Mission Delhi – Champa Devi, Ansari Road
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The pavement is cracked. Some of the tiles have loosened. A wooden bed is plonked along a portion of this damaged pavement. A roof has…
Mission Delhi – Islamuddin, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] With a thick needle and a thicker strap of plastic, he is sewing a… what is it? It looks like a baby’s mattress. “I’m making…
Mission Delhi – Sanjana Paswan, Chirag Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Only a couple of hours into the afternoon, she already feels like the morning was in some other age. This long day is unfolding into…
Mission Delhi – Vinod Kumar Jain, Paharganj
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is evening. The man in mask is patiently looking out into the street through a curtained glass window. He is dressed in a three-piece…
Mission Delhi – Sameer, Connaught Place Subway
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The evening is cold. He is standing idly in a Connaught Place subway. A street hawker, he sells what he calls “dream catchers”. Unlike the…
Mission Delhi – Raj Kumar, Sadar Bazar
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Everything changes. The change barely becomes old when it changes again to something newer. Winter too is changing to summer, again. Raj Kumar’s eldest son…
Mission Delhi – Suhail Ahmad, Sirkewalan
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] It was all settled. Suhail Ahmad, 30, would be a lecturer in medieval Indian history. Naturally he would also end up as a scholar in…
Mission Delhi – Maha Dev, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Auto rickshaw driver Maha Dev is lounging on the back seat of his auto rickshaw, where his passengers sit. He is asleep. His legs are…
Mission Delhi – Vinod Das, Raj Cinema
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The ticket seller is sitting outside the cinema theatre. His chair is placed on the cozy, sunlit driveway. Romy, the dog, is lounging lazily beside…
Mission Delhi – Rajan, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] All great cities become great due to the steady addition of people from other places who make it their new home. Gurgaon in the Greater…
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