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My Blindman’s Ordeal with Chapati

                                   My Blindman Ordeal with Chapati Yesterday, amidst the hustle of baking and serving chapatis and also teaching my son, who was preparing for his English language Exam the next day, I rolled a Chapati unmindfully. I was shocked to see the outcome.  In front of my eyes was a horrible over turned, wrinkled asymmetrical map of Some continent unknown to me. Obviously and instinctively I squeezed it back into the same ball that it had been started as. Now I decided to keep my eyes on the work at hand. Suddenly, thoughts started drifting to a more philosophical aspect of life. Our senses and their importance. I  thought about it. One look away and my attempt had failed. How must a blind man be performing the same task ?? An urge to experience the feeling, I consciously closed my eyes. Pulled out a ball of dough. That was easy. I am used to the size of ball...