Mayank Austen Soofi Explained

Mayank Austen Soofi
Occupation:Writer, blogger, and photojournalist
Known For:Delhiwale

Mayank Austen Soofi is a Delhi-based Indian writer, blogger and photojournalist, who writes columns for Hindustan Times and Mint on culture, food and literary landscapes of Delhi.

He is best known for his website and blog, Delhiwale, a multifaceted guide of the city, that has been praised as being "the most compelling guide to India's capital" (The Independent)[1] and "a one-man encyclopedia of the city" (Time Out Delhi).[2]

Biography

Soofi was born in Nainital in the mountains of Uttarakhand and moved to Delhi around 2004. He uses 'Austen' as his middle name as a tribute to the author Jane Austen, about whom he often blogs.[3] [4] His writings were featured in Volume 4 of "Penguin Book of New Writing from India" published by Penguin.[5]

In 2011, he published four alternative guidebooks to the city of Delhi: The Delhi Walla - Portraits, Delhi Food, Delhi Hangouts and Delhi Monuments.[6] His latest book Nobody Can Love You More, published in 2012 by Penguin Books, deals with the life of a 'kotha', Hindi for brothel, in Delhi's largest red-light district, G. B. Road, which is home to 5,000 sex workers.[7] [8] [9]

Also well known for his popular columns on Delhi in the city supplement of Hindustan Times titled "The Delhiwalla",[10] Soofi now writes a column, "Delhi's Belly", for the weekend supplement of the business newspaper Mint.[11] [12]

He has initiated many projects, including Mission Delhi, which aims to profile 1% of Delhi's 14 million people,[13] and a blog dedicated to Arundhati Roy's debut novel, The God of Small Things, and to its readers. He recently started a reading club called The Delhi Proustians, which centers around the French novelist Marcel Proust and his seven volume novel, In Search of Lost Time.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Delhi Walla – the most compelling guide to India's capital . Andrew Buncombe . The Independent . 14 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328045105/http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/01/19/the-delhi-walla-the-most-compelling-guide-to-indias-capital/ . 28 March 2014 . dead .
  2. Web site: Mayank Austen Soofi . The Hindu . 28 January 2013 . 14 April 2014.
  3. Book: Dow. Gillian. Hanson. Clare. Uses of Austen: Jane's Afterlives. 2012. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-137-16481-0. 25–.
  4. Book: Harman, Claire. Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World. 2007. Canongate Books. 978-1-84767-578-1. 5.
  5. Book: First Proof: The Penguin Book of New Writing from India. 2010. Penguin Books India. 978-0-14-341551-0. 1.
  6. Web site: Oh, That Taste of Delhi! . Thebookreviewindia.org . 1 January 2012 . 14 April 2014.
  7. Web site: Varsha Naik . Book review: Nobody Can Love You More- Life in Delhi's Red Light District . DNA, India . 18 January 2013 . 14 April 2014.
  8. Web site: The author as a voyeur and many other questions. The Hindu. 18 February 2013. 14 April 2014.
  9. Web site: 'There's nothing romantic about the life of a sex worker'. Rediff . 7 December 2012. 14 April 2014 .
  10. Web site: The Delhiwalla . Hindustan Times . 14 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140416192024/http://blogs.hindustantimes.com/the-delhi-walla/ . 16 April 2014 . dead .
  11. Web site: Delhi Walla: An Interview with Mayank Austen Soofi . Knowledge Must Blog . 1 September 2011 . 14 April 2014.
  12. Web site: Mayank Austen Soofi. Livemint. 14 April 2014 .
  13. Web site: Outlook . BBC World Service . 19 December 2011 . 14 April 2014.
  14. News: Patrick Barkham . Local bloggers: voices from the global village . The Guardian . 20 March 2012. 14 April 2014.

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