Mocking Destiny

The killer was about to be exposed when his phone rang. It was 2 in the morning and he wasn't expecting any call. One... two ... three... three rings and it stopped. He thought its better to get back to Castle and Beckett solving the mystery than checking who the unexpected caller is. He finished the episode, picked up the phone and was shocked to see the number. It was the last person he had expected. It was her. He rubbed his eyes and checked. The caller ID says Riya Rel. It was her only. He never expected her to call again.

But here she was, calling him at this time of the day just like the old times. The old times when they were very good friends. The time they used to talk on phone for hours. The time when he traveled 500 odd KMs just to meet her once, that too taking a paid leave from office.

They were not into an affair but had a very good bonding. There was hardly anything they kept secret from each other. But then everything vanished. It ended over nothing. There was no fight, no argument, nothing. The relationship was over.

And it was her who was responsible. She stopped calling him. He tried calling her several times, sent loads of messages but all went unanswered. She never told him and he never got to know the reason for this erratic behavior of hers. All he knew was that he has lost a very good friend and he accepted that.

But why is she calling him today after such a long time. Its not his b'day. There's no other special occasion he can think of. Then why is she calling.

He thought many a times before dialling that number and when he did, it went unanswered again. Hundreds of thoughts went through his mind. Was she just teasing him. Was it some kind of a joke. Did she dialed him by mistake and so on.

He was trying to get to a significant conclusion when his phone rang again. She was calling him back. He never felt that excited before. He instantly picked up the phone but just to find out that she never called him that morning. He insisted that he has the missed call in his logs but there was none in hers.

Well, he did get a call. If she didn't call him then who did. It was not in her call logs, then hows that possible. Network prob??? He never heard of such a strange problem but well, he has experienced one by himself now.

Whatever happened that day was all very confusing and uncanny. He was not sure that it was a network problem or it was her who wanted to call him and then changed her mind. He didn't know whom to blame, her or Reliance.

That day, he experienced a lot of feelings. He felt extremely thrilled when she called her the second time. And knowing that she never called him was as dejected as it could get to.

But in the end, everything was same as it was yesterday. They never spoke again and nothing changed. It was like destiny was mocking him.

Love at First Sight or just Attraction????

It was a sunny afternoon .... I was travelling from Hyderabad to Pune.... I reached station half an hour early, so went out to grab some cold drink and snacks..... It was still 10 minutes left to the scheduled arrival of train, i confirmed the platform no. from the enquiry. It was platform no. 2 .... I was looking for the coach position of B2 and it was then i had the first glance of her ..... my eyes stopped for a while....

She was not very fair, a bit dusky but there was some kind of a glow in her face .... She was not the prettiest girl i had seen but her features were breathtaking. In all, she was a perfect looking girl.... I don't know it was her glow or my desperation that I felt something the very moment I saw her..... I had to know her .....

I am neither James Bond nor have any relation with him or any other great detective but I could tell her name and her company name at least from the bag and the badge she had on her.....

I was staring at her for like over a minute or so when our eyes met the first time.... The very next moment I turned my eyes away whispering or may be humming 'OMG!! OMG!! What should I do now?'... As there was still time for the train to arrive and I couldn't think of anything else, I walked half the platform down and returned with a bottle of water and some chips.... To my surprise, I found her looking at me.... It was the look saying 'Go Away !!! Stop stalking me' ..... Well I was not stalking her .... she was sitting right in front of the screen displaying B2 ... But she was right on her side as there were some seats vacant at some distance and still I was standing there only ..... I gave her the 'I know what you want' look and got settled in one those unoccupied seats ......

The train arrived few minutes later and what a luck .... My seat no. was 72 and hers 59 .... direct opposite .... Oh God!!! Thank u Thank u Thank u !!! ..... When she saw me settling into my seat she gave me a smile.... may be she was trying to apologize for the misconception she had out there .... but 'guru' i was like 'Hassi toh Phassi' .. ;)

I was on Cloud 9 for a moment, I was full with confidence but still hadn't courage to go and talk to her .... I gathered myself up several times, but never tried ...... I even had the full conversation ready .....

'Travelling alone?'

'Ya'

'Its very boring na'

'hmmm or ya'

'Wanna chat'

'ok' then great .... if she gives a confusing look

'M talking about just chat ... no names .... no phone nos. ... nothing .... just for passing time'

I was sure that she's not gonna say no for this ..... and may be she'll tell her name and if I am lucky enough phone no. after chatting for a while. But still, I didn't ......

