'An Experiment with Silence’
A bright sunny morning greeted Room Number-206 as Abi woke up to a glass of vibrant green liquid placed on his bedside table for his first drink of the day. It was to be his pre-breakfast herbal drink. The color reminded him of the patina settled on the big, well-crafted artistic copper lamp his mother would light every day in the morning at home. He absolutely hated the sight of the slimy layer on the lamps. “Yuck… this… again?” he said, his face showing his displeasure. “C’mon Abi... You should be used to the taste by now” said the nurse, somewhere in her early thirties, as she walked in with a smile. “Do I have to drink this everyday…? Everything should have a cheat day. Even my personal trainer allows me a double cheese paneer sandwich once a week…” protested Abi, sulking. “Uff… tantrums again. You are no better than my six-year-old. You knew the drill when you signed up for this right? After all, this is not your first trip here…” responded the nurse with a tone of mockery escapin...