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Sacrificing love and career for an Irani cafe

<p>The suleimani at Light of Bharat will wake you up, but behind it are many stories of sacrifice &mdash; owner Reza Saqi, for instance, has had to pick the caf&eacute; over his wife</p>

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Kheema is served with buttery bun maska

Light of Bharat, the Irani café at the corner of Ranade Road in Dadar West, is abuzz with customers and fragrant with the aroma of freshly-brewed chai when we enter around 5 pm. Its third generation owner, Reza Saqi, who helps his 65-year-old father Mohammed Jawad run the place, does not sit still for a second from the time we take a seat around the wooden table covered with a trademark red-and-white checkered cloth.

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