Built It In Order To Destroy Family (Short Story No. 10)
First Draft Forward
First, there are four articles that I referenced to write the following short story; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bazalgette, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_sewerage_system, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_India and http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/06/11/100083453/. Like many other short stories I wrote previously, I focused on wrapping up the story when I wrote the first draft of ‘Built It In Order To Destroy Family’ rather than spending a lot of time and effort to write a perfect story. That is not to say that I did not put a lot of effort or spend time, but I am afraid that I might not have corrected all basic mistakes such as misspellings and grammatical errors. Furthermore, some sentences in the first draft might sound too similar to those in referenced articles. I understand that published articles should not have such errors, but, if I allow myself to make an excuse for it, this is just a short story published on the web as a ‘first draft’. I will correct all errors. I will also refine the writing in near future as I work on the second draft.
As a first draft, this is ok, but I know that certain ideas are not conveyed very articulately; I also know that some sentences and paragraphs do not sound as eloquently as I want them to. I might even make a significant structural change in the second draft; I actually thought about this when I read through the first draft right before I wrapped it up. But I need to take a little time and come back to this in order to make improvement. I just wanted to state these things to inform readers.
I. Family, An Impertinent Institution From The Past
II. Engineer
III. Why?
IV. City
V. Planning
VI. ‘The Rich’ And ‘The Poor’
VII. Looters Who Call Themselves ‘Industrialists’
VIII. Day With Layla: Part One
IX. Day With Layla: Part Two, Today At His Office
X. Day With Layla: Part Three, Politics of The Sewage
XI. Dream
XII. Transformation
