Mission Railway Station

And finally am there where I always wanted to be – Cochin, the queen of Arabian sea. I always had a love for this city and it still remains the same. Okay now, when I reached Cochin, I was searching for a company, to roam around, to know the core of the city. But the two people I knew, or I was friends with, were too busy with their own stuffs and I had to search for some company. New city, new friends, new life..errrr...  Huh, well, guess am get’n carried away from the topic.. Okay, here I go.

It was New year eve, and I wanted to get back home,  but the problem was that, the gal is not that stubborn as she seems to be and she was not so used with travelling in train, and travell'n alone was something scary. I at least wanted someone to accompany me to the station – wasn’t familiar with the place, had no idea where the railway station is and didn’t know how much time it would take to reach the station from my office.

There are two railway stations in the city – North n South – and I had to catch the train from South, n that South station was pretty close to my office...My colleagues asked me to leave office by 5 pm, get a rickshaw so that I could reach the station before 5:25 pm, which was supposed to be the trains’s schedule.  Errr.. Rickshaw ? Station? Train? I was all confused and tensed. 100-150, 100-150… heart was beat’n so fast n furious.  ;)

I badly wanted a friend whom I trust, a person who KNOWS THE CITY, to drop me to the station.. And there comes the star, RAJ, my friend, who was liv’n in the city for the past few years. I asked him to drop me to the station. I had to set it all up the previous day coz u have no idea how busy that guy’s. x-(

And thus, I left office by 5. Some of my colleagues were also going to the same station.

Hey, com’n wid us?

Nope, my frnd will b com’n to pick me up, thank u :-) 

Raj was late by 5 mins, but I was fine.. . A colleague told me that there was some shortcut and one could reach the station within 10 mins. Fair enough. He had a bike,will reach the station faster than a rickshaw can, he knows the place too, I thought. And thus we started our journey – MISSION RAILWAY STATION.

Saw my colleagues on the way, they were wait'n for a rickshaw. I waved at them.

Oh what a pity.! You didnt get a rickshaw? You guys might miss your train.. Saaaad ;)

We reached a junction from where we are supposed to turn to the left, accord’n to the route map by a colleague. But to my surprise, my dear friend turned to the right.

Raj, its south station!

Oh, is it? Don’t worry. I know the shortcuts.

Cool! He’s more familiar with the city, he might be know’n every nook n corner, I thought.

From main road to sub roads, and then through lanes, we were off to the station. 


There, I saw a small bridge and Raj stopped his bike there.

What happened?

Errr.. to my knowledge the railway station was somewhere here. Cant find it though!!

Raaaj, U kidd’n me? Its already 5:15!

Okay, we’ll ask someone.

Huh, wat? Hmm.. okay!

SOmeone passed by and the guy said something like go straight turn left and all.. We did, and he started ask’n each and everyone who came through the way. All of them gave their contribution, and we reached the same bridge from where we started!

Now, that’s it! I was like.. WTF! I’m gonna miss the train for sure! And there wasn’t any other train scheduled to TVm other than this!. Great! What am I gonna tell my parents? F**k!

Now, he didn’t stop and passed through some lanes and we finally reached a railway-crossing. We could see the station which was almost 500 meters away from where we stopped.

Okay, we will walk, come...run!

Are u crazy Raj? With this heavy bag, I’ve to walk all through these track? I have no grip and I’ll fall anytym.

He grabbed my bag and ran as fast as he could.

As we saw someone on the other side of the railway crossing, just to clarify, he asked that guy which station it was.

“North station”

**Statue**

Time -5:20 PM

Great! So we reached the other end! 

We walked or rather ran towards the bike and when we almost reached there, a train passed by – the same train which I had to board.


 Wow!

Raj was in a dilemma. He didn’t know what to do. He suggested about going by bus. But I was almost panicking. 

If u didn’t know the exact route, then y did you agree to come with me? Now, If I miss the train, u’ll have to drop me to my place, do u get that?

He started riding very fast and I could sense that he was shivering!

Oh man!What if we meet with an accident? I couldn’t imagine how my family would react.  My relatives would be more keen about know’n who the guy i was with, what's my relation with him and all that than worrying about my death! 100-150, 100-150 – U know wat it’s!

