Death in a neighbouring house
India, July 11 -- Mehrajuddin's son Imran Kabab Wale has died. The burial will take place after the sunset prayers at Dilli Gate graveyard.
The message on the shuttered storefront, dated July 8, 2025, is laid out in Hindi, Urdu and English. The store overlooks the market street leading towards Chitli Qabar Chowk, here in Old Delhi.
Death finds a home in every house. The grief of losing a household member has to be endured with the practicality of making the loss public. In the historic Walled City, and sometimes also elsewhere in Delhi, a shopkeeper typically tends to put up the bereavement note on his shop's shutters. Such an A-4 size printout often specifies the date when the shop shall reopen.
An elderly merchant in the vicinity states t...
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