Trips to Lakme were getting more and more unmanageable for Dipti with inflating economy and deflating take home salary. Plucking a leaf out of her great company's and greater government's austerity drives, she rummaged through many a shopping racks to finally procure the Do-It-Yourself Wax.
Back home, she applied a little bit of the DIY wax on her hand as a test and was satisfied with the result. She went on to apply it on her left hand but by the time it was all removed, she was not very pleased by the outcome. But she finished waxing her right hand also, leaving it unattended was unthinkable by all measures. At this juncture, her thoughts were divided but she finally decided to wax her legs also as it meant getting over with the mess in one go, and also exhausting the pack. Storing the pack was not an option, it had got accidentally dropped in water during the ordeal. Poor girl, she was blissfully unaware that the ordeal was yet to begin.
The final step was the ablutions. The little remnants of the flaky wax refused to leave her skin however hard she scrubbed. She applied soap, moved over to detergent bar and finally tried Surf Excel. Never in her life had she seen such a stubborn substance. Her skin started to burn from the hour long scratching session, but she went on to try cleaning it with vaseline, hair oil, cooking oil and nail paint remover. But she emerged as an absolute failure and mentally prepared to call for an ambulance now. She recalled that kerosene oil was available at home, thanks to the recent termites' menace. Desperate to avoid a doctor, yet least hopeful of any success, she rubbed it on her hand. She could not believe her eyes. The mighty mineral oil derivative had dissolved the mightier DIY Wax off her hand. She had finally found "The Elusive Elixir". Or was she reminded of the "Stench of Kerosene" by Amrita Pritam...
After that day, she resolved to continue her trips to Lakme to avoid trips to Hospital Acme.
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