Photo Essay – The 99 Percent, Around Town

Photo Essay – The 99 Percent, Around Town

The Wretched of the Earth

They exist.

[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]

The Delhi government works hard to make the city’s homeless invisible. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the wretched of the roadsides were pushed behind giant hoardings so that foreign athletes could not get a wrong impression of our World Class City.

But the homeless continue to be everywhere: at traffic lights, under flyovers, on pavements, in subways.

Having so many homeless people is horrible. To hide them, or to pretend that they don’t exist, is sinful. Here are the Delhiwallas who have turned our streets into their bedrooms.

The night has just started

Photo Essay – The 99 Percent, Around Town

Blame the bankers

Blame the Bankers

Bed of roses

Bed of Roses

Good morning, honey

Wake Up, Sid

Mattress please

Wake Up, Sid

Dog’s life

Photo Essay – The 99 Percent, Around Town

Just a shadow

Photo Essay – The 99 Percent, Around Town

Not just garbage

Photo Essay – The 99 Percent, Around Town

Stretch the legs

Photo Essay – The 99 Percent, Around Town

Sweet dreams

Photo Essay – The 99 Percent, Around Town