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It is the kind of request that arrives casually, the way children make requests — without awareness of the weight it carries, without understanding that a simple ask sometimes reveals an entire world. Guddi calls her father. She needs batteries for the emergency light. Her father — Raman, a driver — is in the car with his employer, his madam , navigating the ordinary exchanges of a working day. He takes the call. He tells Guddi he will get the batteries. He hangs up. And then