House of tea. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The idea of an onion-scented chai might not appeal to all, but it really is delicious. And, for the record, the chai doesn’t taste of onion. The unnamed tea stall near old Gurgaon’s Budheshwar Temple in the Greater Delhi Region actually clings to an onion warehouse. The tiny establishment has been here for five years and is run by the charming Ashok Kumar, who has a tendency to promptly remind his customers that he shares his name with a Hindi cinema legend. The gentleman modestly adds that his town lies between the holy cities of Kashi and Prayagraj, in UP—“I’m from a place where Goddess Sita ji went under the earth.” The stall’s white