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fangirlshrewt97 · 2 years

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Grumpy Cat Attitude

Ok, I have no idea what I am writing anymore, just thankful to be writing at all. So it has been a while since I wrote Dhruya, but this story came to me, and I decided to commit it to paper. I might be a bit rusty though...

Hope you like it!

Triggers: There is one character who tries to be homophobic towards Dhruva. It’s only one explicit sentence though.

Inspired by this lovely doodle from our one and only @burningsheepcrown:

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Dhruva leaned against the porch railing, staring stonily at the ocean. He hated parties. He hated the schmoozing and the bootlicking and ass-kissing that always took place at these. He especially hated all the stuck up cops who thought too highly of themselves. He was so angry at Daya for forcing him to dress up and go to the thing.

He ground his teeth. He could blame as many others as he wanted for the situation, but at the end of the day he was most angry at himself. Why couldn’t he have just opened his mouth?

Dhruva clenched his jaw hard enough to feel the vein in his forehead throb. He dug his fingers into the wood of the railing, half convinced he would leave dents behind.

The sound of the back door sliding open made his grip tighten enough to turn his knuckles white.

"There you are Bangaram. Everyone was asking about you at the party." Daya said from behind him. His voice didn't move closer. Dhruva didn't need to turn to know he'd probably be leaning against the door, cocky as usual.

Dhruva's frown deepened as he stared even more determinedly at the ocean. The sun was almost below the horizon, and the sky was more black than colorful, except for the lights of the marina he could see distantly.

He heard Daya sigh dramatically and start to walk forward, so he braced himself, feeling as every muscle locked in. He was sure his body would punish him for this later.

Still, he couldn’t help the way his muscles loosened just a bit when Daya wrapped his arms Dhruva's arms, embracing him in a bear hug from behind.

Even if he was angry, he knew Daya was only trying his best. This was not his fault.

He was not the enemy. Dhruva just couldn’t bring himself to face him either way.

Daya ran a hand through Dhruva’s neat curls before bringing it to rest against his shoulder.

"Dhruva." Daya cooed as he kept trying to at least nuzzle into the man's neck. "Are you still mad about what happened? You're overreacting, it wasn't a big deal!"

Dhruva's anger boiled over. "Wasn't a big deal?!"

He spun around hard enough to dislodge Daya and send his stumbling back a couple steps. The man had the audacity to look amused by Dhruva's anger, as though he was witnessing a kid's tantrum.

"Daya, I just got humiliated in front of all the superior police officers in the state!"

Daya cocked an eyebrow. "Dhruva, firstly, the girl was plastered and had her sights on you from the moment we entered the party. You were perfectly polite the first three times you told her you were not interested. She should have backed off, and in fact was very sorry for how she behaved once she sobered up. Secondly, Ishaan is a worse dickhead than I ever was. He is only so high up the ranks because his dad is so close to the chief minister. Everyone knows this, so don't mind what he says, it's all bullshit anyways."

Dhruva's shoulders dropped slightly as he looked away, the anger slowly giving way to hurt. "It was humiliating."

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Daya had been dragged away as soon as he had entered the party with Dhruva, a few of his classmates from the academy eager to talk to the newly turned around and improved man who had achieved incredible things in this last year.

Dhruva had watched him go with a smile, happy that people were starting to recognize that despite his laissez-faire attitude and abrasive personality, Daya was a good guy who had just been taught the wrong things and was now trying to correct himself. Having recently moved to Andra Pradesh from Telangana, he did not know any of the people here beyond recognizing their faces on a professional level.

Feeling some of his anxiety starting to crowd in, Dhruva walked to the bar to get a drink, swallowing half of it in one go, wincing as it burned on the way down. The alcohol must have been stronger than he thought though because the rest of the party was a bit of a blur.

He stuck close to the bar when Daya made no reappearance, drinking more than his usual. He clapped along with all the others when a few people made their speeches, and he knew he should be paying attention, but the crowds were just getting bigger, and he really wanted to be back home.

Where had Daya disappeared?

At some point, a beautiful girl came and sat next to him, looking similarly intoxicated. She had been flirting with him but he couldn't recollect what exactly had been said. He remembered trying to be polite in telling her he was already in a relationship, but she'd been persistent. He remembered a lot of people looking at him as she got more vocal about her requests for him to dance with her.

Right up until ASP Ishaan had intervened and loudly proclaimed to the girl that she should dance with him instead as he was a real man. About how Dhruva preferred to play the girl’s role in bed.

Dhruva had felt paralyzed, rooted to the ground with the weight of everyone at the party. His vision narrowed until all he could see was that smirk daring him to say something. The man even took a few steps towards him, throwing another taunt his way that was muffled by the ringing in his ear.

