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The Remnants Of Virtues

The bus was too crowded.


 I was sitting by the window. The whole city was in the color of dusk, and I felt  the breeze caressing my face. The chit-chats from the crowd made a continuous rhythm for my sights. I felt relaxed and hushed.
Minute by minute it got more crowded. People were making it difficult to even stand straight in the bus. Every faces were covered with the shadow of tiredness and the hurry to reach home.
Two guys were sitting in front of me with their earplugs on, and eyes closed. Above their seat it was clearly written ‘LADIES’. But since both of them kept their eyes closed, as if they didn’t see the board.
“Can’t u see it is ladies’ seat?” , I woke up from my thoughts hearing this sentence.
I expected a 30-40 year old lady. I gazed at her, and I was totally right. She was wearing dirty dresses and was very weak. But her voice stood over the whole noise made by the crowd. Every young guys standing near to her were laughing with their mouths covered. I felt pity for her, for being in the limelight.
Without creating an issue, one of the guys stood up from the seat. I was still staring at them. The other guy closed his eyes again and bent on the seat.
“Excuse me can’t u hear what I m talking, get up”, the lady shouted again.
When I looked at her there was already one seat and she was still shouting. Till this time I was feeling sympathy for her, but now I wondered why she was shouting again.
The guy who was sitting didn’t understand anything because of the headphones. All his friends were laughing like maniacs watching the lady. I felt bad too, she could have sat on the seat beside him.
Anyway the guy stood up from the seat and joined his gang, teasing and laughing at the lady. I kept on watching the lady. The next moment she turned back and told,
“hey I ve a got a seat for u, come here”.
I was too anxious to know who was that person. I looked aback and I saw the person.
An old lady in her 90s, with grey hair, dressed even worse than her,  carrying a big bag walking towards the empty seat.
As she came near I heard this sound, “Mam sit here, we have seats here”.
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