The faces of Delhi.
[Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi]
A city is not made by its buildings and bazaars, but by its people. That’s why The Delhi Walla started the Mission Delhi project in 2009.
My mission is to make portraits of one percent of Delhi’s population.
To make each portrait, I sit down with a Delhiwalla, take his photos and spend some time talking to him, trying to get a sense of this city through his past, present and also through his hopes for the future.
In July 2013, I profiled Mission Delhi‘s 75th portrait. Here are all the 75 faces.
Muhammad Salim, the first portrait
Berenice Ellen, the second portrait
Shankar, the third portrait
Satnam Singh Juneja, the fourth portrait
Mushirul Hasan, the fifth portrait
Pooja, the sixth portrait
Aanchal Malhotra, the seventh portrait
Changa Kumar, the eighth portrait
Rakesh Chandra, the ninth portrait
Sumanta Roy, the 10th portrait
Deen Dayal, the 11th portrait
Muhammad Aslam, the 12th portrait
Syed Haider Raza, the 13th portrait
Sarah Rose, the 14th portrait
Aarti, the 15th portrait
Rachana Rao Umashankar, the 16th portrait
Muhammad Waseem, the 17th portrait
Surinder, the 18th portrait
Ram Swaroop Sharma, the 19th portrait
Kareem Khan, the 20th portrait
Sunita Pandit, the 21st portrait
Salim Javeri, the 22nd portrait
Irene Banias, the 23rd portrait
Nitin Chanana, the 24th portrait
Suresh Shah, the 25th portrait
Noor Bano, the 26th portrait
Rakhshanda Jalil, the 27th portrait
Ajeet Singh Chauhan, the 28th portrait
Naresh Chandra, the 29th portrait
Muhammad Chand, the 30th portrait
Siddhartha Gigoo, the 31st portrait
Ankit Verma, the 32nd portrait
Raghavendra Vanjre, the 33rd portrait
Vijay Kumar, the 34th portrait
Usha Hooda, the 35th portrait
Ajit Phogat, the 36th portrait
Fahad Khan, the 37th portrait
Sakina Mehta, the 38th portrait
Editor, the 39th portrait
Sadia Dehlvi, the 40th portrait
Mritunjay Kumar Tiwari, the 41st portrait
Abhay Singh, the 42nd portrait
Nameless Kapoor, the 43rd portrait
Zubeida Bano, the 44th portrait
Ramlal Thakur, the 45th portrait
A. Husain, the 46th portrait
PM Sahay, the 47th portrait
Shyam Sundar Thapa, the 48th portrait
Dr Ubaidul Aleem, the 49th portrait
Amir Dehlavi, the 50th portrait
Muhammed Iftikhar, the 51st portrait
Pradip Krishen, the 52nd portrait
Savitha Sastry, the 53rd portrait
Rakesh Kumar Mishra, the 54th portrait
Billi, the 55th portrait
Tasleem Bibi, the 56th portrait
Syed Ameen Meer Dehlvi, the 57th portrait
Bimal, the 58th portrait
Lobsang Dorji Hayer, the 59th portrait
Mother, the 60th portrait
Mohammed Usman, the 61st portrait
The Silent Woman, the 62nd portrait
Ugen Tashi Bhutia, the 63rd portrait
Muhammed Anwar, the 64th portrait
Mumtaz Begum, the 65th portrait
Ram Dulare, the 66th portrait
Sultan, the 67th portrait
Naz Ikramullah, the 68th portrait
Nalini Kant Pathak, the 69th portrait
Achhuta Nandan, the 70th portrait
Aliya Sayyed, the 71st portrait
Jyoti Mariyam Hora, the 72nd portrait
Bonisha Bhattacharyya, the 73rd portrait
Salim Khan, the 74th portrait
Leonid Plotkin, the 75th portrait
