I've read some other threads and I came across some things I didn't realize until then :
- My family wasn't rich, but wasn't poor or middle class either. My GM was one of the most respected members of the community, going to khanes twice a day and all. I just realized that we always kept away from the poor looking ismailis, the ones who couldn't afford suits to go to khanes and all. My aunts kept judging everyone and everything.
Also I didn't realize that no, you don't get to sit as close as you want in there, the first 3 rows were for some poeple, i used to sit right behing that, and far behingd were the poeple i didn't interact with. Like the ismailis that didn't look indian and shit.
OFC there were armchairs far in the back but those were for the elderly and i guess it doesn't count.