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(Quip: Our erstwhile cricket team-always alert) Thought for the day: The true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good….Ann Landers Why do people get angry? What causes that rush of blood right upto our face, which makes us suddenly fly off the handle and scream/shout/fight? I am a member of this quaint books library , and while I was there a few days back, one guy came in, with some books which he was returning pretty late. The (always smiling) library lady told him’ Sir, you have some amount over-due from last time also. We have not cancelled your amount yet.’ And, that was enough to set off the guy on a tirade. ‘What’s that you said?’ he demanded. She says’ You have some amount over-due’. ‘No, after that what did you say?’ She says’ We have not cancelled your amount’. ‘No,no…you said something else, I am sure. Repeat it’ . I got bugged, listening to him, so I clarified ‘ What she means is that they have not cancelled your amount from their...