BY TEQUILA MINSKY | I live a quiet, low-profile life,” said Vinay Anadjee, who after 22 years, and turning 65, was selling his last newspapers at Sheridan Square on Wed., Feb. 4.
The morning newspaper vendor at the kiosk, the Flushing, Queens, resident has watched the Village change since he took up the post. He said he used to witness a lot of fighting from his perch, but in the last few years, he said, “It’s very quiet.”
Andadjee is from India where his family, including his wife, two daughters, a son and a grandson, live. On Feb. 15, he’ll be out of here, joining them in “central India, the oldest living city in the world, Varanasi,” he said.
Indeed, it’s credited with being one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities.
Kati Bordonaro, a member of Community Board 2, said everyone in the neighborhood knows Andajee, who is like a local landmark.
“I have seen him at the kiosk for the past 22 years,” she said. “Many people have seen him every day.”
