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The Bungalow on the Corner of the Street

“Why can’t we get one?” asked Mrs. Sharma. “You’ll also
get promoted. Then we can take up that bungalow on the
corner of the street which is empty. And I’ll have a bigger
sofa set that I can put in my drawing room in that house.”

“What will we do with a bigger house?” said Mr. Sharma.
“Mr. Tripathi has a family, and another child is on the
way. Let us think of one when we have a bigger family.
Okay? But tell me, the food was good no?”

But Mrs. Sharma was not thinking about the food. “Do you
think Mrs. Tripathi moved into that new apartment
because she wanted to have more space for her family?”
she asked. “You are so innocent, sometimes, Rajeev. She
called us to show off her sofa, her shiny new kitchen, her
sari. Did you see her jewellery? They haven’t just bought
a new house.”

“Oh, can you stop it now? This is irritating,” Mr. Sharma
said.

Mrs. Sharma kept muttering under her breath while
winding up the house. Mr. Sharma shut his ears and went
off to sleep.

Some months passed by. Mrs. Sharma had forgotten about
the velvet sofa. She was making food in the kitchen for the
evening when her son, Harsh, came running inside.
“Mummy…mummy, Rohan has bought the bungalow on

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