A huge military tank outside the congested Mumbra railway station, around which crowds and autorickshaws scuttle about, stands as a symbol of national pride and security in this Muslim ghetto, which also houses a Durga temple on a nearby hill. The way to the slightly dilapidated two-room house in Rasheed Compound, where Shamima Kausar, Ishrat’s mother, lives, is through a crowded and noisy market. Shamima shops once a day, for she can’t climb four floors and huffs and pants her way up.