Ramphal

An appliances shop in Ramphal Chowk, a middle-class neighborhood in the New Delhi suburb of Dwarka, Electronics Desire is struggling through its weakest sales in months.

On a recent morning, those sentiments were on display at Ramphal Chowk, at a row of stores selling electronics: each with a red carpet and potted palm trees placed strategically at the entrance to attract buyers, and each empty of customers.

The neighbor, Brian Ramphal, waved firefighters onto his property Monday to fight the blaze.

In Barbados, he interviewed Sir Sonny Ramphal, the former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, for a documentary that was to be his directorial debut.

“I watched the building go up,” said Philip Ramphal, who arrived at the casino at 6 a.m from his home on Liberty Avenue, not far away.