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when asked of editors he
reported to,
recalls singh, suresh, bhaiyaji, nair, gangaram.
ever around with tea,
cigarettes, snacks, touch of liquor;
none wrote of them.
on night shifts,
michael, peter, cardozo, albert
made newspapers from lead,
puffing Honeydew;
after the edition, sat down to
a couple of desi;
nodded on chairs waiting for
morning trains to their sandra
in bandra.
lost, in newspaper files
defiled by blogs and emails.