This is Shadaab Hajra. Shadaab is from Bengal. He wanted to be an actor, still pines for, he insists. He works for gurgaon municipal corporation. He thinks I am a “phillum delector” just because he saw me making a video of his colleagues who were busy raising a swirl of dust while sweeping the pavement. Shadaab pulls out beaded strings from under the neck of his t-shirt and tells me ‘these are original black pearls’.