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  We were locked at each other and bade the whole village bye. They bade us with tears in the eyes. The leader came out and handed over a big package as their memento. We acknowledge the same with thanks. Bablu took the package with him and carried to the car. The leader kissed the wives on the cheeks and we sat inside the car. The car sped out of the village. We felt we were leaving a place where we had lived long. The villagers stood there waving towards us till our car vanished at a turn.   After riding for a few minutes we noticed that Bablu did not come with us. I asked Sanju, ‘hey where is Bablu?’   Sanju was also puzzled, he asked, ‘yeah, where is he?’   Trisha answered, ‘he would not come. He handed us the packet and told us that he would meet us at the hotel.’   I asked, ‘how he will come?’   Sanju said, ‘let him think his problem.’ He turned to the Trisha and asked her, ‘have you taken snacks?’   Sweety said, ‘no, they were offering us. But we didn’t t