City Faith – Thursday Djinns, Feroze Shah Kotla Ruins Faith by The Delhi Walla - April 11, 20190 The supernatural encounters. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It looks like a festive place to be. Groups of women are dressed in shararas of various shades. Auto-rickshaws are packed with children holding on to orange and green ice-cream bars. Balloon sellers are doing brisk business — mirrored, just opposite, by peanut vendors. Young folks are strutting about in distressed denims and chemically treated hairdos. This is the auspicious Thursday evening at the Feroze Shah Kotla ruins. On this day, every week, a great mass of people surge towards the stone walls of this 14th century citadel. These women, men and children are not the usual history buffs though. On Thursdays, they come to seek audience with the Kotla’s resident djinns. The