WIRE — If a part of my childhood was spent in the mosquito-infested gullies of Kolkata, however, the other half was in typhoon-tossed Manila, which was as mosquito-free as it was cockroach-crammed! The horror everyone evinced for those creepy-crawlies was only outdone by the protective zeal demonstrated by our dog, lunging behind sofas in pursuit as if weapon-wielding thugees had suddenly sprung up, leading me to wonder which was the more fearsome; the winged vampires, aka mossies, of my early years, or the indestructible cockroach swarms of my tween era.
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