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The new cafés and the old dhabas

Two ways to spend an evening out, and what each says about the city.

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On one side of the road, a new café with neon signs and expensive coffee. On the other, a dhaba that has served the same tea for forty years.

They are not really competing. The café sells a place to be seen; the dhaba sells a place to belong.

The healthiest neighbourhoods have both.

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