Had this bizarre thought yesterday as I was contemplating my apartment grounds being dug up for rain harvesting: In a few hundred years, fresh water will become so scarce that it will be sold as petrol is now , in water pumps and our politicians will dole out licenses for water pumps like they dole out for petrol pumps now. There will be Premium Water and Ordinary water. Premium water(purified water from the hills or wherever) will make the grey cells tick faster and so will be costlier. People who have real estate with good water tables will be the new millionaires. And we will have massive water rigs near seas, desalinating the water. And so on...
I sat with the phone cradled in my lap. "Hello, Ma. " I said. "Hi! How are you? How are the children?" ,she asked . "They are fine, Ma. But they miss you sometimes. I miss you too, a lot" I said, with a sob in my voice. "Nonsense, dont be silly! Why should you miss me? I am with you always.", she said in a practical tone. "Now tell me what is troubling you", she said. " Nothing Ma. Just that I am sitting at home doing nothing. I have resigned a perfectly good 'sarkari' job because I was bored and now I am sitting at home 'bored' but with no income." "Well, I did tell you not to resign, but you went ahead and did it anyway. Never mind, you will get the job you want soon. Your stars foretell that. Jupiter is moving into a better position in your horoscope in December, and things are going to look up. Dont worry. You dont believe in prayer, but please pray everyday. It will help. " she said in her usual ...
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