Delhiwale: A portrait of Rukhsar
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Delhiwale: A portrait of Rukhsar

Hindustan Times  

All the 55 years of Rukhsar’s life have been spent in Old Delhi’s Turkman Gate area. This cold afternoon, ensconced within a small room, steps away from the aforementioned gateway, Rukhsar 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. I go to many dargahs and temples, and serve food to poor people from the money I earn through naach-gana. I’ll soon be going there to visit the dargah of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

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