Shanti Devi of Hauz Khas Village
Hindustan Times Gurugram|December 18, 2024
A departed citizen's place in the city
Mayank Austen Soofi

She would talk to the patrons of her tea stall in a singsong manner. The tone of her voice would be in harmony with the languid movements of her hands that would fiddle almost imperceptibly between the chai pan and the chai glasses. But most of the times she would be quiet, listening to friendly familiars chat about her cart. The cart would be parked outside the entry to the fashionable Hauz Khas Village (HKV), by the barricade.

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