See, they chose 82°30'E in Allahabad so the whole country could follow one clock, but here in Arunachal, our sun rises while much of India still sleeps. IST plus five thirty? That's just the maths—we are five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich. But for me, it means my mother is calling me for *chai* at 4 AM, because the sky is already pink over the *pahad*, and the official time feels like a distant guest who hasn't yet arrived.
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