete freedom'
Indian and Pakistani bloggers express their views on what freedom means to each of them. Mayank Austen Soofi blogs and finds out more. Special: India turns 61
Updated on Aug 14, 2008 10:02 PM IST
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Gulistan-e-Chomsky
Jamia Millia is the city's only campus boasting of landmarks named after eclectic personalities, informs Mayank Austen Soofi.
Updated on Jul 03, 2008 12:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
The most important thing in my life is work: Saif
Saif Ali Khan speaks to Mayank Austen Soofi on the Olympic run, potato chips and of course, Kareena Kapoor.
Updated on Apr 19, 2008 11:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi