Mission Delhi – Asha Sood, Ramnath Patwa, Paharganj
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The elderly woman suddenly stops, looks up at a private balcony and seems lost in thoughts. She then shakes her head and walks on. The…
City Notice – Important Milestone, Mission Delhi
Anniversary moment. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla has reached a significant landmark. Very soon I will be sharing the 100th portrait of my Mission Delhi project. Long time ago I had started this series. I…
Mission Delhi – Ratan Kaul, Greater Kailash-II
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and top photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] She is from Kashmir, but her real homeland is Page 3. A regular on the party pages of Delhi’s newspaper supplements, Ratan Kaul is…
Mission Delhi – Shagun Sinha, Jawaharlal Nehru University
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] “Aamir Khan mahodayasya abhinayam sameecheenam aasit atet sampreshyintu yatam andh-vishvasho maa kartayavamam. Sushant-mahodayasya Anushka-mahodayayashra abhinaya api sameecheenam aasite. Tathapi gitani samayanya aasan.” Aamir Khan’s film…
Mission Delhi – Harsh Vardhan Dutta, Lodhi Garden
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is a cold windy afternoon. The sky is grey. Lodhi Garden is looking bleak. But this young man is looking like March rather than…
Mission Delhi – Ronald Vivian Smith, Vatika Apartments
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Heaps of musty newspapers are piled up everywhere. Even the sofa has not been spared. As Ronald Vivian Smith digs out his typewriter from under…
Mission Delhi – Rames Kumar, SP Mukherjee Marg
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is writing. “I’m Rames Kumar,” the young man says. “I’m a lekhak (author).” Mr Kumar is sitting on the pavement on SP Mukherjee Marg,…
Mission Delhi – The 50-Dates-Woman, Basant Lok Market
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This 32-year-old anonymous woman has a reputation. Since July 2014 she has been regularly dating different men — a few of them even visiting her…
Mission Delhi – Mithilesh Singh, Bahrisons Booksellers
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He has hardly any books in his house but he is known to many Delhiwallas who live in book-lined homes. Mithilesh Singh, a 39-year-old college…
Mission Delhi – Surya Ramasamy, India Habitat Center
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] What are we but hapless humans trying to adapt to a constantly changing world. There must have been a time when our most intimate relationships…
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