The last picture: Capturing the memory of a lifetime

A woman's quest for the perfect final shot

Having run out of passport-size photographs and in urgent need of them, I headed to a photo studio in a market where, I was once told, “you can find anything and everything — from a nail to a diamond”. This magical market is located in south-east Delhi and is called Bhogal.

I don’t recall the face of the helpful man who’d said this to me while pointing out directions to a sewing thread shop I was looking for back then. But his “anything and everything” promise invariably comes to mind every time I am in this market that has it all.

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