Except before he could actually reach Dhruva, Daya had smoothly stepped between them and insulted him. Something bad enough to have the man turn red. Ishaan had raised his fist like he was going to throw a punch, and Daya had firmly planted himself, ready for the fight. Fortunately Ishaan's friends to drag him away.

Dhruva did hear Ishaan's last words though. "Clearly Dhruva garu has become too much of a bitch to stand up for himself. If you ever get tired of him, send him this way Daya, I'm sure I can find some friends who'd love a turn with him."

Other officers had stopped Daya from lunging at the man. Dhruva himself had remained frozen till Daya's concerned gaze met his own. Dhruva had turned and fled back home.

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Daya took a step closer, and when Dhruva didn't stop him, stepped into his personal space, half pinning him against the railing. He leaned in to nuzzle at Dhruva's cheek. It felt hot with the blush of embarrassment.

"For him. Not you. He was the one who should feel humiliated. I promise he was the one who came off as the asshole."

Dhruva placed both his hands on Daya's shoulders, trying to shove him back but Daya refused to sway an inch.

"Dhruva, look at me." Daya asked, serious for the first time since he came to the back porch.

Dhruva refused to meet his gaze. Daya placed a hand against Dhruva's jaw, rubbing his thumb against the stubble there before gently pulling his face towards him.

He sighed when he saw the tears Dhruva was hiding back. He leaned forward and kissed his eyelids, slipping one arm around his waist as Dhruva fell against him, trembling slightly. "Oh Bangaram, no one thinks less of you."

"They were all there Daya!" Dhruva bit back as he clenched at Daya's dress shirt. "Every supervisor. They all heard what he said. They all saw how I couldn't even stand up to him. How I needed you to defend me. He's not wrong!"

Daya leaned back enough to force Dhruva to meet his gaze again. "Are you ashamed of us?"

Dhruva blinked back the tears. "What?"

In a neutral tone, Daya repeated the question.

Dhruva shook his head forcefully. "Of course not."

"Are you ashamed of me?"

"Daya!"

"Are you ashamed of yourself?"

Dhruva bit his lip and looked down at Daya's chest. "I should have stood up to him. Said something."

"Bangaram, every person in that room, if they have even half a braincell knows you're the most competent police officer in the state. You're smart and focused and you always do right by the public. Ishaan? He's jealous of you, because he knows how much the superiors respect you. And because he knows no matter how much he tries or how much money he throws around, he will never earn their respect or admiration."

"But-" Dhruva tried to interrupt, only to have Daya talk over him.

"And what you didn't see because you left was Ishaan's father had also been at the party. A man who despite all the people who wanted to speak to him still found his way to me to apologize. Because he couldn't find you to do it directly to. He wasn’t the only one either. Plenty of other people, including the drunk girl told me to pass on their apologies and not to heed that guy’s words."

"He… they did?"

Daya smiled softly and bonked his forehead against Dhruva's. "You are incredible Dhruva. And I know you are more than capable of taking care of yourself, but please don't ask me to stand by as someone insults you. Just like I know you would not have had our situations been reversed."

Dhruva's eyes still showed lingering hurt, but at least the tears had dried up. Daya pressed two kisses to either corner of his eye.

"Thank you." Dhruva said.

Daya tilted his head. "For what?"

"Defending me."

Daya squeezed his hip. "That's one thing you never have to thank me for."

Dhruva narrowed his eyes at him. "But?"

Daya grinned idiotically. "The fact I bought you butterscotch ice cream on the other hand? I think I deserve to be thoroughly thanked for that. And for putting up with your Grumpy Cat attitude."

"My...what?" Dhruva asked, clearly confused.

"Grumpy Cat! The meme cat? On the internet?" Daya prompted only to still be faced with a blank look. "Ugh, you are such an old guy sometimes."

Dhruva pinched him on the side, making Daya yelp. "I'm 5 years younger than you."

"All the more tragic." Daya muttered as he retrieved his phone from his back pocket and typed something in it before shoving it in Dhruva's face. "See? Grumpy Cat!"

Dhruva snatched the phone and held it far enough away he could actually see the screen. There was a photo of a white cat with dark patches of fur staring at the camera with an undeniably grumpy expression. Daya poked at Dhruva's cheek. "See, you both have the same expression."

Dhruva shoved the phone back to Daya, remarking in a deadpan tone. "If I'm a grumpy cat, you're the energetic golden retriever who's bouncing around oblivious to the fact he's going to the vet to be neutered."

Daya laughed and pulled Dhruva closer, nuzzling at him. Dhruva refused to give in. Daya switched tactics and ran a light hand against Dhruva's side until Dhruva giggled.

"Yes! I win!" Daya said as he jumped back with both hands extended upward.

