The shop is just a
hole in the wall, six feet across and 15 feet deep, in Benares’ Panji Ghar
tola, just behind Chowk Chitra cinema. On one side is a general store. A banner
in front says Bharat Band Party in white letters. The inside walls are pink.
This is where Mehboob sits day in, day out.
On this crisp November
morning he’s gazing at the Bisi Raziya masjid in front of him. Brother Manzoor
is away collecting dues for playing at a wedding. It’s a commentary, in a way,
on the ti
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