Kaliyug

After failing to catch the Ringmaster's eye despite trying his tricks at video-conferences and morning meetings, Bajrangi is a little crestfallen these days.
A crestfallen Bajrangi is something that most look forward to, but not Rakshas. If at all there is a person's affection for which Rotawala and Rakshas competes, it is Bajrangi's. I still don’t know why. The probable explanation is that they need him to do their dirty work, to divert the hatred, to deflect the number of abuses heaped by colleagues, to divide the number of flat tyres...
Last night, when I was in the car with Rotawala, he told me, "we were not considered for the high-flier award because of our seniority." "But I thought Ringmaster specified what was senior in terms of the award," I said.
Then it struck me: This must have been the explanation that Rakshas must have given Bajrangi. Poor Rotawala, who himself needed some consolation, just fell for the explanation and furthered it. I did not hold it back. I told Rotawala from where, I thought, the explanation originated. Rotawala was silent...
Today, confirmation came from the Passive Watcher. Bajrangi repeated, word for word, what Rotawala had said. Since Rotawala did not deny my presumption, and since he did not claim to be the author of the ‘we were not considered because of seniority’ thesis, I think my guess is right. It was Rakshas consoling Bajrangi.
Once upon a time, Bajrang Bali set a Rakshas’ abode on fire. Now you need a Rakshas to console a Bajrangi!