A seven year old boy is desperate to reach his father. He dials his father's mobile number on his mother's mobile but does not get any response. He dials again with the same result. The third time his father picks up and the son tells with a lot of urgency "Dad, Mom's laptop is not working". Father says "mmmm hmmmm". "But it is not working" cries out the son. "Ok ok, I will check it when I get back" says the father before cutting the call. A few minutes later, the father's mobile receives an SMS. He notices that it is from his wife. On checking, the father finds the message "Mom latop not working". The father mutters a few innocent curses (what can he do; any curse worse than the innocent ones would only insult him). He shoves the phone into a corner and continues with his work. The morning was a particularly busy one and the father had very little time to play around with his son. A little later the phone notifies the receipt of a message, this time on Whatsapp. Assuming it to be one of those important official messages, the father picks up the phone, only to find that it is a Video message from his wife's phone. The video takes a few minutes to download. When it opens up he sees the laptop in question showing garbled data on the screen. His son's voice in the background says "Mom's laptop is not working". As he is saying this the camera turns to show his son's face. The camera then turns back to the laptop as it is restarted. The screen comes up with some kind of screen with Dell written on top. His son zooms into the screen to give a momentary glimpse of the screen. As he is doing this he says "See" and with this the video ends.
The Fathers stares at phone display for some time. He then replays the video with a smile across his lips.
The Fathers stares at phone display for some time. He then replays the video with a smile across his lips.
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