Mission Delhi – Muhammed Salman, Bazaar Lane
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A kind of sartorial splendour enhances Muhammed Salman’s daily runs on his rickshaw. This morning he’s peddling through a Central Delhi bazaar, elegantly dressed in…
Mission Delhi – Vijay Kumar Sharma, Oxford Bookstore
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Living on one’s own is not always easy. Bookshop staffer Vijay Kumar Sharma knows the feeling. “Sometimes I don’t feel like going back to my…
Mission Delhi – Sikander Aaquil, New Palam Vihar, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Can a building contractor write poems? Why not! Here’s Sikander Aaquil of Gurgaon. “You will not believe but it’s true that my business helps refine…
Mission Delhi – Kashi Ram Sharma, Khan Market
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is 9 pm at the teeming Khan Market and the fashionable crowds are still in abundance, heading for chic restaurants or maybe somewhere else….
Mission Delhi – Neeraj Kumar, Moti Bagh
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There’s nothing unusual about chatting with Neeraj Kumar before you notice something amiss. His flip-flops don’t match. One of them is blue, and the other…
Mission Delhi – Yogendra Yadav, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s amazing to discover the kinds of extraordinary people encountered on the road. He looks like any other person walking down the street here in…
Mission Delhi – Ram Deo, Church of Epiphany, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The day began as ordinarily as it always had for Ram Deo. He had no inkling that he would get sucked into the biggest crisis…
Mission Delhi – Dheerendra, Central Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Many business enterprises are hazard-prone. It goes with the territory–and particularly if you’re a rickshaw puller. Case in point: Early morning on this Central Delhi…
Mission Delhi – Meera Devi, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s not every day you bump into an 88-year-old lady. The beautiful Meera Devi is even rarer. She’s beaming in a halo of infectious happiness….
Mission Delhi – Robin, Shiksha Apartment, Ghaziabad
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Usha Choudhary is 61. Her husband, Ram Kumar, a retired veterinary scientist, is 72. They live in their two-room apartment with son Robin. He is…
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