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Last updated: 9 july, 2009 - 12:01 GMT

Delhi's Coffee House

Man pouring coffee in India Coffee House, Delhi

Making coffee in the India Coffee House, Delhi

The India Coffee House in Delhi's Connaught Place has been a landmark of the Indian capital for years.

It is one of the last of a chain run by a workers' cooperative.

It was famous in the 1960s and 70s as a lively meeting place where some of the city's most eminent personalities rubbed shoulders including Prime Ministers and artists.

Unfortunately custom is now dropping for the Coffee House.

Profits are down and it may have to close.

Outlook's Jyotsna Singh went to the coffee house to drink in the atmosphere - and discover why its patrons and staff are finding it hard to say goodbye.

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