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A blurred visibility inside the room. A Cot is present in the middle. She is sleeping in that cot. It is wrong to declare that she is sleeping. She poses unconscious having stabbed in her breast. A blue colored sari worn by her looks disorganized. Her husband, looking sad, laying his head down stood near her with his mouth closed with a handkerchief. The police inspector is scribbling something in a notebook held in his hand. The Police cameraman and his assistant are exploring the fingerprints deposited on the opposite wall. Left corner had …

Raghavan wants 180 rupees very urgently. Very Very Urgent! Tomorrow, money order is going come from the native through his younger brother. It can be taken today evening and can be replaced back tomorrow morning itself. What is in it? It is a matter of spending now and gaining later.

With this assurance, he got hold of office’s 180 rupees and bought that blue colored sari. Sari’s beauty dizzied her, stimulated her to smile magnanimously that made him conceive, 180 rupees? Even 1800 rupees can be theft.

In the evening, when both went to a movie, Raghavan was shell-shocked on seeing a sardarji walking opposite towards him. Sardariji… Gurunanak… Gurunanak’s birthday... It is Public holiday for post offices tomorrow.

Money order won’t come tomorrow. Money robbed from the office cannot be replaced back. Aiaiyo!