Mission Delhi – Doibila, Oxford Cha Bar
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] That couple over there at the corner table are asking for pasta and something else that The Delhi Walla isn’t able to hear. Waitress Doibila…
Mission Delhi – Rajkumar, A Central Delhi Pavement
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla could simply walk past him. That would be easy, too easy. But those badly bandaged toes set me thinking. What’s happened here?…
Mission Delhi – Maria Gkourometsiou, Paharganj
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla spots her in a café in Paharganj, sitting at a corner table. After a while we fall into conversation — she starts…
Mission Delhi – Mohit Jain, Balbir Nagar Extension
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The neighbours are sniggering. Even his parents sometimes wonder…. Wondering why their grown-up son has crammed so many novels and poetry books into his tiny…
Mission Delhi – Sultana Abdullah, Hazrat Nizamuddin East
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A 60-year-old, slim beautiful woman with her own apartment in a posh Central Delhi locality is looking for a bookish romantic handsome man to marry….
Mission Delhi – Asha Jain, Anand Lok
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] She could be from the fairy tale Rapunzel with that glowing white hair cascading down to her ankles. It’s almost bewitching. What could be the…
Mission Delhi – Surya Lal Maurya, Azadpur
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Walk along the Azadpur back lanes in north Delhi at night and you’re bound to run across weary day labourers settling in for some shut-eye….
Mission Delhi – Reshma, Inside a Ghaziabad Apartment
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Young folks have dreams. Dreaming that someday, somewhere, some sort of career awaits. But at age 18, Reshma is already making a living, working in…
Mission Delhi – Momo, Hazrat Nizamuddin East
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] A moonbeam lent too briefly. Momo, who was born just a few months ago, died recently. The Delhi Walla first saw the kitten in an…
Mission Delhi – Dev Kumar, Near Malai Mandir
One of the one percent in 13 million. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] One hot and humid evening The Delhi Walla bumps into him near Malai Mandir, in South Delhi. He is lying sprawled on the grass. His…
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