Dhruva bit his lip as he folded his arms across his chest. "Win at what? Against who?"

Daya winked at him. "Your grumpiness. Got you to smile!"

He said it so earnestly, Dhruva snorted. "Suppose you did."

"Well?" Daya asked, wriggling his eyebrows suggestively. Or that's what he thought. It just looked ridiculous.

"Well what?" Dhruva asked innocently.

Daya lowered his arms, pouting slightly. "Don't I deserve a prize? For winning?"

Dhruva dug his fingernails into his elbow to keep from giggling, managing to ask in a straight face. "What prize do you want?"

"One...no two! Two kisses!"

Dhruva's mask cracked and he giggled as he pulled his ridiculous boyfriend back into his arms, throwing them over those broad shoulders as he kissed Daya's lips. He felt Daya properly cage him in, even working a thigh between his legs.

A minute...or an hour later, the pair pulled apart, both flushed red with swollen lips and heaving chests. They didn't go too far though, resting their foreheads against each other's.

"Daya?"

"Hmm?" Daya hummed, grin going smug.

"Did you really get butterscotch ice cream?"

Daya's smile fell. "...I thought you were going to say you loved me."

"Answer my question and maybe I will." Dhruva replied cheekily.

Daya made an affronted noise and pinched him. "You!"

Dhruva looked at him mirthfully and pinched him back, the two of them devolving into a pinching game that ended with Dhruva pinning Daya against the porch door. "Now I win. Ice cream?"

"Freezer. " Daya answered grumpily.

"Thank you." Dhruva said in a sing song voice as he stepped back.

Daya opened his mouth to reply, onto to have Dhruva kiss him again. Daya was staring at him with stunned eyes when Dhruva winked at him. "I do love you so much."

Then he was gone, hips swaying as he made his way to the kitchen. Daya sagged against the door, feeling as his smile slowly grew wide enough to split his face. Hell yes! He was totally winning this Boyfriend game!

Daya whopped loudly, once, before going into to find his ice cream hoarding partner. If left to his own devices the man could swallow an entire tub by himself in the space of an hour. It was as gross as it was captivating to watch.

“Wait! Save some for me!”

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India’s economy, which was already growing at its slowest pace in six years before the coronavirus outbreak, is set to take a severe hit because of the lockdown, say economists, warning that unemployment in the country could rise to record levels.

The 'world's biggest lockdown', as the initial 21-day lockdown has been referred to, may have cost the Indian economy a whopping Rs 8 trillion already, according to a report.

ALSO READ: Coronavirus outbreak: A 21-day lockdown may have cost India Rs 8 trillion

The lockdown resulted in many thousands of daily-wage labourers losing their jobs in cities and leaving to return to their homes, raising the risk of the spread of coronavirus in the countryside. Their exodus even prompted PM Modi to apologise to the public in one of his Mann Ki Baat broadcasts.

ALSO READ: Sorry, but hard decisions needed: PM Modi on coronavirus lockdown

The 21-day lockdown was preceded by a one-day janata curfew on March 22. In a video address on March 19, the PM had announced a janata curfew where members of the public were urged to voluntarily stay indoors.

ALSO READ: Janata curfew, economic task force: Modi scales up coronavirus fight

This was followed by the announcement of a total lockdown for 21 days starting March 24 which led to the shutting down of all offices, educational institutions, factories, etc.

ALSO READ: PM Modi announces nationwide 21-day lockdown, appeals for social distancing

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The 7 Most Frequently Faked Foods

Imagine. If you could go back to the days of sowing your own seeds and harvesting your own crops. No, I am not being medieval. If you realize that everything you purchase today from the market is somehow adulterated, you would also agree with me. Would you like to consume foods whose ingredients and quality have been hampered with? Forget about hampering, people have gone to the extent of replacing foods with their look-alikes. As an attempt to let my readers know about the menace in the food industry, here’s a list of the top adulterated foods that you have been buying and eating, probably every day, and you don’t even know what was going into your stomach all this while.

1. Rice

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Shall we begin with the staple food of the region I come from? Why not? After all, there has been an uproar in the local news channels about the plastic rice that is doing the rounds in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. So, this Made in China plastic rice is the doppelganger of our regular rice – just that it is made of phthalates. Yes, the exact thing I had mentioned in one of the previous articles of mine. Cosmetic brands were prohibited from using this chemical in nail polishes because it seeps into our skin through the nail beds and causes reproductive or hormonal disturbances in the human body. While manufacturing nail polishes was difficult with phthalates because of the rules, the food industry, I think, thought, “Forget nail polish, why not use it to manufacture rice?”

This Is How You Can Identify The Real Amidst The Fake: Add some rice grains in a glass of water and stir it well. If you see the rice floating, it is definitely synthetic rice. Also, try burning some rice on a hot pan. You know how burning plastic smells, right? So, if the smell is anything similar while burning rice, you know it is plastic.

