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for 29 years,
the nurse curious of caste, creed of patients,
works 12 hours a day at the dental clinic.
at 9, madhavi is at the door for
cleaning the home.
after a morning tea, dines in the night;
fasts holy days, saving a little for kids in a
solapur village.
the sweeper is prompt with the bins;
frequently pleads for a pain-killer;
ramesh delivers four newspapers at 7 a.m. to
decorate the living room;
shankar, the milkman, knocks at 4.30 a.m.;
the government servant (titled sir) fills forms in triplicate,
marks them secret,
before sexing a woman on the floor, under a mat;
assured a double bed on clearing the file.