Totally unprepared…completely nervous and with a thousand thoughts, I
started walking towards nearest Auto stand....I am meeting someone today....I
have spoken to her for a long time...a close friend of mine...but this is our
first meeting...my heart starts thumping...some long lost feeling from crowded
streets of Bangalore comes back rushing to my mind...
I carefully check my wallet...count the notes...cross check on the coins...Relieved...I asked my father to give his old spice...it works like charm...I unpack one of my old jeans, crumpled and shirt which I bought from a old shack downtown Edinburgh....
But I am still restless...I started half an hour early…it was a bright day...perfect blue sky mildly scattered clouds...temperature searing to 100F...I slowly started walking towards auto stop....
Little crowded...kids...book seller...DYFI members with white cap with Red Crescent and fliers in hand...local sweet shops staring aimlessly towards empty store...animated egg-roll wala shouting to attract two ultra-thin girls in early twenties with brightly colored salwar...
Clock ticks to 4PM....I look towards everyone passing by...carefully observing there face...has she come? Why is she late? I get a bit annoyed...perhaps I am too early! I check my watch impatiently...
Suddenly a flash of bright smile...It’s her...I could not focus on anything else...I throat dried up...after minute fumbling…
I said, "Hi!"...
Hopeless romance, here I go again...
[Note: This piece is absolutely nonfiction. All the characters are real. If you happen to find similarity with someone you know…You know...It’s her]
I carefully check my wallet...count the notes...cross check on the coins...Relieved...I asked my father to give his old spice...it works like charm...I unpack one of my old jeans, crumpled and shirt which I bought from a old shack downtown Edinburgh....
But I am still restless...I started half an hour early…it was a bright day...perfect blue sky mildly scattered clouds...temperature searing to 100F...I slowly started walking towards auto stop....
Little crowded...kids...book seller...DYFI members with white cap with Red Crescent and fliers in hand...local sweet shops staring aimlessly towards empty store...animated egg-roll wala shouting to attract two ultra-thin girls in early twenties with brightly colored salwar...
Clock ticks to 4PM....I look towards everyone passing by...carefully observing there face...has she come? Why is she late? I get a bit annoyed...perhaps I am too early! I check my watch impatiently...
Suddenly a flash of bright smile...It’s her...I could not focus on anything else...I throat dried up...after minute fumbling…
I said, "Hi!"...
Hopeless romance, here I go again...
[Note: This piece is absolutely nonfiction. All the characters are real. If you happen to find similarity with someone you know…You know...It’s her]
