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minds before anything crazy happens." The SHO, all straps, moustachioes and self-importance, shook his head. "But, see here, sir, how can I permit so many individuals to congregate on the street? Tempers can be inflamed; incident is possible." Just then the crowd of pilgrims parted and Srinivas saw for the first time the fantastic figure of the girl dressed entirely in butterflies, with snowy hair flowing down as far as her ankles. "Arré deo," he shouted, "Ayesha, is it you?" And added, foolishly: "Then where are my Family Planning dolls?"
His outburst was ignored; everybody was watching Ayesha as she approached the puff-chested SHO. She said nothing, but smiled and nodded, and the fellow seemed to grow twenty years younger, until in the manner of a boy of ten or eleven he said, "Okay okay, mausi. Sorry, ma. No offence. I beg your pardon, please." That was the end of the police trouble. Later that day, in the afternoon heat, a group of town youths known to have RSS and Vishwa Hindu Parishad connections began throwing stones from nearby rooftops
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