Mission Delhi – Rakesh, Central Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A man without a house. How could he possibly stay at home, like all of us citizens were repeatedly instructed to do during the beginning…
Mission Delhi – Summer, Sector 45
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s difficult to say if Summer is aware that the world is passing through a tectonic shift due to the coronavirus pandemic. Summer’s vocabulary is…
City Series – Beenish Zehra in Noida, We the Isolationists (350th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Beenish Zehra] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see myself observing in the darkness the things I wanted to do starting to stare at me one by one. Silence…
City Landmark – A Light Blue Mansion, Pahari Rajaan
A piece of beauty. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The mansion looks like an aristocratic lady dressed in sun rays, fussily re-arranging them about her from time to time. The afternoon light—and its shifting shadows—have ignited a gentle…
Mission Delhi – Dharmender Kumar Verma, Kadipur Chowk
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] You might think of Gurgaon in the Greater Delhi Region, with its many malls and high-rises, as the Millenium City. But he calls it a…
Mission Delhi – Saumya Pande, Noida
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The coronavirus-triggered closure of the world is doing different things to different people. Many citizens are rushing back to their distant homes in great difficulties….
Mission Delhi – Rajesh, Around Town
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He has been driving an auto rickshaw through the smoggy roads of Delhi for 35 years. But this evening, he says he has been driving…
Mission Delhi – Om Prakash Ram, Sector 43, Gurgaon
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Om Prakash Ram, 35, is feeling lonely these days. Not because he lives alone in a small jhuggi — a jhuggi that he built for…
Living History – Asavari Joshi, DLF Phase 4
Life during Corona. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] The lockdown is easing, but not the coronavirus. Even so, this “mahamari” too will one day become yesterday’s news. That doesn’t change the fact that we are living through a crisis the like…
City Series – Medhavi Kumawat in Jaipur, We the Isolationists (349th Corona Diary)
Our corona diary. [Text and photo by Medhavi Kumawat] I close my eyes in self-isolation from corona… and I see my beloved niece’s beautiful little face. She is indeed the most peaceful sight to the eye, and to not just…
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