Coward

“I will drive you to the airport.”

Rohit was staring at the thin skin formed over his cold cup of tea. He looked up, a bit startled.

“I will drive you to the airport.” Puja repeated across the breakfast table.

He nudged the cup a bit further away. “I will take a cab. It is better that way.”

There was silence again. The past two days have been silent. Friday evening they were sitting across this table with barely touched dinner plates between them. He told her about the flight. She was still raging then.

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Jodhaa Akbar Clouded by Controversy

Jodha Akbar, with cost estimated at Rs. 400 million and featuring country’s two biggest stars, was finally premiered all over India this Friday. Its release was postponed twice. However, it did not see acceptance for release from the very state this historic tale is based on: Rajasthan. It was banned from screening in the scheduled 30 cinema halls in Rajasthan, nine of which are in the pink city.

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