Dividing Lines

Its December.The only month when Chennai can be at its best of the places to live.And there are certain sampled regular moments that are pleasant this month like..

• "The pleasant weather and the morning chillness makes it easy for a mediocre IQ girl to stand for her office bus early in the morning.She makes 35 K Rs per month.
• Be it sitting in your bike wasting  60 Rs per gallon of fuel starring at the signal lights to turn green.
• Squishing among the crowd of people in the prevailing market places to buy a saree worth 5k on a average non festive weekend
• A mid day bus ride with your Girl Friend in the Deluxe Govt Bus cruising along the dusty road paying 100 Rs for the ride
• Getting on to a bar and drink some local quality scotch with chicken tandoori and spending 1K Rs per visit.
• 10 Rs cigar Smoke with a hot cup of tea of 5 Rs."

Pleasant chilling weather everywhere and festivities.The only season where the household Air Conditioning machine gets a time off.

Chitra looked worried and looking at the cure little one she muttered,
"She will not survive the cold tonite if you don't do anything to the fallen wall" 
"Seri.Let me check if we can sleep tonite in the school" assured Muthu one father among the million struggling to survive in the new tech evolved planet.

Muthu needs at least 250 Rs to buy a used asbestos sheet to cover the fallen side of his house and that would prevent the chill air getting on to his little 3 months old.

He roamed across the city to find any from the garabage but the search was in vain.
That night they spent in a nearby school building.
And the school guard said "You can spend a night or two not more than that"

It was getting colder day by day.He sat there under a tree and seemed lost.
The school guard walked briskly towards Muthu and cried at him with excitation "There is advertising board near old bridge that had fallen down.If you go now you can get that and mend your house"

Muthu with much of agitation ran towards old bridge and to his luck the 10 x 6 ft thick board banner was rattling in the cold breeze.He called few kids playing around there and took it to patch his little home

And he stood there looking at it  -  a proud Father.
and  saw the smile from Chitra - a motherly gratified one.

That night the poor little family slept happily with the banner board protecting them from the Chennai mist.

From outside the Banner read
"Safe Home for everyone" - a promise from AJB Govt 
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