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the nig Sanya arora A shift is a slight change in position, direction or tendency. There could be a shift in perspective, and a shift in the way in which we perceive the world‌ As the sun sets in the horizon, away from sight, the city comes alive. Clocks strike 6:00pm, alarms go off, and people wake up to get ready for the night ahead. Lights are turned on, children woken up, showers taken, breakfast eaten, and people are out of the house by 8:00pm. Just a routine Monday evening with everyone bustling to get to work in time. As the city comes alive, streets chock-a-block with cars, and the public transit stations hum with activity. Trains come and go, swarming with people hoping to get to their places of work in time. By 9:00pm this hustle and bustle of every night comes to a lull as one and all reach their respective destinations. The city cascades into a dull, yet determined silence and mechanics of the nightly tasks take precedence. As the moon reaches overhead at midnight, the silence is perturbed, lunch time! People escape the four walls of their office spaces, families meet for lunch, or go for a walk with their coworkers if the night pleasant; food trucks with their wafting aromas line up along the demanding streets. For an hour or two, the streets get busy again, school children are picked up or depart for home in school
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