India, Aug. 6 -- She is the neighbourhood's ironing service provider. Barkha has been ironing clothes for 20 years. Every morning, she reaches this upscale Delhi colony after a long commute from her home in Meethapur, settling down to administer her park-facing establishment, where she works until six in the evening. Barkha irons 50 clothes daily. During the lunch hour, she heats her home-made subzi by keeping the bowl on the smouldering coals of her hefty iron. This morning, preparing her iron for the day, she agrees to become a part of our Proust Questionnaire series, in which citizens are nudged to make "Parisian parlour confessions", all to explore our distinct experiences.

The principal aspect of your personality.

My sons Arjun, Ka...