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When your laptop misbehaves

Have you ever experienced a situation where your electronic devices stopped working when you needed them the most? For instance, your laptop misbehaves when you happen to be working on an important letter for your boss, or your printer runs out of ink when you urgently require a printout.  It seems like mechanical objects are not immune to this problem either. Recently, I had to take my son to his school’s sports meet, but my motorbike refused to start. Eventually, we took a rickshaw to make the trip.  Every so often, I can’t help but feel like these machines are conspiring against us. It’s like they’re ganging up and planning something. I will be observing them and share further updates if things get serious.

Board on the wall

There is a board on the wall near my college entrance. It has photographs of all the principals from the past on it. The mug shots go back a century. Only one photo was missing: the current guy’s. The man who ordered my suspension for a week. My crime? I released the frogs kept for dissection in our zoology lab. My question is, what is wrong with that? I hate violence, especially against those who cannot fight back. I think the word that I am searching for is a pacifist. Not only that, but I wanted to discuss my side of the story with him, but he refused to listen. In other countries, students bunk classes and protest climate change. And guess what? They get nominated for the Nobel Prize. Here, I get suspended. The system is unjust. “One-week suspension, starting from Monday,” he said; it was Friday.Under normal circumstances,… Board on the wall

My home

The distance from the airport to my home was about twenty kilometers. The flight was on time. Even with light traffic, the cab would get me to my destination in about half an hour.“Turn right at the junction. Then it is straight from there.” I said.“I know the place,” said the driver. He was upset that I was giving out the directions! Ha, typical of my home state. We were a proud people.“Sorry, I am returning after three decades, I am a bit excited,” I said.“Hmm.”That was all the driver had to say.“I left after both my parents passed away. They met with an accident. My father was driving. I lived alone after that for a couple of months. I left at the first opportunity. I have been living in Mumbai for the last three decades. I never thought I would be coming back. But, now there is a conference… My home