It was a usual day as I picked up a newspaper while waiting for a friend at a hotel lobby. My eyes were struck by an advertisement, which showed a smiling man sitting in his office chair.
“Hey, I know him,” I said to myself.
I realized that he was Mohan, my neighbour for three years, and friend for thirteen.
The reason I took time to recognize him was because I’d never expected him on the front page of a newspaper. After all, he is just a commoner like me and an employee of a state owned bank, which he was representing in this ad – smartly dressed, and with his usual vibrant and infectious smile.
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