Mission Delhi – Arjun Sagar Gupta, The Piano Man, Safdarjung Enclave Market
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is a pianist. Tall and slim. His fingers are slender and long; his hair a forest of ringlet curls; his wrists as delicate as…
Mission Delhi – Ibrar Ahmad, Hazrat Nizamuddin’s Sufi Shrine
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Huddled within the folds of a white shawl, he is sitting as still as a rock. One cold night The Delhi Walla walks upto a…
Mission Delhi – Sooraj Mal, IFFCO Chowk
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] His mustache is so large and dense and it twirls so royally like that of a Maharaja that he perfectly fits the stereotype of a…
Mission Delhi – Miss Suhana, Lodhi Road
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] She is glittering under the black sky. On a closer look, she turns out to be a white-haired woman on the roadside. One late night…
Mission Delhi – Monet Lalparvul, Café Turtle, Khan Market
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This is that brief lull before the storm. It is Saturday morning and Café Turtle in Khan Market is empty. Except for her. She is…
Mission Delhi – Rupin Walter Desai, or The Prince of Denmark, East Patel Nagar
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is a truth universally acknowledged that you can escape from the city without leaving the city limits. All you have to do is to…
Mission Delhi – Asif Fehmi, Khwaja Press, Chhatta Sheikh Manglu
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Asif Fehmi is walking around the dark hall. This used to be his world, which is now coming to an end. The paint on the…
Mission Delhi – Jaswant Rai Goyal, Regal Cinema Building, Connaught Place
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He has been selling mutual fund forms and posters of gods and goddesses on the same spot in Connaught Place for more than 25 years….
Mission Delhi – Mohammed Saleem, Dargah Sabri, Daryaganj
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is looking very tired. One afternoon The Delhi Walla meets Mohammed Saleem at the small mosque in Dargah Sabir, a Sufi shrine in Daryaganj….
Mission Delhi – Muhammed Mirajuddin, Outside Turkman Gate Police Chowki
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] His bicycle is not looking like a bicycle. It is decked with lamps, water bottles, flags, locks, chains, switchboards, red and black power cables, a…
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