Hey, Raj, Why are you shiver’n?  Its ok re..  I’ll catch some bus. I’ll be fine.. Ride safe...

He still didnt slow down and some how,  managed to reach the station.


Time- 5:25 PM


Eventhough we didn’t have hope that I’d get the train, I’d an intuition that everyth’n will be fine. Good that I already had ticket with me. He ran with my bag to the platform and fortunately the train was still there. My intuitions never cheated me ;) After all, Indian Railway - u can never rely on it ;) and this train was supposedly the one which doesnt wait for no one and reaches on time, and still its there, as if waiting for me! :D

The moment I got into the train, it started mov’n! Now that’s what u call luck!

Once I found my seat and got settled down, I called him up to thank him (Gentle woman..ahem). He didn’t pick the call. And then, once he picked the call, he started shout’n as if I did something wrong. :O

Stop calling me, am done with it now.. 


Arrey! :O maine kya kiya... 


Sab tumhari galti hai !

Oh teri! He’s the culprit here and look, he's blam’n me! Wat the heck! 


And guess what, He didn’t show up after that, LOL :P

But now, when I think about all these, I feel like it was fun, real fun indeed. :) Guess it’s the same with you too, RAJ!  :-)

It Happens Only In India!!

Things happening in India from my point of view - Fun intended. Even I love my country, but hate the things happening over here..


INDIA, is a country :

1. Which has been developing 20 years back, and still remains as such.
2. Has 28 states with diverse culture, language and attitude, but none actually like each other.
3. Where the cricketers are highly paid and the Jawans are almost ignored.
4. Present awards and "Lt. Colonel" title to people who act in movies as the same, without taking much effort compared to the real ones, and the real ones, as mentioned above get ignored.
5. Where Hockey is supposed to be the National Sport, but hardly does anyone play it.... Along with the endangered National Animal!
6. With hell lot of reality shows, and everythin' being dramatic than a full length movie.
7. Where people find their partners through reality shows and SMS counts.
8. Where people like Rakhi Sawant's popular and hardly anyone know who Meira Kumar's, Shahrukh Khan is popular than Manmohan Singh.
9. With news channels where they publish, "Rahul Gandhi ne aaj dopahar ko kya khaaya" as breaking news.
10. Where illiterate people are mostly elected as Ministers, and those with too much brains are booted out from politics. (No, I didnt mean Lalu & Shashi Tharoor) ;)
11. Where "Bandh" is also a national festival.
12. Where everyone loved to be called as an "Indian", and love to stay anywhere other than India!
13. With transport buses faster than Bugatti and drivers considering themselves as Schumacher.
14. Where give & take of dowry is a crime accordin' to rules, but a right to every Indian citizen.
15. Where people go for MBA after Engineering.
16. With a hell lot of good-for-nothing engineers and doctors and colleges as well.
17. Where eve teasin' & molestin' gals is almost a national game.
18. With people who happily work as drivers and coolie outside India and deny to do the same in their country.
19. With a Cricket Team where just one guy called SACHIN TENDULKAR even at the age of 37 plays while others pluck grass..!!
20. Where everyone talks about charity, and hardly any do it.
21. Where parents save all their assets for their children and finally gets kicked out by the same.
22. Where virginity is a big deal, but scarcely can you find one possessing it.
23. With poems and stories explaining "Bharatasthreekal thaan bhavasudhi" , but havin' epics where one chick sleepin' around with 5 brothers and what not!
24. With too many GODs & temples, which include Khushboo, Namitha and ofcourse Rajnikanth.
25. Where you can find too many IT companies, majority of them working for US, UK and other foreign countries...
26. With too many political parties, for each n every religion as well as workin' for some holy crap politician.
27. Where people are more interested to know what's happenin' at their neighbor's place - not bothered about wat is happenin' inside their child's room.

Think!!! Aren't we being dumb? If things remain this, our country will remain as "developing" down the line...!

