Mission Delhi – Rashmi Gautam, South Delhi
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] She approaches the passerby with cool composed confidence. He looks hassled. Her face all smiles, she shows him a pamphlet-like thing she is holding in…
Mission Delhi – Rashika, Redeveloped Central Vista
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] So frustrating. Little Rashika is always ready to break into a dance, she has her own YouTube channel, after all. But here, she is as…
Mission Delhi – Ram Bhajan, Redeveloped Central Vista
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Ram Bhajan is a lucky person. Unlike most of us Delhiites, who have been allowed to wander about the new Central Vista only since today,…
Mission Delhi – Dileep and Suresh, Mehrauli
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] The two men are wading their way through a congested bazar in south Delhi’s Mehrauli, singing a devotional bhajan in robust melodic voices. Occasionally, shoppers…
Mission Delhi – Gayatri Devi, Near Gandhi Market
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] One jar is filled with mouth freshners. Another has cigarettes. A red pack has tobacco powder. Another packet is full with beedis. These are neatly…
Mission Delhi – Mannu, Chelmsford Road
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Is that TGV? It exactly resembles that iconic high-speed intercity French train, the equivalent of our iconic Shatabdi Express. This likeness of the European super-fast…
Mission Delhi – Pankaj Kumar Manji, Lodhi Road
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Perhaps the most picturesque walking track in the entire Delhi region is the tree-lined Lodhi Road. The walk begins from Safdarjung’s Tomb, goes past the…
Mission Delhi – Lalu, Mandi House
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The houses are vacant. An earthen chulha (stove) is dusted with ashes—somebody must have cooked here not long ago. But the lane is silent. It…
Mission Delhi – Rashidni, Near Golf Course Road
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] From this distance, she is looking like a slow-moving blur. A blur flashy and multi-coloured, for she is in a green-and-blue sari, with a large…
Mission Delhi – Aryan Khan, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] No second thoughts, no doubt, absolutely no dilemma. Aryan Khan, 18, arrived in Delhi a week ago, and is as clear as a glassy stream…
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