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Nawabuddin, the oldest town crier of Delhi’s Walled City, roams the streets at night during Ramzan to wake devotees for the sehri meal and to reconnect with his neighbours and the community. Intrinsic to Muslim culture around the world, people like him go by various titles. In most places, they roam neighbourhoods in traditional attire with trumpets or drums. In Old Delhi, where just three town criers remain, they don’t have any particular name nor do they carry musical instruments. Just men going about waking people with their calls, lest people miss the day’s fast to a night’s sleep.