Mission Delhi – Harishchandra, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh Marg
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is silently gazing at… perhaps the traffic on the road. A tree leaf falls on his shoulder. He continues to be still. Some might…
Mission Delhi – Pankaj Kumar, a Construction Site
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Some weeks back, a bungalow in a posh neighbourhood emptied of its longtime dwellers. Overnight, blue tin barricades came up around the deserted house. Next,…
Mission Delhi – Rishabh Dhawan, Daryaganj
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Young Rishabh Dhawan was a problem for his family. He dropped out of school, declined to finish his tenth grade. His father gently nudged him…
Mission Delhi – Sumit Tokas, Connaught Place
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is holding a book-sized power pack battery charger, but he isn’t busy with his mobile phone. He is writing—employing the endangered duo of pen-and-paper….
Mission Delhi – Pavel, Connaught Place
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] He has the casual accessories of a foreign backpacker from backpackers’ Paharganj, but is manning a pavement stall of photos in Connaught Place, this evening….
Mission Delhi – Muhammed Shamsher Alam, Pataudi House
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is preparing mutton curry. “Some more minutes,” mutters Muhammed Shamsher Alam. The dish will be shared between six folks. All the labourers live and…
Mission Delhi – Richa Chaudhary, SG Homes, Greater Delhi Region
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Management and Economics assistant professor Richa Chaudhary only recently became a writer. “I started writing when I started being in deep pain,” she says, here…
Mission Delhi – Suraj Kumar, Sadar Bazar
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is the hawker of hawa — the breeze. Well, in a manner of speaking. For he is selling phirki, this light disk composed of…
Mission Delhi – Babar Ali, Jama Masjid, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is five minutes to 2. The afternoon is no longer as hot as it were just a day back. The father and his little…
Mission Delhi – Muhammed Sadiq, Near Jama Masjid
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] A hotel near Jama Masjid. Sitting behind the counter, its manager Muhammed Sadiq opens his lunch box. The chicken korma, dal fry and rotis were…
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