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loves <strong>to</strong> open and close, close and open when Preetiben is away). A much needed<br />
renovation <strong>of</strong> the home <strong>to</strong>ok place after Rasikbhai had made his first twenty lacs,<br />
during the s<strong>of</strong>tware boom, from the sudden spurt in Infosys share prices.<br />
“Are you on duty, even when share market is not?” Preetiben asks <strong>to</strong><br />
draw his attention away from the TV, <strong>to</strong> her, secretly hoping he would notice her<br />
efforts at dressing up. But Rasikbhai does not immediately reply, his eyes still on<br />
the TV,<br />
“Not really, guess just watching out <strong>of</strong> habit.”<br />
Preetiben gathers the <strong>to</strong>ssed news papers on the s<strong>of</strong>a, folds them along the<br />
preset creases and pushes them away, below the c<strong>of</strong>fee table <strong>to</strong>p. “There isn’t<br />
much time,” she says serving tea. “We have <strong>to</strong> go down for the flag hoisting.”<br />
Preetiben sinks in<strong>to</strong> the s<strong>of</strong>a, takes a slow, pleasurable sip <strong>of</strong> the ginger tea, and<br />
looks at her 52 inch flat LG TV and her husband and the china and the s<strong>of</strong>t<br />
morning light casting a golden glitter in the room and feels ensconced in a shiny<br />
bubble <strong>of</strong> bliss.<br />
* * *<br />
Jigisha rises in her lavender and white room and a menagerie <strong>of</strong> s<strong>of</strong>t <strong>to</strong>ys<br />
stare back at her: bears in short shorts, elephants with big O eyes, smiling tigers<br />
and docile lions all looking unnatural, their natural instincts pared down in a<br />
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