Here is a picture of the Bombe Mithaiwala. I met him during the Republic Day flower show at Lalbagh. The Bombe Mithaiwala with his bombe (doll). Pic: Smitha Jacob I saw him standing with a doll propped on a stick and asked him what was special about it. He showed me a rubbery red, white and yellow chewy candy which he kept in a huge packet under the doll, and said "Bombe Mithai." Children soon began gathering around him as he started shouting, “Airplane, peacock, car, doll, flower... Enu beku?" A child shouted, “Car!” He then pulled some candy from…
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