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Part 2

My Pitaji* was a serious person. He was also a quiet person. And by all measures, he was a family man.

He was practical, and strict. He used to wake up at dawn, never later than 5:30. He would go out for his walk, and fetch milk and a hindi newspaper on his way back. On return, he would need his morning tea ready, which he would have while skimming the newspaper. He would then get ready for…

*'Come on boy, come down now. It’s time to go. We are getting late!!', Ram hollered at the tree without a pause and walked towards and through the clearing.

Manu looked at him going out and started climbing down the tree. He didn’t like being left behind and Ram's going to the clearing meant the longer he took getting down from that tree, the longer the distance he'll have to cover to catch up…

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