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Three short three line stories

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The Mask and the Lip Gloss Usha likes bright lip gloss and liners. Unfortunately she is born in an ultra conservative family where make-up is looked upon and dealt with. So even wearing a dull lip gloss was a distant dream. Government made it mandatory to wear face mask and Usha's office too made mask compulsory. All her collogues were cursing the COVID-19 second wave. Usha was smiling under her mask with a bright red lip gloss and liner.  Democracy and Election Rajkumar and his wife are daily wagers in construction industry. Due to election, works were withheld for a week. Rajkumar managed his needs with whatever little supplies he had; but on the day of election his family was literally starving. Forcefully he went out to look for any petty work, where he was contacted by a party worker to vote for them & offered a packet of briyani. He bargained for four packets. His family of four had briyani that day.   Does it really matter... Ram, Vijay and Baskar are school friends. Ram