My Idea of Social Hibernation

This wud b the stupidest as well as the best thing I've ever done in my life.. Confused huh? Even I'm! ;-) Thanx to the soul who taught me wat social hibernation is. He started it off by switch'n off his mobile fone on his B'day, send'n "Dont look for me", "Don't call me" kinda E-mails and a lot more. I, like every other human being found it crazy. I was wonder'n how a person can isolate with the rest of the world for some stupid reason or for the reason that someone else did something bad to him... Anyways I left it as it...

Years later, I was left in a situation where I badly wanted to embrace solitude and everything else under the sun seemed to be annoy'n.. Gud dat I didn't delete any of those mails, was lazy enough to type out another that I forwarded the same mail to my frnds too :P I luvd the way he showed me!

I loved dat solitude.. Me n myself.. Noone to share my feel'ns, managed to solve the silliest and the toughest things that came my way all alone... Was happy that finally I was independent.. And den once i felt like am happy enuff, gave my frnds a call...

But that turned out to be a routine.. Coz once they rush back, everyth'n gets back to wat it used to be.. The confused me, the protectors, the saviors.. Hated it.. I was being dependent... Again, social isolation.. !!!

Something I didnt take into consideration was dat, the person who actually taught this to me was actually capable of handling everyth'n on his own and am just too weak in that sort... I was fall'n apart every other time.. Cry'n out helpless.. Cant even go to my frnds, for the consequence will b more than i can take.. :D

Now, I was(am) so self-centred that I didn't realise dat there were certain people who were suffer'n, who were wonder'n wat actually was happen'n around... The ones who often wirnessed my moodswings n became victims...Okay peeps, am sorry for all the creepy things i did.. Now I'm done with the isolation thing.. Screw my swinging moods! I'll never ever do this, trust me!

Oh hoo.. I'm feel'n low.. I need a break.. Dont ping me unless u get a mesage from me.. Bye guys!! :P :P LOL! Kidd'n ;-)

Missing the Times....

Miss'n the times when you used to :

Call me up from ur office phone n chat for long ;-) (Ahem, n i used to get calls from your  colleagues ask'n who called me up from the very official office phone.... I had a tuff tym then ;) )

Recharge my mobile number every now and then, without even ask'n me or expect'n anyth'n in return...

Send Personalised SMS (There were a hell lot, and I loved dem all)

Stand by my side during the worst tyms in my life, (Hahaha, What would have I done without you? You managed to make it all a joke to laugh about )

Smile n correct, without teasing me over the stupidest things i utter, let it b "Mohd Dhoni" or Indian soccer team winn'n the 2006 world cup :P (Awww.. I was stupider than what am now)

Listen to my endless crap (I do remember, at tyms u used to fall asleep as well) :P

Keep ur stuffs aside n listen to me (mostly the good-for-noth'n crappy problems of mine, without offend'n, u just listen to whatever i say n help me out to solve them, as if they were one of the biggest problems one cud ever face)

Sit next to me (virtually) n help me in my studies, (remember, how u helped me with my physics, n stil i flunked :P , how i cried out b4 Civil engg exam say'n i knew noth'n n u suggested me to copy from sum1 n i passed with 60% :P well that doesnt mean ki i copied :P )

Select hello tune for my number (Mostly ur favorites :-|)

Keep on call'n me wen my fone's on silent mode or wen I fyt wid you.... (There were tyms wen i had found 80+ missed calls on my fone.. Sigh!!!)

Say, "Yeh Aravind ka jaadu hai, Kabhi fail nahin hota" ;-) (And all dose dialogues n shayaris from Aamir Khan movies, claiming u own them :P)

Those were the days which can never be recreated even if we wish to... Life has changed, so do we!! But U are indeed the best person I've ever met, and the best...errr..the BESTEST (I know such a word dusin exist, superlatives can never define him) FRIEND I can ever get..!!  And as you know, am your BIGGEST FAN and i do follow and try to don see things as you do..LOVE YOU ARAVIND, THANX FOR BEING MY FRIEND! :-)

PS: Convince ho gaye ya aur maska laga doon? :P

Some Creepy Thoughts ;-)

These are some of them I've posted in FB as status messages.. I know it suxx big tym, but i dont care! :P Read it or leave it!

