Mission Delhi – Hitting the 50th Delhiwalla
Profiling one percent of Delhi’s population.
[Photos by Solveig Marina Bang; text by Mayank Austen Soofi]
One November afternoon in 2011, The Delhi Walla’s attempt to profile one percent of Delhi’s population reached a significant milestone. The Mission Delhi project hit the 50th mark.
Like the previous 49 Delhiwallas, the man in Shahjahanabad too was special. Celebrating the occasion, artist Solveig Marina Bang clicked photos as I interviewed and photographed the 50th person.
I’d started Mission Delhi in December 2009. Since then I’ve interacted with a variety of people (including two dogs). They were kind to share stories of their lives with a stranger. Each showed me a different Delhi. Thank you.
Mission Delhi continues.
The 50th Delhi Walla
Tell me your life please
Seeing your Delhi
You make Delhi beautiful
Can you please speak slowly?
Thank you for talking to me, Sir
Mission Delhi, my life’s project
Congrats Mayank on hitting an half century ! I must say you have a charming personality 🙂
Great! Mubaarakbaad on the Golden Jubilee.
Mayank, this is outstanding, indeed! To congratulate you would be an insult to your intelligence and talent, hence, I shall look forward to many triumphant moments in your journey. And, yes, I do recall the story of one of the dogs you interviewed, it is a fun-filled article!
Congratulations Mayank.
Shabaas… Jamma-e Laath Sa Gadd Diya Bhai … 🙂
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and this is just the beginning, you will go far, very far … best wishes bro 🙂
waaaaah,aap ki pics bhi mast hain
but in ke baare mein jyada nahi bataya
50. Jiyo Sufi dada!
Congratulations on this milestone in your Mission Delhi project. As a visitor to Delhi I have wondered about the lives of the people I’ve seen on the streets. I find your portraits of people from all sections of the population fascinating and illuminating. Thank you!