Every second was like an era ..... I was continuously staring at her and I bet she had noticed me doing so.... Few hours past .... I didn't do anything but going through the planned conversation again n again.... Oh No!!! She took out a book from her bag .... What now? She's not getting bored anymore .... After all, it was Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho, one of my favorites..... It was like 'Dil k tukde tukde karke muskara k chal diye' for me.....

There was no other option left than watching some movie on my laptop for distraction ..... I guess I watched 'Inglorious Bastards' ... Its a nice movie so it worked .... but then there was she again standing just behind me washing her face .... Shit!!! Shit!!! .... Why the hell am I on the last seat .... Ok no probs .... U can do this .... U can go n talk to her .... but no, I didn't .....

It was around 11 o' clock when something struck my mind.... An Idea .... a great idea .... I looked for a piece of paper and a pen in my bag .... Yes! Yes! I was going to write a note to her .... but wait I don't have a pen .... and its 11 in the night, everybody is sleeping ..... I was stuck again but this time I was desperate enough to search the whole train to look for a person who was awake and second had a pen ....

My luck was going great .... i did find such a person.... Well, it was 7-8 coaches away, but still I got it .... I wrote

'Hey!!! I know u noticed me looking at you .... well, i tried to come n talk to u several times but didn't hv enough courage.... but now i hv ... So, wat u say ? wanna chat??'

I waited for the right moment to deliver the note but was again out of courage... but again to my aid, she went to use wash room .... I went to her seat and left the note in her book .... She came back .... saw the not .... looked here n there confused .... opened it ... read it ... gave me a wierd look .... and went back to reading .....

I can't express what I was feeling at that time .... It was like I had just lost everything .... I just went to sleep .... Pune arrived at 2 am .... I got down from train just to see her boyfriend receiving her with hug and a kiss on the cheeks .... It couldn't have been worse ....

I told myself to forget all this and just move on ..... But It was like she had pledged to make my life worse ..... I took out the water bottle from my bag and there fell a piece of paper ....

'Hey!!! Sorry but I can't .... U see my bf is coming to pick me up. I traveled this far just to meet him...'

wtf !!!! If you don't wanna chat ... Ok .... whats the need of writing all this ..... And it ruined my entire trip .... For the whole 2 days, I was thinking about her only .... I wanted to meet her again ...

I didn't have net access in Pune and the first thing I did coming back to Hydearbad was to search her on FB .... but my bad luck ....

Hey !!! Hey !!! The story is not over yet ..... I told you that she had pledged to ruin my life .....

It had been around 10 days, I came to office as usual and opened FB. There I found .... 1 new message .... OMG!!! ... I didn't believe when I saw the name ...... It was her ..... I was totally confused .... I opened the msg ... It said ....

'Hey... i found your note in my bag .... u knw wat i saw u dat day luking for a pen n i think u struggled a lot to get d same.... it was cheesy (wait wait it was not cheesy ... not at all ... no way .... but does that mean it worked....???)but cute (now its too much .... it was not cute .... it may be innovative, cool, thoughtful but cute... no .... but np... carry on) .... and i appreciate dat... i think we can be frnds ...'

And then i noticed her friend request.... I was confused .... really confused .... And I decided to take some time ..... I neither accepted the request nor rejected it.....

***** Well u may be wondering that i never told her my name .... Well, I also wondered the same ..... but then I recollected that the paper I used for writing her the note was a copy of my online train ticket ..... ******

It had been days .... and then there came one of those days when you don't have control on urself .... It may be bcoz of anything -- anger, joy, sorrow, tension, frustration ..... anything .... mine was obviously coz of frustration ...... I finally replied to her msg ...

'When I saw u d 1st time I felt something for u.... Dont knw ... it was luv at first sight(well i dont believe in dat) or just attraction. If it was luv, i think we shudnt b frnds or to b specific jst frnds... and if it was attraction, then its not a prob... bt cant take risk ... i know ki risk toh spiderman b leta hai ( OMG!!! i can't believe till date that I wrote this) but still sorry'

I even rejected her friend request. I got her reply the next day.

'It was nice knowing u .... Its my bad luck to miss a chance to know u better ... U r 1 of d best guyz i ever met... may be the best even'

Ok ... Ok ... Ok .... U caught me ..... the last part never happened .... She didn't reply at all .... And till date I curse myself to reject her friend request and sending her that msg .... But thats life ... U do a lot of things which u regret later ......

