My daughter's love of pani puri has taken to different corners in the cities that we lived in. One such is the Alakananda market in New Delhi. There is a vendor at the corner, who, according to her, sold the most delicious pani puris. When the craving caught her, we would land up on one of his stools, with a plate in hand.
On one such spree, we saw this old lady in a salwar kameez, seated on one of those stools. Very ordinary looking except for her naughty smile and twinkling eyes. Something about her was very familiar - but we could not place her until a few days later when her face stared at us again from the screen in the theatre - that when we found out that she was Zohra Sehgal - the versatile actress.
Every time I watch Veer Zara, I am always reminded of the old lady at the pani puriwala.
Sad to see she is gone - but today's paper describes her family and friends saying a final goodbye to her with love and smiles and not tears - she must have wanted it only that way. Bye bye, lady.
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