Manzoor Ahmad ‘Rehmati’ stood on the pavement opposite one of the many mansions dotting the upmarket South Delhi locality he was visiting. He was dressed in a white silk kurta-pyjama that he had saved for just such an occasion, and shiny white faux leather sandals. The sandals were such a tight squeeze for his swollen feet—a condition that had troubled him for over a year now—that his heels jutted out over the back of the sandals, and the little toes on each of his feet sprang out disobediently from the front strap. But for that small imperfection, he was quite pleased with his appearance. He
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