‘It was around 6.30 pm. He was waiting for his bus at a bus stop to go home, feeling very hungry and tired. Across the road, the fancy restaurant was buzzing with people. He wished he ate something but realized he could not afford anything there; he did not have much money left in his purse. Just an hour ago, he had paid two thousand rupees from his hard earned salary as bribe to that officer, as ‘incentive’ for ‘looking’ for his father’s ‘lost’ pension file. As he was struggling to cope with his fatigue and hunger, he saw the same officer gleefully walking into that restaurant with his family …’ Bill K Koul
