India, June 27 -- Old Delhi's Gali Shah Abul Khair, aka Gali Shahbul Khair, takes its name from the road it opens onto. Shah Abul Khair Marg, the busy market road outside the aforementioned gali, is, in turn, named after the eighteenth-century Sufi saint buried in the shrine located on the other side of the road. This revered Shah Abul Khair, the mystic, is said to have lived through the reigns of eleven Mughal emperors. Despite carrying the saint's name, the lane is easy to miss. It appears as a narrow slit opening off the market road. At first glance, it seems to lead only to a doorway directly ahead. Only on closer inspection does it become clear that the passage continues beyond the doorway into a residential lane. The contrast is jolti...