NOBODY LIGHTS A CANDLE Anjali Deshpande 20 He placed two bottles of beer in front of Bharat. He had bought them form the liquor vend in the village. Chilled beer. The shop had both country made liquor and that strange breed Indian made foreign liquor. For the first time he had inspected the little market closely. Even in such a small place there were two shops selling meat! Four sold laddoos. One ‘doodh, dahi, caream, desi ghee and makhan’ shop. Then there were shops selling agricultural implements, light bulbs and plastic ware. There was also a ‘Shonu hair ishtylist’ and