Mission Delhi – Mobeen, Matia Mahal
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The main street of Old Delhi’s Matia Mahal is a sea of people, this afternoon. One person in the crowd is crouched on the ground….
Mission Delhi – Adam Burakowski, Gujarat Bhawan Restaurant
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Moong dal, arhar dal, vegetable kofta, aloo gobhi matar, farsan, choorma laddu, dhokla, tillar papad and fresh rotis. This picturesque Gujarati thali will soon be…
Mission Delhi – Abid Husain, Turkman Gate
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Perhaps he’s not special, this thought does cross his mind. After all, many, many, young men across this big wide world must have faced life’s…
Mission Delhi – Naushe Bhai, Chitli Qabar Chowk
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A wine-brown mongoose dashes off as a bow from an arrow, followed by a man with a bundle half his size, followed by a boy…
Mission Delhi – Harishchandra, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh Marg
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is silently gazing at… perhaps the traffic on the road. A tree leaf falls on his shoulder. He continues to be still. Some might…
Mission Delhi – Pankaj Kumar, a Construction Site
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Some weeks back, a bungalow in a posh neighbourhood emptied of its longtime dwellers. Overnight, blue tin barricades came up around the deserted house. Next,…
Mission Delhi – Rishabh Dhawan, Daryaganj
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Young Rishabh Dhawan was a problem for his family. He dropped out of school, declined to finish his tenth grade. His father gently nudged him…
Mission Delhi – Sumit Tokas, Connaught Place
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is holding a book-sized power pack battery charger, but he isn’t busy with his mobile phone. He is writing—employing the endangered duo of pen-and-paper….
Mission Delhi – Pavel, Connaught Place
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] He has the casual accessories of a foreign backpacker from backpackers’ Paharganj, but is manning a pavement stall of photos in Connaught Place, this evening….
Mission Delhi – Muhammed Shamsher Alam, Pataudi House
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is preparing mutton curry. “Some more minutes,” mutters Muhammed Shamsher Alam. The dish will be shared between six folks. All the labourers live and…
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