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1 N A I O POLOGIES FOR THE NTERRUPTION a work by Love Anand / Azra Tabassum / Neelofar Shamsher Ali / Lakhmi Kohli / Jaanu Nagar Nasreen / Rabiya Quraishy / Rakesh Khairalia Babli Rai / Tripan Kumar E veryone’s hands had turned black. Nirmalaji’s hands too were black. She was holding a statue. Someone had gifted it to her son, impressed by his dancing. It was quite heavy, almost three kilos. She ran her hands over it, cleaning it. She blew on it. However, the more she tried to clean it, the more she touched it, the more her hands turned black. She wiped it with a cloth. Her hands turned black again. She looked hard at the statue. She got up, wet the cloth and wiped it again. Its surface became wet, and nothing came off it when she touched it this time. When it dried, she touched it again. Her hands turned black, again. She sank it in a bucket of water. All was well while the statue stayed wet. But once it dried, the stain started coming off it afresh. T en minutes past five. Fog covered the bridge. When the platform can no longer be seen, how will the train be visible? Small bonfires have been lit at different places to try and dispel the fog. The sounds of people coughing and clearing their throats and the murmurs of the radio slowly lift the veil from the world. 10
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