Is that you, Pheroze? And if so, then what is that sprouting from your ears?” Lady Flora announced her arrival at their usual meeting spot where she hung out with her friend Sir Pherozeshah Mehta. 

Sir PM swung around and greeted his friend, albeit exercising some degree of caution. “Oh, my lady…it’s you after all! I didn’t hear your footsteps since I was listening to this. You can blame it on this new apparatus that my cousin Sohrab gifted me. He felt I needed it in these times,” the former lawmaker and administrator handed over a pair of headphones to his friend for her inspection. She looked at it with a lot of curiosity. “So tell me, Pheroze, why are you wearing it on your ears, and what is its main purpose?” Lady Flora asked. “You see…these are called noise-cancellation headphones. You can listen to music with it; they cancel out the background bustle and din for a fantastic experience. It was extremely handy for me these past weeks,” Sir PM replied, taking her through the motions of how it worked.