THERE used to be a huge sweet shop that sold chole bhature in the mornings and on the days I hated preparing breakfast, I would run there and eat those sumptuous boat-shaped bhaturas, read newspapers that people had left behind on their tables, order endless cups of chai, and look at the men around me. But that sweet shop doesn't exist anymore. They opened a huge wellness clinic there. Every time I pass by, I see a bunch of trans women, model-look-alike ladies, bald men with bandages around their scalp, and gym-toned men seated behind the humongous see-through glass door. They do something like 'It's a kind of magic' by Queen in that clinic. They have everything there from Botox to butt jobs. They can change everything except your personality. Too bad! But again, if God gave you lemons and you are not happy with those, this clinic can get you melons. So suit yourself.
Everything happens under the guise of "Skin Care Clinic". There are skin care clinics in every nook and cranny of Delhi and other big cities. They have also spread beyond major city limits.
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