I lost everyth'n I had - passions, hopes, dreams,confidence,smile, love, everyth'n - except SELF - OBSESSION! :-D

Losers live a better lyf dan winners.. They know they r gonna achieve hardly anyth'n, and stay content with watever comes their way.. But winners, they r never satisfied with their lives, and will always stay disturbed!! :-D

The F word - The most adorable word in the world - FRIENDS! :-P

Marriages are made in heaven, they try to live on Earth, and end up in Hell! :-D

Love, smile and tears come as a package.. Befriend love, u'll get the other two as compliment!

Ppl hate me for be'n myself.. And i laugh at them for be'n sum1 else!!

It ain't that I cant change for any1..Its just dat, as long as am happy be'n myself,I dont care what othere think about me..

Some ppl have a magic in them that they can never b replaced by any other!

Expect something if u really deserve it; B possessive, if ur the owner and B sensitive towards things which are really sensible to b responded.. If not, EXPECTATION, POSSESSIVENESS AND SENSITIVENESS has the power to kill!!

Make urself available to receive anyth'n, coz most of the tym, u get things u dont deserve - It might b somwth'n far beyond ur expectations! :)


If it was meant to be, it will be... if it wasn't, let it be! :-)

Certain thoughts just carry you away, tackle it, else u r worth noth'n!

No one is perfect in this world.. , No one's born cheats or frauds...Every human make mistakes.. Once he regret on what he did, he deserves a second chance! And other humans should forgive and give them their chance, else they r mak'n a mistake!

Some ppl who were never meant to b together, meet up somehow, befriend or sumtyms fall for each other, and den realise that life would have been way better without him/her!! But then, there myt b some reason behind y they met!

If everyth'n in the world would be as we wanted it to be, then there wouldn't be anyth'n to hope for... Life would be an easy one, with no stunts or thrills ;-)


Every1 blive that they r the hero/heroine of the story, especially love stories ;) At tyms, they'll end up as support'n characters in some1 else's love story! But then, u'll get to know later dat der's another story where u play the lead role and all others were actually support'n ur character! ;-)

U choose someth'n nd u get someth'n else.. But ultimately, all iss well, that ends Well :-)

I wish I had an "Erase" buton or an "Undo" option for my Brain's memory as well...

The role of a true friend :

• To stay with other in their ups and downs, precisely during downs.
• To keep them happy.
• To take all the crap they give you.
• To listen to their endless crap wen ever they blabber.
• To smile and act as if u r happy all the tym, and u need no support - u can manage everyth'n on ur own.
• To give their space when they find a GF/BF or a life partner - U r role's over. Probably quit until they get dumped!

The best thing u can do to a wonderful memory is trying to re-create it with someone new!!!
Many a tym u feel lyk life aint giv'n u wat u deserve - u feel u r get'n screwed, u cannot handle things, u often ask "Y ALWAYS ME?".. But then, you fail to realise dat u r actually capable of get'n everyth'n u deserve.. There's no use whin'n, coz it nevr helps u out.. All u gotta do is, fyt it out, kick off everyth'n comes ur way nd show dat u r worth someth'n!!

Know'n the faults n groom'n oneself is the best one could do so as to keep the future safe n stay happy without hurt'n any other liv'n be'n.. :-)

Many a tym u get ignored, trashed, treated like crap... But then, that shudn't stop u from lov'n & be'n urself.. It you who decide wat u r, wat u worth...

Sometyms you wish u were someone else, but then, all u gotta know is dat, someone else myt b regret'n that he/she wasnt you!!! Love the way u r, no matter wat!

As long as u believe that you are worth something, noth'n could beat you... 

You become possessive only about the one you love the most and when you think someone else would take your place... But then, if someone replaces you, that would mean, you are not good enough to be there or the person doesn't have the thing they show they have towards you... If you are really worth, u'll never be replaced! :-) 

If everyth'n in the world would be as we wanted it to be, then there wouldn't be anyth'n to hope for... Life would be an easy one with no stunts or thrills ;-)

A smile can create wonders... Doesnt matter whom u r giv'n it to.. All that matters is the situation... Dont smile at a person who's furious at you, u r gonna get a tight slap :-D

The MRI Scan!

