India, Feb. 17 -- The Hindi words are displayed in English letters-Kadak Chai. The sign is made from thermocol and sprinkled with shiny multi-coloured tinsel. It resembles a school project-one of those assignments given by a crafts teacher that are completed at home with generous help from parents or elder didi-bhayya.

The blingy sign actually belongs to a uniquely lyrical tea house. To start with, the place in Old Delhi's Dilli Gate Bazar has a most unusual name. The name "Desi Boy Chai Wala" is painted boldly in blue and yellow across a black banner. The real wonder is within the tea house. The tiled walls and the glass shelves are pasted over with handwritten pages bearing "nazam" (verses). The witty words are accompanied by sketches ...