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"Loadshedding"

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"Loadshedding" ___________________________ It was 10 o'clock in the night and it was raining cats and dogs. I rang up home, Maa picked up and hurled a barrel of questions at me. "Eto late keno hochhe?" "Office toh sesh hoe gache 9tae, and 10ta baje akhon!! Akhono bari firish ni keno???" Before I could say something, I could hear the *beep* *beep* sound... "Argh!!! The network got disconnected again!!!" I was standing under the shade of a bar. I could smell the strong but sweet fragrance of liquor more than I could smell the nostalgic fragrance of "bhejamati" The smell in the air was literally alluring. While my clothes were completed drenched, I somehow managed to cover my head. It was getting cold. Although the calamity showed no signs of giving a pause, and it was barely visible out in that rain.....the bar with all its red and green neon glowing wasn't an unpleasant sight after all... That night, there was n...