Rainbow above the house

As a child Pareet loved to eat, especially dairy products. He was also very fond of rainbows

It is already 3 pm and Pareet has not eaten anything. On his way back from the hospital he is thinking of the good food—cheese pizza, fried rice and tomato pickle—that he had last night but is not able to decide what to eat today. As he enters his house, his eyes suddenly land on the old sketch that has been hanging on the wall of his sitting room for the past three years.

This picture has sentimental value for Pareet. He takes a moment to look at the picture carefully and as he does this, he is definitely not aware of his hunger. He closes his eyes and lets the beautiful bygone moments attached to this old sketch unfold.

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Pareet grew up in a middleclass family. His parents could not provide all he wanted as a child but they certainly did their best. As a child, Pareet loved to eat, especially dairy products. He was also very fond of rainbows.

When he was six, he had asked his mother, “When will we get a rainbow above our house?”