It's a normal school day and I wake up at 7 am to the sound of my mother coaxing my brother and me to get up. She has better luck with me as my brother refuses to stir. I come down to the sound of Bombay jayashree singing 'kanden seethaiyai'. It's a warm day as usual and my parents are bustling about so as to allow my brother and me the luxury of a few more minutes of sleep. A tumbler filled with steaming hot Boost awaits me as I reluctantly make my way to the wash basin and the mass of tooth brushes. There are always more tooth brushes than there are people in my house. I methodically scan the bathroom entrance to see if there are any cockroaches visible to the naked eye. I'm relieved to find none. I make my way to the kitchen and pick up my tumbler. I carry it to the living room, sit myself down on the sofa and try to down the dreadful thing in one gulp. Somehow I spill it entirely on top of the sofa. The milk starts settling into the cushion. I fr...
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