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I Know I Have Become Old...

...Because I was stunned when a friend's call woke me up at mid-night. I mumbled into the mouthpiece and didn't know when it fell besides my pillow. (A few years earlier, I would have settled at the window sill and talked and laughed till the wee hours of morning.) ...Because I wasn't unable to concentrate thanks to the music blaring from the radio (A few years earlier, I slept with my walkman switched on, the volume turned at “high”) ...Because I kept the 'highly readable book' aside and yawned a few times. I turned over and went off to sleep. (A few years earlier, I would have adjusted my pillow a bit and continued with the reading. I would have kept the book down only after reading it from cover to cover.) …Because I dismissed the idea of ordering pizzas and ice cream and preferred a second helping of aamti-bhat . (A few years earlier, I practically lived on pizzas and double scoops of ice cream) ...Because I can now suffer fools gladly. (A f