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I have seen boxing and wrestling matches on television. I have also watched many martial arts films. However they were all stage performances more to entertain than actual fights. I once witnessed a real fight. It was very different from those on television or films. The fight happened right next to my house.

The Neighborhood

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My neighbor, an Indian couple with two young children lived in a two-room wooden house. They had a lodger, a young Indian man who worked in a factory nearby.

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It was getting toward the end of the day. The neighborhood kids were making a lot of noise while playing in front of the houses, one of which I lived in. It was usual to get such a din from these pre-school kids and quite entertaining to watch them at play. Anyway on that particular evening, the happy noise of the kids was suddenly overwhelmed by the ominous sound of people quarreling.

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I was ‘busy’ with my computer when suddenly became aware of the sudden cessation of childish laughter and the sudden explosion of angry voices. I got up from my seat and hurried outside.

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From out of my neighbor’s house emerged the Indian lady. She was obviously very angry about something and she kept shouting at someone in the house. At the same time she took little steps backwards out of the house as if someone was pushing her back. Someone was, not physically but more like she was backing away from a stand-off. The some-one emerged and he was the lodger. He too was shouting at the top of his voice at the lady.