Icon at 70. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] He is 48. He joined the bookshop when he was 21. Today, Bahrisons Booksellers turns 70. And Mithilesh Singh (see photo) is its longest serving and most senior staffer. Founded by partition refugee Balraj Bahri Malhotra (d. 2016, see photo), the store has a branch in Gurugram, as well as in a few other places. This one in Khan Market is the flagship entity. It is also among the very few original landmarks still standing in the country’s premium shopping destination. As with the rest of the market, the shop is often chock-a-block with the capital’s lawdeedaw movers and shakers. The awe and intimidation they emit is counterpoised by the ghar-jaisi homey