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"Sir, Here is the way to go RR"

It was the period when Maoist Insurgency was in the extreme extent. Many Police beats and Army barracks were often attacked and people like we, who were staying in the urban feel normal to such attacks, it used to seem that we were in addiction to hear such assaults. We were interested to look after the papers not to feel passionate with such violence but to count the number of dead militants or Maoist combatants. It was the midsummer of 2004, I was travelling on a bus , from Suryavinayak to Ratnapark at 4 pm. As a night shift student on Ratna Rajya Laxmi, I should be on my college around 5.30 Pm. Yeah, I was travelling. Due to degrading security situation in the capital many check posts were run by Nepalese Army. At Sallaghari, Bhaktapur, few Army Officers stop the bus, make the passenger out of it and interrogate them individually in a line, checked the bags and were doing their duty. Then, it's my turn, one of the officer was still asking me question i.e. "Where are You