India’s street food paradox
Every morning at around 8:30, Vijay Raut starts selling his cutting chai in Mahim, Mumbai. Taxi drivers stop for a glass. Construction workers come for a quick cuppa before work. Over the seven years he has been selling tea here, em- ployees from a nearby bank have grown to know him well, and made him the regular supplier of tea, twice a day.For the past month and a half, however, his biggest problem has been finding a place to sell tea. The ramshackle wooden structure from which Raut operated …


