LIFE
The heat was hotter than ever. A loo of swooshing air was blowing across the road. It was that kind of hot where sweat glands get too dry to produce any kind of perspiration. The fact he was on a bicycle riding on a thick concrete road which was clearly melting on the sides all the pavement did not help. On top of it he was carrying all the books and copies prescribed in the syllabus of 4th standard did not help. He was always too lazy to manage his school bag every night according to the daily schedule at school and carried the entire lot of books thinking he was too clever. Well that smartness clearly was proving costly on an exceedingly hot afternoon like that day. He had stayed back after the classes got over to play cricket with some of his friends. The heat at that time did not seem to bother excited lot of boys who had just grown old enough to start playing properly by dividing themselves in proper teams and competing with some spirit. By the time the game got over and he w