They shut down Vihar bookstore yesterday—just like that. Landlord doubled the rent, said it was ‘modernization’. I stood there watching them load boxes into a van while a real estate agent handed out flyers for luxury studios. My mother used to bring me there after school, buy me one book a month like it was a sacrament. Now it’s going to be another vape shop or crypto cafe, something loud and temporary. I called three news outlets. None want the story—too depressing, they said. As if we don’t live it every day.
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