this day yesterday

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today was martyr's day - the day gandhiji was killed. on this day a two-minute silence is observed at 11:00 am - the time of his death.

paragraph 2:

in primary school, we used to rush off when the bell sounded for recess - to be the first one on the playground. i know it sounds childish but that's what we were back then - children.

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sirens go off in cities and bells in schools to indicate the said time. our recess used to be at 11:10.

in std 2, on martyr's day, i ran out of class at the 11:00 bell. and was beside myself with joy on reaching the playground first. but found it strange that no one came second. to cut a long story short, i went back to class to get a good scolding.

end of story.