Things are finally settling down and so do I. Life is getting smoother now. My tonsils are healing too. They had drained every bit of creative energy from my soul. I have not written much since I got tonsillitis. May be because my life has become still or may be because events seem to have no inspiring effect on me. Life suddenly seems empty – like a lonely deserted passageway. Of course, the city is buzzing with activities – activities that can shatter one’s hopes and dreams, yet they are unable shatter the silence inside. A kind of soulagement I had always sought.

Murder took place at my sister’s college – a cold-blooded murder of a collegian – a regrettable by-product of city’s politically charged activities. This is something I don’t like about this city. Now students can’t go to college even to take prelims. Three-day mourning has been announced, something that is quickly becoming a de rigueur. Mother have mercy where are we going to end up?