I still remember the day a tall, lanky, average looking youngster with a Dil Chata Hai style ‘Dara'(Goatie) walked into our bank looking for ‘tax saving’ investment and was directed to me as I was the adviser looking after personal investments.
You had just been placed in a ‘reputed mnc’ after your engineering degree and were looking forward to have some ‘savings’ as well as ‘tax benefits’ as bonus and that surprised me as most of my clients then were middle-aged people who wanted to save for retirement,child’s future etc and when I asked you for your ‘Goals’ ofΒ investment you were startled and said “No thanks, I have enough goals in my workplace and football field Do I need more here in bank” and I had tried hard to suppress the laughter.
Then when I came to your name I had asked little doubtfully “Bangali naki?” (You Bengali?) you smiled and replied “Ekso sontangsho khanti” (100% Pure) I had no option but to laugh. Thats how it all started.
Then you kept coming and we started liking each other and a common ground was found when you learnt about my passion for theatre. Don’t you remember the plays we watched and then sat in the coffee shop analyzed each and every scene. I used be jealous yes jealous when you used eye the hottie seated on the seat opposite.
I still remember the day you had sneaked me in through the unmanned gates of your office basement to your office terrace just because I had said I wanted to see the aircrafts landing and taking off from the airport which was clearly visible from your office terrace. And How embarrassed you were when we confronted a colleague of yours while returning. I still don’t know what was so embarrassing about it.
How could I forget you had tried to play a ‘match-maker’ when you had introduced me with lot of praises to one of your “well settled” friends when I had mentioned that my parents were frantically looking for a “Suitable Boy” for me.
Then that day oh sorry that night when you called me in a state of panic that you are calling from hospital and cousin who had been staying with you had an accident while returning from college. How grateful you were when I had joined you in the hospital at that hour and we sat through the night in the hospital reception praying for the best.
You had hugged(touched me first time) me tightly in morning when the doctors said he was out of danger and then quickly retreated apologizing for behaving little overwhelmingly. I had never seen you so vulnerable before.
Today when I saw you in the mall with your wife and baby daughter you waved at me with a smile I waved back and when my husband asked about you I had said “Oh we were JUST friends”.
PS: This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to anybody or any situations is purely unintentional and coincidental. And this is not autobiographical as well but the real inspiration is one of my favorite song “Mera Kuch Saman” from the movie “Izzazat” song was penned by Gulzar and rendered par excellence by Asha Bhonsle to the haunting tunes of R. D. Burman
Jun 24, 2009 @ 12:06:57
I am speechless buddy pristine lovely…to say the least π
Dhiman: Rashmi you have made my day … Thank you its great that you liked it …
Jun 24, 2009 @ 12:51:20
oooh I like this post … sometimes the ones closest to us are really just friends aren’t they … and to bump into them years on .. the feeling of bliss π
Dhiman: Welcome Divya to my blog and Thank you very much for the kind words
Jun 24, 2009 @ 16:30:05
Hi Dhiman, thanks for the comment on my blog. Did you go sightseeing in all those places in North Karnataka? Where all did you go? Pics?
My wife is also from there and should be able to make a trip soon π
Cheers,
Anwin
Jun 24, 2009 @ 16:59:40
Anwin you can check my travel blog for details about the Karwar trip including some pics its a awesome place believe me try to visit after monsoons π
Jun 25, 2009 @ 14:15:36
wow!!! loved it! could so well relate to it, im telling you, please write more fiction, u really have flair for it..
and boy, what a song!- thanks for that as well.. one of my all time fav..
Dhiman: Thank you so very much AJCL .. I am a complete novice trying hands at fiction after reading some real great blogs around the blogsville :D… responses like this will certainly “boost” me up !!! …
Jun 25, 2009 @ 23:26:15
Hey, that was really nice, Dman. I was really confused all along, thinking mebbe you really were a female blogger hiding behind a male identify OR the real Dhiman doing a Switcheroo post. Nice post, this.
Dhiman: Thank you very much Pal, *blushes* that was one of the best compliments I got from anyone…. So do you mean to say that I can fox people by taking a female identity … actually you reminded me of days when yahoo chat was only social networking tool and I had created an id by mistake which sounded ‘female’ I must say me and my friends had real fun in switching virtual identity and foxing both ladies and gentlemen :D….Now you know from where such ideas come π
Jun 26, 2009 @ 16:55:22
That was a really nice story, I must say.
And you know what… I was really confused all along, thinking may be you were actually a female blogger with a male pseudonym… !
Dhiman : Well well an identity crisis Ok wait for a post for that one and great thing is this one is 150th comment on my blog in last 2 months Thank you so very much …. U win a goody bag of juicy posts π
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Jun 26, 2009 @ 21:16:59
Jul 07, 2009 @ 21:17:07
Nice blog. Nice story. Nice style.
Keep writing buddy!
Dhiman: Welcome to my blog Mahul and Thank you for the kind words ….Hope you’ll keep coming back for more π
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Jul 09, 2009 @ 00:13:14
Jul 09, 2009 @ 23:31:37
Dhiman, tht was a beutiful story.. It touchd those chords of the heart which just make you vulnerable all of a sudden! beautiful one:)
Dhiman: π Thank You for the kind words actually this type of encouraging words help me better myself…
Jul 12, 2009 @ 16:17:01
*clap* *clap* *clap*
In the beginning, i did think it was autobiographical and then towards the end i thot maybe not and then I read the PS !
Well written. π
Dhiman: Thank you very much π
Jul 17, 2009 @ 15:24:51
Well written…
Dhiman: Thanks a lot!!!
Aug 21, 2009 @ 12:42:07
I like the flow of the story and the emotions were well captured. And in Mou’s style, *clap* *clap* *clap*
Dhiman: *bows down* Thank you π