“Look, what have we got!”
Raj and Anjali looked at the direction of Niraj’s raised fingers.

There, laid out for the gaze of the trio was a golden streaked pathway lined on either side by wild multifarious flowers. A strobe of sunlight slipped through the leaves and branches of giant peepal trees.

“Eureka, we’ve found our magic elixir. It’s a pathway,” screamed Anjali as she jumped up and down like a ten year old who’s just been told she’s won herself a year long ‘eat as much as you can’ burger treat from Papa John’s.

“Hey, nothing to get so excited about. It’s a mirage. Just another turn that leads to nowhere,” proffered a voice from the back.

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