City Landmark - Premier Shoe Factory, Sadar Bazaar, Gurgaon

City Landmark – Premier Shoe Factory, Sadar Bazaar, Gurgaon

The old time jewel. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There are places in the National Capital Region where every little or big landmark gives an illusion that it must have come up around the year 2000. Dwarka, for…

Our Self-Written Obituaries – Lalit Vijay, Lajpat Nagar, Delhi

Our Self-Written Obituaries – Lalit Vijay, Lajpat Nagar, Delhi

The 220th death. [Text and photos sent by Lalit Vijay] Lalit Vijay, aged 87, was found dead near a degh somewhere in Koramangala, Bangalore; a place which he had relished since his college days. The autopsy report claims it to…

Mission Delhi - Rani, Central Delhi

Mission Delhi – Rani, Central Delhi

One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This is Rani’s 15th winter. She is wrapped in blankets and gunny sacks. The evening is chilly. She is quietly warming herself upon a coal-fired…