But i still dont know it was luv or attraction !!!!!!

India is gr8 but Indians r greater...

India is a gr8 country but its greatness cant even stand against that of its people, the Indians...

Well, I was alive when India won the WC after 28 yrs.. I witnessed thousands of people getting down on roads to celebrate d glory Indian Cricket team brought.. I saw thousands joining d pages on fb to show they were also alive on the very day when the history of cricket was rewritten..

I also witnessed an old man going on fast unto death in his fight against corruption.. But wat I didnt see is the people coming together again in support.. I didnt see even one percent of the enthusiasm I saw on 2nd April.. Wat I saw was that not even a thousand person signed the Jan Lokpal Bill when I was expecting lacs..

I read plenty of blogs and articles filled with people complaining against corruption.. I saw people asking for one chance to fight it.. but wat I didnt see was people doing what dey said when dey got d chance.

I always felt proud to be an Indian when people said somethings happen only in India but today...

Once Upon A Time

"Papa!! Papa !! I don't want to go to school"

"But, beta u used to love going to school"

"Yes Papa, but that was my old school. I don't like this new school. All my friends are there only".

"Its just a matter of time beta. U will make new friends."

"No papa, I don't want to go to new school. I don't want to go. We shifted home as well. All my friends are in Patiala only. I want to go back.", the tears rolled down Megha's cheeks as she spoke.

"We can't go back to Patiala."

"But why Papa?"

"I told you na we can't go means we can't go. Now go inside and get ready for school", shouted her father.

"Then what about Mama and Bhaiya?", said Megha and went to her room with tears falling down on the floor on her way inside as her father continued reading the newspaper. He leaned forward to reach the cup of tea but came back without it.

2 months back, how happy they were. He never shouted on her before. But what happened since then changed their life totally. They were thrown out of their own house. Their business was sabotaged. And all this happened because of their religion.

What was our fault? What did we do? Why do these people want a separate nation? And If they want Khalistan, can't we be a part of that? These questions usually pop up in his mind but the more exploding was What are we gonna do now?

They lost their shelter, their bread. They lost everything. Megha was too young to understand all this but still she was forced to move to a govt school from one of the best private schools. She even didn't know what her religion is but she was already a victim of the religious riots. She lost her mother and her loving elder brother in the riots. She even didn't know what death is. Her father told her that her mother and brother will come after few days and so she knew.

But he knew that he has lost everything. Everything but Megha. She is the only thing left in his life. But what will he do. He is not educated enough to get a good job and setting up a new business demands a fair amount of money. With all the savings he has, they can survive no more than 3-4 months.

He lived whole his life in Patiala, invested every penny there and the irony was that he lost every penny there only. He had been acting strong since the day he lost his world but seeing tears in his little princess's eyes today broke him up. He wanted to go back and change everything but he couldn't.

He didn't shed a tear after that day but today he was crying and crying loud. He had lost all his faith. He wanted to die. He wanted to end all his sufferings but Megha, how can he do that to Megha!!!

He had to live with all this and he did. He had to struggle a lot but still he managed. And he has got a business again but he couldn't get back his wife and son and he never will.

Note: Well, its too sad to be true but it is. When I met this person, I was shocked. I just wanted to share all this with you.

Damsel in Distress

Nothing is more revitalizing than a nice hangout with friends after an arduous day in office. KN has always been a fabulous place to chill out but today it was incredible with weather being astounding thanks to a copious rainfall; courtesy of which the boys got a nice opportunity to ogle at girls.

And when you get a movie like 'Inception' to watch, you ought to ask someone to pinch you. When you have a cast like this-i mean Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Lewitt, Michael Caine, or Marion Cotillard, the movie just keeps going flawlessly.

Christopher Nolan keeps improving himself, with even more complex and multilayer script like this.And i thought Memento was hard to reach by most of the viewers, but no. Inception will keep you mesmerized and captivated by the genius, that's hidden behind it. And not just directors and screenwriters (or with other words-Nolan), but with acting and sound-and effects and editing as well.

Gosh! I just can't stop praising the movie. But I would say before your life ends, do yourself a favor by experiencing this exceptionally lucid classic created by Nolan!

Well, it had been a stupendous day so far. All credits to Steve for providing us second-half off today. What to do next now?