2. Honey

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Another easy-to-fake and a poor victim of adulteration is honey. Sometimes, it is corn starch that has high concentrations of fructose or it is just glucose with water and even gypsum. Always remember that pure honey, when stored, takes the form of crystals or a crystalline mass. If you buy honey that looks anything like this, you are on the right track. Although our senses prefer a smooth flowing brown fluid in the name of “honey,” this consistency is a sure shot sign that it had been meddled with. Real and pure honey always crystallizes over time unlike the watery adulterated store-bought fake honey.

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3. Coffee

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Do you know how coffee powder is adulterated? Want to take a guess? You can go as wild as you want in this guessing game. Could be soy or wheat. Okay, that wasn’t too wild. How about wood powder? Yeah, so anything that just looks like coffee powder is enough for it to become a potent adulterant. Of course, chicory is sort of a legit adulterant. Chicory root silently mimes the taste of coffee and hence is added in coffee. This helps in reducing the strength of coffee for those who don’t like it strong and also helps the retailers mint some money by adding more chicory than necessary.

This Is How You Can Identify The Real Amidst The Fake: There’s a simple test you could do. Take the coffee powder and try to press the powder between your fingers. If it forms a clump, it means there’s more chicory in it. Pure ground coffee doesn’t adhere at all.

4. Saffron

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Those dainty little red threads. So beautiful and so aromatic. The saffron thread that is edible is, in fact, the stigma of the saffron flower, and each of the threads needs to be hand-picked. It requires huge manpower. And yes, Kashmiri saffron, one of the other few varieties of saffron, is yet again a victim of malice. Common adulterants used are red silk threads, beetroot, and pomegranate fibers. One of the wise ways to save yourself from fake saffron is to buy it from sellers who have been certified by the Government or other reliable bodies.

This Is How You Can Identify The Real Amidst The Fake: Pure saffron threads are slightly moist. If you find them too wet or extremely dry, they are adulterated. Adulteration of powdered saffron is easier as it is often mixed with red paprika or even turmeric. To find out if your powder is pure or not, add the powder to a glass of water. Check the intensity of the color that is imparted to the water. If it is not mild golden and is a deep yellow like turmeric, or even red, it is adulterated saffron powder.

5. Cinnamon

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Cinnamon is often adulterated by mixing cassia in it. Cassia is a spice that is obtained from the bark of East Asian evergreen trees. However, it looks, smells, and tastes different from cinnamon. Cinnamon, on the other hand, is extracted from the bark of several trees that belong to the Cinnamomum family, which are also native to East Asia, like cassia. If you are a novice in the field of culinary industry, it is very easy to fool you and make you buy cassia mixed cinnamon instead of real cinnamon.

This Is How You Can Identify The Real Amidst The Fake: Real cinnamon appears like a rolled-up newspaper and is light brown. Also, it has a slight aftertaste of cloves. Cassia is darker in appearance and is curled up on both the ends, unlike pure cinnamon. Also, cassia has a more pungent taste.

6. Paneer

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Our very own Indian cheese – the cottage cheese. Paneer is considered a delicacy all over India and its demand is increasing by the day. Sellers have resorted to adding starch, particularly during festive seasons to increase the production and decrease the cost and time. Sadly, you might be consuming more starch than real paneer. This might not cause a health hazard, so to speak, but why would I eat starch but buy paneer? I will buy starch, instead. It is the very principle of deceit that bothers me more than the harm that it could possibly cause.

This Is How You Can Identify The Real Amidst The Fake: Take a small piece of paneer and boil it in water. One it is boiled, add few drops of iodine to it. If there is starch in paneer, you will find the drops turning blue.

7. Chili Powder

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Another surprising thing that is subjected to adulteration is red chili powder. The fake red chili powder looks exactly like the real one. So real that even the food administartion bodies cannot differentiate between the fake and the real one. Rhodamine-b is a chemical that is mixed in water to make the false red chili powder. Red oxide is also used apart from red brick powder.

This Is How You Can Identify The Real Amidst The Fake: If it is made of Rhodamine-b, then forget about spotting the fake one. Although you could try this method if the adulterant is the brick powder. Mix a spoon of chili powder in a glass of water. If the solution becomes red, it is fake chili powder.

Don’t you want to start growing your own food, now? I know it is not possible in today’s times. All you can do is be alert and always purchase any edible item from a trusted retailer. Look for ingredients, become more alert, and try to detect adulteration the moment you find something fishy. Never forget to bring this to the notice of legal bodies. You would be saving hundreds more from adulterated foods along with your family. Were you a victim of fake foods ever? Comment below and tell me now! It is time to spread the news.

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