Shades of grey that had papa in cold sweat


A recent book purchase by his daughter has got the writer agonising over the young one’s reading habits and the influence of books intended for ‘mature audiences’.

IT was around 11pm when the daughter called and asked to be picked up from the neighbourhood mall as she and her cousin had just got back from a movie in town. I was not very happy playing taxi driver as I was about to have my much delayed dinner.

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