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Strange Newspapers Reading !

"Sir please give me two rupees. "  As usual I was taking a stroll around our locality when I heard the above request. It didn't have any effect upon me as I thought it was a beggar asking for alms. As I moved on I heard the same request being made to other passersby. But I was surprised when someone casually asked him the reason the beggar replied "I want to buy a Newspaper. " I couldn't hold back my curiosity and asked him what would he do with such a thing like a Newspaper. Here is the story that he said :-   He was around 45 years old and the owner of a house which he rented out -keeping a room or two for his own use. He was a Gov. Contractor by profession and married. His only daughter left him while studying Madhyamik. I am not sure whether his wife was with him or not.    He was cheated by someone to the tune of 12 lakh after which he left business. I have no reason to disbelieve him although he looked like a beggar...