It was a Saturday to remember. I was thrilled because I didn’t have much official work to do. But around mid-day, I received a phone call for an urgent meeting, so I had to run.

While going I had to take a bus across the abattoir in my area in Isolo. I have never been to any abattoir before. And I have to say, it was the worst place I had ever seen in my life.

The abattoir is a mid-size open market for freshly killed meats of all sorts. There is goat meat, beef from cows, chicken and turkey. But there is also pork, ponmo or cow skin, etc. all these are killed and roasted in the same place, washed and butchered in the same spot, and then sold at the same place.

Meanwhile, from a mile away, one can perceive the stench oozing from the place. It was not a regular stench but a drenched thick clutter of putrid smell, like some living things had died and are now rotting away nearby. I had to cover my nose while I passed by.

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was he expecting the place to smell like what exactly ?