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Hema Chaha and Gagga Vada!

First of all a very Happy Diwali to all the readers out there who took out their time to read my blogs so far and motivated me each time to write better. This blog is very dear to me. I have been wanting to write it for a long time. So it's about a classic Sunday morning ritual, which starts with Misal paav at "Panvel Uphar Gruha", one of the oldest shops in Old Panvel that serves delicacies like misal, dahi misal, jalebi, fafda and a lot more.   The best part about this place was the Ajoba who owned it. His name was Vasudev Kapileshwari, he passed away due to corona. But I fondly remember him for his cheerful welcoming smile that he gave to every customer. And having misal was his sunday morning ritual too (or may be everyday ritual for him) because every time I went, I saw him having it on the counter while simultaneously handling the billing section all by himself. The last I asked his age he was going to turn 87 that year( which was probably in 2019 ), what took me by...