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Pillows of the people who sleep deep.

Every morning, we see these bottles lined up along clean footpaths. They look like empty bottles but they are not. This is where the worries, hopelessness and other sleep spoilers seek refuge as the men sleep on the footpaths or wherever they have found a bed and sleep without worrying about the mosquitoes and the other little worries of our lives.

Also,

This weekend we celebrate Gatari Amavasya. The Gutter New year. The day and night when people who do not touch alcohol during the month of Shravan will do their citizen's duty and give money to the state exchequer as excise duty for the month in one day and sleep.





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