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Hindustan Times Gurugram
|October 02, 2025
Proust questionnaire with a fellow citizen
Accessed by a metal ladder, the serenely silent office of astrologer and palm reader Satyapal Kapoor in central Delhi's Paharganj looks like a photo album.
The walls are decked with framed collages of photos showing him with foreign clients. Indeed, a substantial number of people who approach him happen to be western backpackers staying in the area's budget hotels. This evening, the genial man agrees to become a part of our Proust Questionnaire series, in which citizens are nudged to make "Parisian parlour confessions", all to explore our distinct experiences.
What would be your greatest misfortune?
This story is from the October 02, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Gurugram.
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