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One Delhi winter, ‘Manushi’ and that scene from ‘The Piano’

Posted on 19/02/202114/05/2023 by Jen

The middle-aged proprietor of our local news stand was sitting cross-legged in a lunghi on the pavement, chewing paan, his newspapers and magazines in neat stacks around him. ‘Do you keep Manushi journal?’ I asked. He scowled and spat a bright-red, betel-stained gob at my feet. Hmm, I thought – I might be onto something…

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