Oh My God!! How long shud i take this eff'n pain? It been around 8 years, and still am suffer'n.. Cant u just spare me? Spondylosis, stenosis or watever - I'm the 1 who has to take this crap. And that loafer Niyas, said, "Abbey, U r gonna b bed-ridden soon!" Errrrrr.... Am gonna kill u!

Ok! Now, its tym for some treatment. Since v have tried everyth'n out, let's check out how Ayurveda's gonna work. How sweeeet.. I'm the specimen here..Grrrr!!

Haah! Ok, so, the doctor asked to take an MRI scan.. Hmmmph....All set! Off to the scann'n center.. The Scan wud cost 6k! Waaaat?? Amma, come let's go! V can buy a new machine wid this much money..

Ah! seems lyk they r not gonna leave me! Okay, let's do it. They gave me some dress, i wore it, and i was taken to a room which had this MRI machine, and another room adjacent to it, separated by glass doors, some people sitt'n over there. Now, a guy came in, asked me to lie over a bed-shaped part of the machine - The machine was more like a coffin. Once i lied down, he said, "U might hear some sound, don't get afraid. U can call up ur mom and ask her to sit here if u want ".

Hahaha, whom r u talk'n to?Who's gonna get scared? ME? nice joke, I thought.

"No thanx. Am fine."

He smiled, closed the "coffin" and left the room. After a while, i could hear some sound com'n out, just like someone beat'n over the top of the machine.

The shrill sound continued for a while -It was more like drums. And then, once it was done, Guitar sorta sound started "play'n". This went on and on, different tones of guitars and drums! It was more lyk rock music pay'n around, specially for me. Crap man!! I luv rock music, but this 1 was too much.. Imagine yourself attend'n a rock show, and u got a seat next to the speakers - how wud it b!

Maaaan! I didnt expect someth'n lyk this. I'm gonna puke. This's terrible. I'll die soon.. Jeeeeez, am com'n!

This torture went on for around half an hour, I wanted some1 to open the door and help me out. The guy, came in then, opened the coffin, I wanted to thank him for help'n me from dy'n so soon.

"We need to take this again. We didnt get any proper scan. Ur head was mov'n. Dont move. We have to take this again", he said, and left.

Huh! WTF! I was not mov'n, it was the throbb'n of a person who wud die any soon. Now,I've to take this torture again? Dont tell me! :-( So these people actually anted to kill me!

The same torture continued for an hour :-( , a total of 1.5 hours torture, but fortunately, i didnt die!

So peeps, If someone asks you to go for a MRI scan, I'd suggest you, Noooooooooooooooooo, If you dont wanna get tortured, try out someth'n else!

VTV - I'm in love with you!

Watch'n movies has always been a passion right from my school days. But then, I almost failed to get the essence of each and every movie I watched, it was just for fun, or more like, using brains, no emotional string attached. Since there was no emotional element, I almost quit watch'n any. Movies limited to one or two in a year, and dat too, of my favorite actor's or director's.

But then, the gal fell in love (yeah, u heard it ryt! ;-)), and started lov'n movies too, u know those romantic buffs, relat'n herself to the characters in every movie she watched! (errr..lame!) But, it was gud-relat'n oneself with another, not empathiz'n, just relat'n - more lyk watch'n urself on screen.. it was good.!!

Now, I'm one hell of a movie buff, watch'n them either in the movie hall or once the original CD/DVD gets available - no pirated stuff encouraged! :-) Recently, its lyk too many movies - Ividam Swargamaanu - Was not so gud, i haaaaaaaaaate Mohanlal! 3 idiots - Who said it was just 2-5% FPS? Hello, its almost 60% FPS, and the rest, The Munnabhai treatment! But was quite watchable, With AALL IZZ WELL jingl'n around.. Avatar - Yeah, a typical Indian movie, Melodrama - Vietnam Colony reloaded with the tribal touch in those Malayalam movies - Trespasser falls in love with the tribal princess blah blah blah.. :P And MNIK - Hmmm, shud appreciate KJ's attempt.. Never expected this kinda movie from him. less of emotional atyaachar, but more of SRK atyaachar (Yeah, i hate him as well!)

