Reality Check
Govind threw his bag on the floor and sat down in a chair on the veranda. Frustration was quite evident on his face. He called out to Bharati for a glass of water. He called out again, after a few minutes, for there was a delay in obeying his order. Still, there was no response. He went to the main door and found it locked from the inside. He went around the house, a bit more annoyed, to discover the cause of the disobedience. The back door was open, his two years old daughter was sleeping on a mat, and their dog was guarding her. Bharati was attending to cows in the backyard. She could not have heard Govind. On a usual day, Govind would have found a reason to initiate a quarrel, but today he was occupied with some thoughts. He had a glass of water and went back to the chair and his thoughts. Govind was a peon in a newly formed private college in their area. Well, we can safely, considering the average age of educational institutes, call a ten-year-old college a new one. The