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Do as you would be done by ?

A stray dog stood near the busy tea shop hoping to get a few scraps of bun. People moved, traffic moved, the world moved oblivious of the three watchers. Ayush, Abhijeet and Chirag were out on the terrace of a tiny makeshift recording studio watching the lane below. The watchers were bored. They were waiting for their turn be called for the recording. They had been awfully proud that their friend’s mother had selected them in an audition. They were to provide voiceover for a short animation film that she was making. It was a late Sunday morning. The routine summer power cut had stalled what to be a three minute recording. The studio’s power back up system was under repair, the electricity company was not answering calls and so all that they could do was wait - for their three minutes of fame. While they waited and watched, a policeman brought his bike to a stop with an arrogant screech. He almost drove over the dog which yelped and slinked away. The crowd at the tea shop gave w...