Mission Delhi – Shyam Lal, Kaka Nagar Garden
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Gardener Shyam Lal, a fan of arhar dal, is thankful he’s getting wholesome meals. That wasn’t always the case. He’s now opened his lunch box…
Mission Delhi – Vasundhara Raj Baigra , Vasant Vihar
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] As a marketing director with a publishing company she always needs to be at her polite best when dealing with writers and book critics. Vasundhara…
Mission Delhi – Urmila, Civil Lines, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Urmila is 20 and had never imagined while growing up in a small West Bengal village that one day she shall be living in the…
Mission Delhi – Unnamed Mule, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Things are easier for humans. When a mosquito lands on our shoulder or wherever else on our body, we simply slap down our hand on…
Mission Delhi – Iffat zarrin, Galli Hakimwalli
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Poet Iffat Zarrin’s home in Old Delhi’s Galli Hakimwalli has a picturesque courtyard where she often spends time composing verses. An associate professor of Urdu…
Mission Delhi – Toy Train Driver Surjeet, Ambience Mall, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The world is full of possibilities and some folks are able to find jobs that one never imagined to have existed. Take Surjeet, for example….
Mission Delhi – Muhammed Shahid, Central Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] At first glance you’d be forgiven for thinking he might be one of the world’s tallest men, maybe someone in the Guinness Book of World…
Mission Delhi – Dinesh Kumar, Style Plaza
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Broken chairs and discarded cardboard cartons litter the floor. The office is in shambles. The only indication that Dinesh Kumar is a travel agent is…
Mission Delhi – Yaad Ram, Sadar Bazaar, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] His slightly swirly moustache renders the 66-year-old ironing man in Gurgaon’s Sadar Bazaar in the National Capital Region with a certain measure of awe. Even…
Mission Delhi – Mukesh the Chicken, Old Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Most chickens are probably born equal, but some are definitely more equal than others. Case in point: Consider a particular chicken named Mukesh, who is…
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