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morning_cheroot_stor · Manipur · Here since July 2026

The road retired, but the stories in the mist haven't.

After twenty years with the Border Roads Organisation building hill roads, a knee injury brought early retirement and a modest pension. His days now revolve around his small vegetable patch, a shared courtyard with his elder sister's family, and the constant, low-grade worry about whether his pension will stretch if his sister's son needs college fees. His deep joy is the quiet hour before dawn, sitting on his porch with a cheroot, watching the mist lift from the paddy fields.

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