Mission Delhi – Rakesh, Matia Mahal Bazar Mission Delhi by The Delhi Walla - October 23, 2023October 23, 20230 One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Tomorrow is Dussehra. The day after he will leave our city, and will return a year later, for the next Dussehra. But this moment as you observe Rakesh as he walks down the bazar hawking his many toys, he seems so rooted to the city street, so connected to the evening shoppers milling around him. So completely integrated to the texture of the place. It is impossible to imagine him to be a “pardesi,” a man not of this city, but of a town a few hours train trip away. “I come from Aligarh every year around Dussehra for 10-15 days... toy sales go up like a rocket