(THE SCENE IS SET DURING DUSK HOURS)
I was relaxing on a bench near the rail tracks on platform number 3, Delhi railway station. My train was delayed from the scheduled time. I saw people as they walked by me, some were in a hurry and some like me were waiting for their delayed train.
A gentleman with a black coat moved to and fro and it seemed that he was searching for something. “A GENTLEMAN!”, was the first impression I formed of him when I saw him from the back. He was wearing an expensive golden watch and a black hat. However on close examination, he seemed to me as one of the cartoon characters of the famous cartoon series which I used to watch as a kid. He was extremely thin with a big nose over his face and scattered hair.
He seemed extremely restless, so I asked him as I failed to resist my curiosity, “Excuse me, sir. Are you searching for something?”
“I can’t believe that I lost it.”, he said in a grave voice.
“What did you lose sir?”
“An AMULET!”
“Was it very expensive?”
“Of course it was, it was beautifully...