But, VTV - Vinnai thaandi Varuvaaya - Maaaaaaaaaaan! i just loved it! Vaaranam Aayiram made me a hard core GVM fan, that movie was tooooo gud.. So, when i heard about VTV, had lots of expectations, Gautham's new venture,ARR music, Simbu-Trisha pair was look'n good as well... Simbu seemed like doing the role of a "normal" guy, unlike all his "supernatural" movies. I personally consider Simbu as a very talented guy- Jack of all trades - except the over act'n skill which's hereditary ;-)

So, couldn't wait for long, watched it in the 1st week of release itself. But, was so much disappointed, it was entirely different from whatever i had in my mind.. 1st half, it was like the Surya-Sameera love story in VA in another portrait. 2nd half was a bit too illogical for me..And the climax, ah!! Moreover, the music didnt do any magic in me when i heard it for the first tym.. So on the whole, It was a disaster.. Even my friends didnt lyk it either.

But then, the next day, I found myself so much disturbed. The movie was disturb'n me - Kartik n Jessie were disturb'n me, even the songs. I couldnt get myself out from the it.  coupla days later, went for KCK, but still, VTV was runn'n around my head. So waited for noth'n, called up Vipin and we were off for the movie. Weekend, and it was almost house full, but hopefully got the tickets.

Oh maaan! Can't explain! I had to disagree with my opinion wen i watched it for the 1st tym! It was a treat to the eyes. i enjoyed each and every moment of it.. Yeah, the story line's very much familiar - Hindu guy falls in luv with Christain gal, moreover the guy's too young for her, ahem ;) parents fyt'n over, emotional atyaachar etc etc.. But GVM's treatment is appreciable.. It has love, it ha life, it has everyth'n! Trisha looked stunningly beautiful and did decent act'n as well.. Simbu was excellent, he justified the role. Kudos! That reminds me, Simbu, in this movie, resembled Swaraj a lot, especially, with stubbles. hehe ;)

The climax was actually great! Tragedy- some would say, but i wud say, this is life! And the same thing wud have happened in almost every guy's lyf, no wonder y guys luvd this a lot ;)

ARR's music complimented a lot.. Am still addicted to it..ARR magic along with GVM did create wonder.. On the whole,it was worth watch'n!

An e-mail about VTV goes like this:

One who likes love will watch it calmly !

One who s in love will feel it... !

One who failed in love will enjoy it with pains & tears..!

One who doesn't know anything about love will say "Padama machi ithu??"

Hehe, I second that!!!!

The Revival

Seems lyk i've not touched this blog for long.. Wen i feel like writ'n, i wudn't have tym or yopic, wen have topic, there wont b tym or mood, and wen i've tym to write, there wont be topic or mood!! Phewwwwwwwww!!

Now i know certain technical things, thanx to my workplace - If i didnt update or write things which is worth read'n, Google wudn't..Errr...Wat? Ah, Cache it! Now, Dont ask me wat it actually mean, I've no idea!! Anyways, its time for reviv'n the whole stuff! Ah! Now the template looks gud too, but a bit Girly.. (Not match'n my personality, eh?) :P So, THE REVIVAL!!! :-)

2 States- The story of "my" marriage!

Ah!U guessed it WRONG! Am not a plagiarist!And I didn't copy the header from Chetan Bhagat;and this is definitely NOT about my marriage! C'mon! Am still single :-) This is a review i can say,about my favorite author's book - "2 STATES". :-) Eventhough am not too much into books (not even academic) I never skip a chance to read Chetan's works..I just love him;infact,his style of writ'n- It's so simple and interest'n..

So,lemme start with purpose. Came to see a promo of this book in MTV with Chetan appear'n in the show,i was so excited to read the book.From the preface,I had an idea that this would be like some bollywood movie which involved lot of drama and stuffs.Yeah,Chetan disappointed me a bit in his last work "3 mistakes in my life".It seemed like a script of some Ajay Devgn or SRK movie. (Hey,Aravind,I know I had a fight with u over and over on this topic-U said the book was crap and I never agreed,but now,I accept,it wasn't upto the mark,but not soo crap!)Anyways,couldn't resist myself from read'n this book even though I'm under exam stress.

