Mission Delhi – COVID Doctor Arushi Saili, Janakpuri
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] She is a doctor, assigned to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Safdarjung Hospital’s dedicated Covid-19 facility, in Delhi. In other words, she attends to…
Mission Delhi – Samairaa Arora, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is the best of times. It is the worst of times. She no longer has to get up early — at 7 am. She…
Mission Delhi – Baldev, Khan Market
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Cool people never say they are cool. They let others do the talk. This is precisely the case of Baldev. Enjoying a most enviable reputation…
Mission Delhi – Savita, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The coronavirus pandemic has forced many of us to self-exile within our house. This makes one finally appreciate what one always took for granted—ambling along…
Mission Delhi – Dherapad, Central Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is standing motionless. His large eyes are gazing straight ahead, unblinking, as if penetrating into infinity. The middle-aged man in shirt and pajamas is…
Mission Delhi – Rajinder, Central Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is hundreds of miles away from home, and tends to keep his troubles to himself instead of adding anxieties to his family. For instance,…
Mission Delhi – Om Kumar Yadav, Sector 14, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] That grownups shall feel nostalgic about their school days is nothing out of the ordinary. But it sure is bizarre when this happens to be…
Mission Delhi – Devendra Bisht, Bahrisons Booksellers, Galleria Market
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Coronavirus isn’t going away any time soon. One will have to live with the pandemic. These are truths universally acknowledged. Devendra Bisht, 39, has appropriately…
Mission Delhi – Rahul, Central Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He appears every morning on this central Delhi street. And sits on the pavement, watching the passersby go by. “I’m a beggar, why to hide,”…
Mission Delhi – Manbeer Singh Negi, Apna Bazaar
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In a crisis, he had no home to turn to. We move from our small towns and villages to make a new life—and refuge—in cities…
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