City Monument - Masjid Mubarak Begum, Chawri Bazar

City Monument – Masjid Mubarak Begum, Chawri Bazar

Like a wounded fairy tale. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is among Delhi’s most melancholic souvenirs. One of the domes no longer exists. The missing portion is wrapped in a blue tarpaulin, like a makeshift bandage on…

Mission Delhi - Sudhira Devi, Subhash Chander Bose Park

Mission Delhi – Sudhira Devi, Subhash Chander Bose Park

One of the one percent in 13 million. [By Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s late winter afternoon, but the midday is already feeling like evening. Sunlight is washing her face in gold here in Gurgaon’s Subhash Chander Bose Park in the…