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On an ordinary day..

Friday evening. Clock crossed a 7:30 mark a few minutes back. A scene Inside of a not-so-urbane café A typical weekend crowd. Includes everyone from a small group of business executives with clean shaved faces, wannabes with weirdest hairdos, couples sitting cozily in corner sofas and random families with modern Indian ‘Super Moms’ and their most irritating kids. Couple of LED TVs showing ‘India’s No.1’ hindi news channel with breaking news. Obviously it’s on mute. A center round table. 4 guys sitting and waiting for their order to arrive. Let’s call them ‘Dudes’. Everyone’s eyes are on the breaking news. It was about another rape incident ‘officially recorded’ in the capital city, which was nicely edited and showed like a bollywood movie trailer. Only few others noticed it, as the background score was muted. Dude 1: “What the hell is going on in the city, man? Another one?” Dude 2: “ Sala, capital city hai ki ‘RAPITAl’ city hai? This is THE l...