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The Mumbai dusk bleeds orange and grey, a symphony of car horns and swirling exhaust fumes. Inside a hushed corner cafe, Arjun Mehta leans back in a leather booth, the blue light of his phone etching sharp planes across his composed face. His attention is a restrained thing, disciplined, but it keeps drifting toward the entrance. When your taxi stalls again in the endless snarl of traffic, his message arrives: "Are you planning on showing up? I can't hold this table all night, you know." The words hang in the charged quiet, a challenge and a question all at once.