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A view of the courtyard at the historic Jama Masjid in Delhi before Iftar on April 6, 2022. ST PHOTO: DEBARSHI DASGUPTA
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NEW DELHI - A boy called out to passers-by, coaxing them to sample cuts of sheermal, a sweetened flatbread topped with nuts, which he waved around enticingly on an orange plastic plate.

"Aaiyee bhai, aaiyee (Come brother, come)," he hollered.

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