It’s been a rough ride from my youth until this day when my hairs have greyed and smiles are warped. Very few things went right. And the wrongs have been exacting teachers. They have taught me that most stories do not have fairy tale endings. Very few poems rhyme or follow rhythm. The most beautiful smiles may be sustained by terribly battered hearts. Unpredictability is the essence of life. Which sperm out of the millions ejaculated gets to fertilise the egg? What all genes do the chromosomes carry from each partner? How do they configure their permutations and combinations? There begins the story of life’s unpredictability. Once you are pushed out into the world, unpredictability is the ruler. From your parents to your boss(es), from the priest in the church to the politician on the throne, from the fellow next door to the colleague on the next seat, there’s a whole range of permutations and combinations imp...
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