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After a restless night, it was a late morning, when the cook came to the room to wake up Babli, with a cup of tea, and then she also asked Babli for some money.  "What happened to the money in the kitchen", Babli asked her a bit roughly., Yes, the petty cash that she kept in a bowl in the kitchen for daily cooking needs so the cook didn't have to trouble her for everything! Babli was annoyed, but she took the key from under her pillow, and got out of the bed to open the cupboard, and feeling dizzy, due to the sudden exertion, and would've certainly fallen down, if she hadn't held on to me. I supported her, like always, saving her from falling, still her head banged on the side of the fourth poster.  There was a bang, and a sound, a bit hollow.  And that's when suddenly something from the past flashed in our collective minds together.   And I could hear and almost see her father giving her the box, may be just a few years after her marriage.  On his way to a...

What a smile can achieve!  Today, while walking on my way to  the gym, I was crossing a drive way, when a car backing out of the building, obstructed my way, and then it stopped right there, not sure if it was because of me, or some other reason it had stopped, I stopped too. Should I go behind it and cross, or should I wait for it to move, I kept looking for the driver to notice me or to give me some indication. But none came, and after a few seconds, the car started to roll out again.  I tried to look at the driver. I was frowning as the driver, he or she had not even bothered to look for any pedestrians. I was a bit annoyed, and ready to say something rude,  but then... as the car was turning into the street, the person sitting on the passenger seat, an older woman, looked out, her face was beaming with a huge smile, as she waved at me.  And I couldn't help but wave back at her, and I noticed, I was smiling too!  I smiled at the person in the lift, going...