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SRUTI FICTION APT SUPPORT
Anna was surprisingly tense. He had given at
least 200 concerts before, including far more important ones, but he was edgy
all morning. He tuned and re-tuned his mridangam every fifteen minutes, until
even he couldn’t tell the difference between the sound before and after the
tuning. He then took to ironing his veshti with a vengeance. The dhobi had done
a stellar job, but Anna wasn’t satisfied. He had chosen a kurta on the previous
day - something he’d never done before - but that morning, he decided to fish
another one out. This one was crumpled.