Mission Delhi – Saddam, Central Delhi Mission Delhi by The Delhi Walla - December 20, 20200 [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s such a deathly cold evening that the mere sight of steaming hot gajar halwa (carrot pudding), here in this central Delhi market, brings instant relief. Only later does the attention shift to the boy manning the cart. His face is hidden behind a mask but his eyes—so huge—seem to speak for his entire being. In such a chilly hour, he ought to be snuggled inside a cushy quilt at home, with one of his parents perhaps serving him a bowl of this very same halwa. Saddam giggles. “My mummy is dead, my papa is ill,” he says matter-of-factly. Saddam says he is 18. He arrived in the Delhi region “many years ago” from his village in