टाइपिंग स्पीड टेस्ट

The vegetable market opens before the city is fully awake. By six o'clock the first carts are already in place, and the sellers are arranging their goods in neat heaps: tomatoes on one side, onions in a wide basket, and bunches of coriander kept fresh under a damp cloth. Buyers arrive slowly at first. An old man walks from cart to cart, pressing each brinjal gently before he chooses one. A young woman with a cloth bag asks for half a kilo of beans and then, after a short discussion, agrees on a price that pleases both sides. Nobody is in a hurry yet. The sellers call out to regular customers by name and ask about their families. By nine o'clock the crowd has doubled, the voices are louder, and the best spinach is gone. Those who came early walk home with the freshest greens and the quiet satisfaction of a task done well.