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Translation of "A34231566" from the collection "Vaanatthil oru Mouna Tharagai" Copyright (C) Sujatha (S.Rangarajan) - translated without permission by Ramki Krishnan This story is set in the early 1980's. I have not made any attempt to contemporize it. A34231566 When Rajanna got up in the morning, he did not think that this day was going to be different from any other. In fact, he got up late (it was a second Saturday, and he could afford to sleep till 7), and till he had finished his morning chores and sat down with the "Daily Telegraph", everything was the same. As usual, he turned first to the lottery results. Surprised? Let me give you some background on Rajanna and his family. 43 years of age, he was a clerk of little consequence in the Accountant General's office. At work, he was below average, (15 years at the same post without a promotion) and considered by his colleagues to be a pretty harmless sort of idiot, without any parti...