Accord'n to wikipedia,the novel is a fiction, but is said to be inspired from the real story of the author and his wife Anusha who are from Delhi and Tamil Nadu respectively. Also,it is sequel to Five Point Someone.Oh crap!The Asshole Professor threatened Hari(FPS-Here,Krish) to screw his degree if he didnt leave Neha and got married to some other guy. :-(

Hmm..The book accord'n to me,was awesome! :-) The language as usual,is perfect for people like me. There was no much love mak'n" scenes",even though Krish and Ananya had lots and lots of it ;-) Ah,that myt disappoint some of my friends though ;-) The usage of Tamil words,and the way he mentioned the tamilian conversations with "something something" seemed funny!

The way he portrayed the Ananya is indigestible to a South indian like me..What i traced out was that the story took place in late 90's.This girl,who was a Tamil Brahmin,ate chicken,wore shorts in the college,slept in her BF's room,had beer and even sex! C'mon! People out here still fear to do all that,that too from such a family as u mentioned in the story,forget 90's!As far as I know,South Indians are still very much conservative! So all those seemed to be quite unbelievable and too much of an exaggeration! Any ways,there will be exceptions in every sort.Ananya might b one among them!

The funniest part- I always used to say my parents and friends that I'd luv to marry a Punjabi and this book was someth'n like a tutorial for me ;-) How the Punjabi families are,how to behave in front of them,what they expect,what to do and what not to,and how hard it's to manage these Indian families with different culture! "UNITY IN DIVERSITY"??? Holy crap!! I better quit;don't wanna take any risks though! :-(

So in short the book's worth read'n.. Get one from the nearest store and Enjoy!! :-)

Gautham - U'll always be remembered !

"No!U should listen to me.Do what I say.Stop talk'n to strangers.U r so dumb,u just have a peabrain.U dunno about guys out here.Stop trust'n people just lyk dat".Rahul screamed.

"Y should I listen to you?Who the hell r u?Stop play'n god and u'll b better off if you mind your own business!" I couldn't control my temper.He's my boyfriend,that doesnt mean that I should be his slave.!

The conversation ended up in a blast and we disconnected the call say'n we wouldn't talk to each other anymore.Huh! As if I care.!!

After a coupla minutes,I sat in front of my PC to check ma mails and all that.Whatever he said was reverberat'n on my head.Short tempered I'm, it's quite tough to control my temper.

I knew whatever he said was right and what I was go'n to commit is bullshit.Still, I couldnt listen to my heart,and i did what my brain was prompted me to do.Got into yahoo chat rooms and clicked on some ID and started chatt'n with some guy!

"Holy Crap!Get out from there.U can't be this dumb.Stop do'n this!"

Who listens to their conscience when they are angry!I just continued do'n what i felt like!

"Asl please!"The guy said.(The id said it was a guy)

"25,male,mallu" That was my reply.

We continued to chat for a while.He told he was Gautham,An Engineer'n student and all that.

I made up some story-I was Deepak,An engineer work'n wid Infy.

The guy wasn't so dumb like me to believe everyth'n i said and am so bad at convinc'n people. He myt have understood dat i was a gal.

We used to chat almost everyday.And one fine day I told him that I was a gal.Errr....What force led me say all that is still a mystery.

The chats went on for days and we even started talk'n over phone.I was so angry with my boyfriend and the way he handled things was wrong,accord'n to me.That led me do all these, includ'n giv'n ma private number to some stranger!!

This guy,Gautham seemed to be so genuine and i started lik'n him.We never met but some bond'n still existed between the two of us. He used to talk about his college,hostel,friends,gal friends,how he messed up with his principal,how he got screwed after dat..It went on and on and on.

By then,I had patched up with my BF. Com'on,all these stupid fights exist in these relations,but didnt tell him about Gautham since i didnt want to pull another fight on.

Years passed by.We almost lost contacts.Hardly did we talk. I realised the fact that he wasn't meant to be there, it was just to spend time, for the two of us. I almost forgot this guy.

That was a Wednesday.I was feel'n so ill that i slept for a while after lunch.When i woke up,found 5 missed calls from Gautham.

"Eh?5 missed calls?? Wassup with him?Why did he call me like that?"

