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Have you watched helicopters gliding effortlessly through the sky, their blades slicing through the air like a chef’s knife through butter. They hover, they soar, they dip gracefully—poetry in motion! From my comfortable perch on my terrace garden, I used to sigh with envy, thinking, “What a marvelous experience it must be to fly like that!”
Then one day, when a flight of mine got delayed I met a man at the airport who worked on offshore oil rigs, and as we chatted about his job, I remarked, “Oh, you must love flying in those helicopters every day.”
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The first time I saw a bulldozer, it was an awe-inspiring sight. A giant machine, powerful and imposing, tearing through mounds of earth with a mechanical efficiency that seemed almost hypnotic. It was a thing of purpose—used to build roads, clear debris, and shape landscapes.
But lately, the bulldozer has taken on a new role: judge, jury, and executioner.
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For a small amount you can travel all around the New York subway, and even use the same ticket for the connecting bus!
Because public utilities are meant to serve you - government investments to help you work efficiently, make more money and pay some back to the city as taxes from your profits.
That logical idea seems to have escaped our people.
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It must have been quite a fire. Not the kind that warms your home on a winter night, or the one that crackles cheerfully in a bonfire. No, this was the sort of fire that had an unintended consequence—like revealing a judge’s personal piggy bank, a storeroom overflowing with bundles of cash.
The discovery should have sparked national outrage.
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Justice B.R. Gavai, standing before the people of Manipur yesterday, spoke with the reassuring tone of a Supreme Court judge, “Have faith in our Constitution. The Constitution will ensure peace returns fully to Manipur one day.”
Ah, the dreamlike quality of those words: One day!