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to open his own chemist shop in the village. needed any domestic help, they probably
The fisherwoman’s daughter migrated to had a nephew wanting a job and sometimes
the US and did not want her mother to go it was the other way around. We needed
door to door. The mother did go to the US domestic help and they would get someone
for six months but came back to selling door from the village. During the mango season,
to door saying she enjoyed her work. She they would get raw mangoes for pickling.
now has the latest phone and has become On a happy occasion one would give them
very tech savvy. One can order and she will Mithai and of course Diwali Baksheesh was
have stuff delivered. a taken -for-granted requirement.
Besides these vendors, there was a man Covid put an end to a lot of vendors who
who came from Gujarat once in two months would come door to door, societies did
with buffalo ghee, and one youngster who not allow these people to come into the
came once in six months brought honey. building. And after that, the likes of Big
There was something about a relationship Basket, Jio Mart, BlinkIt, Instamart and
with these vendors… one trusted them to get Zepto made them redundant. Urbanisation
the best stuff. Often they would ask if we sure has taken its toll.
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