"Lets go for go-karting", suggested Naren. "Yeah and then dinner at chaupati", added Samir.

Those who dont know, Chaupati is a hillside garden restaurant providing an awesomeview of Pune-Mumbai highway.

"Yeah and then a long drive. Lets have a night out", said Kabir. "Seems like a nice plan. What u say Sonika?", Rahul returned from the loo.

"What a great ass!!!" said Sonika uninformed of all the discussions and plannings going on. "What!!!" shouted Shikha and Naren. "What? What happened?" inquired Sonika.

"What happened!!! What Happened!!!! You giving such coarse comments about the ass of a boy and asking what happened. M surprised, infact I am flabbergasted. Its so mortifying." replied Naren.

"Whats so surprising and what you said mortifying about this. You guys can say anything about girls and we cant" argues Sonika.

"But it doesn't suit us. We are girls.", interrupted Shikha.

"So what. These boys always see us like sex objects and if we say anything, they start this boy - girl, manners and all rubbish. If they can say such things about us, we also can. On one hand they say that boys and girls are equal. We are against sex discrimination but from inside they all are male chauvinist pigs".

Well, she called us pigs on our face but still we didn't have any nerves to bounce back on her. Coz all of us knew that if not all but most of what she said was absolutely correct.

The world present the women as sex objects, as if a woman's prowess can only be expressed when she poses nude. Even studies proves that Men are more likely to view women like that.

Researchers used brain scans to show that when straight men looked at pictures of women in bikinis, areas of the brain that normally light up in anticipation of using tools, like spanners and screwdrivers, were activated.

And that was what Sonika said. At that moment, I realized how tough is for a woman to survive in this world. We often say that man and woman are equal but from inside every male believes that men are superior than their counterpart.

All this is very sadistic but true.

Regret

"Looking back, I realized that a very special person passed briefly through my life, and that person was me. It is not too late to become that person again."

I don't know who wrote this. I found the quote on a blog. But when I looked deep into myself, I felt like this quote belongs to me only.

Everyone has one or more regrets in his/her life. Making mistakes is the one and only common characteristic found in each and every human being as we generally say 'Its the human nature to make mistakes'. What else is in human nature is to regret about the mistakes made.

We make mistakes and realize them later by one or other means. Sometimes, we don't realize at all. But when we realize the mistake made by us, a regret is born. Some of us make efforts to correct our mistakes, some of us don't. Some of us get success, some of us don't. But what most of us do is we give a lot of thoughts to the regrets but hardly make any effort. I am also one of those who think a lot but do nothing.

I do have a long list of regrets but what I regret the most is that I've lost my innocence as well as humbleness over the time. There was a time when I was known for my innocence. People use to call me a 'sahu' (very innocent) guy. But now I am known for my cunning nature.

Many a times sitting alone in my room, I thought deeply about this and many a times I promised myself, I pledged to change myself, to be the same 'sahu' guy again. But I never tried. It may be the world I am living in doesn't allow me to try or may be my will is not strong enough.

But whatever it is, the fact is that I still regret for the same thing and think about it over and over.

And this is also the fact that all of you have one or more regrets in your life. I don't know how many of you ever made an attempt to correct the mistakes made but I would like you to comment here so that those who never tried like me can be motivated.

The First Kiss

It was a sunny summer afternoon. They came out of the cinema hall after watching a wonderful love story and went to the nearby park for spending some good time chatting. He was sitting on the grass and she was lying with her head in his lap.

They were very good friends(just friends). They studied together in school for 2 years but never talked to each other. Then in college, when he went to attend a fest in her college, they met again.
He heard a voice calling his name from behind. It was her but he didn't recognize. She helped him recalling and for the first time they talked. Their friendship started with messages and went on with calls and meetings. It was one of those meetings.

Today they were having some general talks. And then the moment came when they made their first kiss. The kiss came out of nowhere. None of them expected that. He was dating someone else and she was also kind of interested in someone else.
But today they lost some control and experienced their first kiss. The kiss was enough to shock both of them and send them back to their respective places.

And then in the night she called and asked him to meet. He knew the reason for meeting but pretended to be unaware and asked the reason. She said that she has some work. He tried to avoid it for some days but he couldn't.

So they met the next day and discussed what happened the other day. It was not a single person's fault, both were equally involved. Both knew that but the concern was why did this happen? Do they have some special feelings for each other? And the answer was 'yes' and since then they are together.

**Its a real story