Vegetable vendors are a good dipstick for gauging the pre-election political mood in a metropolis like New Delhi. Their roots are semi-rural and the family links to a village close by remain. They deal on a daily basis with the semi-urban occupants of the wholesale market situated on the edges of the city. Their clientele is very urban, very middle class and metropolitan, especially in South Delhi. I have always questioned the cart-pushing vegetable vendors in our locality to get a feel of the political mood in the city. Last week my vendor surprised me.
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