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Water and happiness

On a summer day in Bangalore, I took out my bicycle and started pushing it a puncture shop, as the tubes had got punctured due to keeping it idle for months. Bicycle puncture shops are really scarce in Bangalore and it was one km pushing effort from my home. I had started little late that morning, due to other chores like cleaning and washing my clothes. It happened to be very sunny day and the vigor of the sun started showing up at 11:00 am when I started. After getting the puncture fixed, I rode it to Shanthinagar which is about 6 km from there. By the time I reached Madhavan park, I started feeling very thirsty. I stopped in front of a juice shop and had a sweet lime juice (Rs.20) and continued my ride. I reached Shanthinagar KPN office and booked my bicycle as a consignment to Porur, Chennai. I was still feeling thirsty. The juice was not so cold and I needed something cold to beat the heat. So I dropped by the bus station and saw a butter milk shop and gulped two glasses of but