July , 2008
Terror in Junglistan
An emergency meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security is on inside Ittooppu's tea stall. Outside, a plasma screen is playing visuals of the blasts that took place moments ago. The television channel is taking citizens of the jungle democracy through the events unfolding at a rapid pace in Bangalore and Ahmedabad. Thirty blasts had been reported in 48 hours, and many inside hospitals. The citizens were in shock, they had never seen anything that resembles this horror. Inside, Chief Minister Tortoise Kunhiraman took a big bite from a parippuvada prepared for the occasion by Ittoopu. A lot has happened since the Berlin wall crumbled, but when it comes to committee meetings, comrades still swear by parippuvada, Kaaja Beedi and choodu kattan chaya (black tea). The intelligence chief, Dingan, had received a phone call warning of an attack. If it were to happen, it would be....





























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