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Much of his library, he tells us, is kept in handsome, glass-faced barrister bookcases, totaling more than 100 stackable shelf units.

Wading through flooded highways last week, they struggled to reach modern glass-faced complexes in and around Yemalur where multinational firms including JP Morgan and Deloitte operate alongside large Indian start-ups.

They combine late Soviet aspirations for luxurious living — spacious apartments with balconies, glass-faced cabinets and orange sofas from the 1970s — with the feel of a prison thanks to stained walls, coils of barbed wire and the stench of rot and ruin.

His online shop also features thrifted items like glass-faced analog clocks and old coffee mugs that he upcycles into unique planters.

They dwell in the battered old buildings along 11th Street, alongside their new neighbors in the glass-faced apartment houses renting for $2,500 for a one-bedroom or in the bright, red-brick apartments at Vaughan Place on Wisconsin Avenue.