Rang him back.

"I wanna meet you."That was his start'n phrase.

"Gimme your address.I'll come and meet u up"

I was shocked! What happened to this guy?Why does he want to meet me?I had no interest though.

"Hey,am at my Uncle's place ryt now.We'll meet some other day."I lied.

He started blabber'n,"U r the only friend whom I'ven't met yet.I badly wanna meet you.What if we don't get another chance?"

"Eh?Who wants to meet you? Hehehe... By the way,U gonne die or what?" I laughed.

"May be"

"Hey,Gautham stop this, Don't get into all those..We'll meet someday" I tried to convince him the best way i could.

"I need to tell you someth'n."

"Shoot."

"I'll soon be undergo'n a surgery"

"Surgery?What for?"

"Im a cancer patient"

"Gautham,stop this.See, its true that we hardly know each other and forced to believe all that the other one say,but that doesnt mean that you can say whatever you want.What you just said is so sensitive!"

"I know.But trust me,this is no joke.What i just said is as true as the existence of God. Am sorry,I've hidden this from you. Everyone was show'n sympathy when they came to know that I was dy'n, and I hate that! I was fed up with everyth'n .But,your presence was so sooth'n,and I didnt want you to do the same.So hid everyth'n.Was undergo'n treatments and that's the reason why I couldn't contact you this long.But,treatments couldn't cast any magic and I should accept the fact that I'll die soon."

I was in a trauma and I couldn't utter a word.

"Yes,Am dy'n deara, and that's no joke! .But trust me,I had a great tym when oyu were around. U kept me happy...  n whenever i was talking to u i never ever thought about what i was going through...You were so nice. Stay happy,and stop fight'n with your bf. Hey,are you listen'n?"

"Hmmmmm"

"But,I would like to meet you."

He gave the details of the hospital where he was admitted.

I rang up Rahul and told him everyth'n.

"I'm not sure whether he was say'n the truth or not,but If he wasn't ly'n, I guess I should meet him. Now please don't fight over this, its a sensitive issue, and I want you to be with me when I meet him".

Rahul listened carefully and agreed to come with me. We went to the hospital the very next day to meet my "chat friend".

We entered the hospital, enquired for the guy, and we found his ward. I was literally shiver'n and out of my mind. But then, Rahul's presence made me strong and we entered the room. We found a guy ly'n sick on the bed with people around him. A lady was sitt'n next to the boy wip'n her tears. They saw us, and my eyes struck on this guy. Eventhough we had chatted n talked for long, we never passed our personal pictures or anything.. but somehow, he looked just like what i had  on my mind..

Gautham - He was a fair, lean and considerably tall guy .Dark circles covered his eyes and he appeared to be tired, may be coz of pain.

He might have been expect'n me over there, he passed a smile, as soon as he saw me, which was tired, really cute though. He signaled us to sit next to him, we moved in, sat next to him, I didn't show what was go'n through me, and started talk'n as if noth'n happened and everyth'n was normal.

We talked with his parents & friends too.Came to know from them that Gautham was a real smart and a studious guy. Everyone stood gloomy and Gautham was consol'n them. I Couldn't stand that for long.

Me and Rahul were about to leave. Suddenly Gautham extended a small box wrapped with a gift wrapper, towards me. He asked me to open it. That was a ceramic statue of a lovely gal with a cute smile.

"This is U. I want you to Smile like this forever," He said.

"And Rahul, don't you dare fight with my li'l sister again, ma spirit will be roam'n around and I'll kill you if you do so", he said with a naughty smile.

"She's a gem. Just take good care of her. She loves u so much"

I was done, I ran towards him and gave him a hug. I realised, all of us were cry'n. He wiped my tears, shook my hands, said goodbye and asked me to stay safe. We bid goodbye with a heavy heart.

Few days later, I received a call from Gautham's friend say'n he left us forever. Me and Rahul attended his funeral and everything.

I was his li'l sister. And I'll be, forever, eventhough he's not around. Ah, nope!! He's with me, watch'n me, consol'n me whenever I feel low, punch'n me whenever I do someth'n wrong - My Guardian Angel - Gautham! Miss you Bro!