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MAY 2008,AFMC,PUNE done with their interviews,three candidates were walking down the road to the midway canteen when one of them quipped.." 105 boys!!..and only 25 girls??.....bahut competition hoga yaar".. ..the other 2 guys smiled,one at the prospect of competition,the other at his prospects,rather the lack of it........ for the record,the guy who made the statement,popularly known as GARFIELD to his friends....he's still single.... one has defeated competition and the other...well...garfield might just be eager to help him out post this blog entry... P.S.-the gals in the pic are the source of competition,or rather,the lack of it.....no animosity intended

'LIFE'S JUST A HANDFUL OF SHORT STORIES PRETENDING TO BE A NOVEL'...... JUNE 2003,LABOUR-BEAUREAU BUS STOP,TATANAGAR ... It had been a typically hot and humid day..... slowly the weather had seemed to relent and the bus-stop which had nobody but a pariah dog as its sole occupant not too long ago was again teeming with passengers.....mostly children 4m a nearby school eager to go home,their chit-chatting bringing the place back to life....... some office-returnees,some college students and some auto-drivers eager 2 poach on the impatience of people waiting for the city bus completed the picture..... A small distance away stood two 14 year-olds from the same school ... Bags on their shoulders,they had been joking around 2 bide their time while waiting for the bus...one was a fat,plump,rolly-polly sumo called Ravi and the other was a lean and lanky fellow with cherubish looks,his looks being ample justification for his nickname 'GOLU'.... "hey!!look o