A RARE BOND
HT reader Liji Narayan, from Delhi’s Mayur Vihar, shares that her house help Mallika is like a friend. Through the lockdown, she called Narayan to check on her. On Narayan’s birthday, she arrived with a cake baked in a cooker. “Humne mobile mein dekh kar bina oven ke cake banana seekha,” Mallika said. There was a gajra, too, professionally strung, a skill she learned in the lockdown. Mallika told her how she misses having coffee at Narayan’s home. Few are blessed to build such bonds.