The Delhi Walla

Photo Essay – Saliva on the Street. Around Town

A quintessential Delhi sight.

[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]

Aak thoo.

This, too, is art.

It is always the men who spit their saliva in the streets of Delhi. The spit-forms are enchanting to look at. Some shine like a white pearl. Some resemble enormous silver-coloured worms. Some are translucent. Some seem so delicate as if Moonlight Sonata has just crossed our path. The Delhi Walla presents photographic evidence.

Spitting for art’s sake


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