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A street full of life

Mamu was an underworld Don. Rather, Mamu wanted to be known as an underworld Don. He had a booming voice and an imposing personality, or so he thought. He was about five feet six inches but he always believed that tallness is a state of mind. No one knew his real age, no one dared to ask, or so he thought. Mamu lived in a two bedroom house in a street that had small houses lined up on both sides. The people in rest of the houses were mostly middle class families of Government employees. Mamu was the only exception. No one knew how he made his money or why there were always tens of people in his home. Actually, there were never more than ten people though Mamu always preferred to use the term 'tens'. No one knew why those people came back to Mamu day after day. When Mamu stepped out of his home, Den in his terms, he was surrounded by those people, much taller than him in reality though shorter in their minds. They hardly allowed Mamu any view of the road or the street. Mamu w...