Mission Delhi – Mother, Turkman Gate

Mission Delhi – Mother, Turkman Gate

One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] She is mumbling something to herself. The Delhi Walla meets her one morning on a congested lane near Turkman Gate, one of the four surviving…

City Monument - Jain Svetambar Temple, Kinari Bazaar

City Monument – Jain Svetambar Temple, Kinari Bazaar

Luxury of the ascetics. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Amid Delhi’s dense tangle of mosques, forts and tombs, it is easy to miss the city’s non-Islamic heritage. Let Jain Svetambar Temple not be one of them. The most…