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One afternoon, a young woman named Tara came to the stall with a desperation Rukmini recognized: a mother staring at an eviction notice, a child clutching a schoolbook. Tara had saved for days for a chance to feed her son a wholesome meal. Rukmini looked at her eyes, saw the fatigue that numbers couldn’t measure, and refused payment. She handed Tara a parcel hidden in yesterday’s ragged paper—a paratha, cool now, still with that warm, human texture. “Take this. Tell the boy to study hard,” she said. Tara had saved for days for a chance