[Random Excerpts from my novel...work under progress.....[6 pages so far]..it shall be on a bookstore near you by your grandson's 18th b'day :P]
Trrringg Triiinggggg....the cacophony engulfed the room.
He took his hand out from the blanket....searching for the damned phone !!
"Hello........" he somehow managed to take the words out from his sleep craving being
"We are dead !!!"
"Johnnnnyyyyyy........Saturday morning 10 AM...are you out of ur mind???.......this is like middle of night ....I'm soo gonna kick ur ass man"
"Broadband bill......it has come"
Long Pause. Both were scared. Petrified actually.Both of them just got new broadband connections.First in college to do so.Both thought they had the night 2 to 8 free plan. Sadly that wasn't the case.
In their ignorance they found the bliss of unlimited download.All new movies,Counter Strike Latest Edition,Tory Lane Mega Pack.....they were the stars of campus overnight.
"Fukkk......how much???"
"17900 !!"
"Death....."
"Go run find ur postman.....it shouldn't get delivered home at least "
He sprang up from his bed before the sentence was complete,Phone left hanging.
10:15 AM....that guy must be around somewhere........He was running on road in his bathroom slippers like a pig. Somehow managed to procure the bill safely.
He looked at his bill....15900 !!
Both sat on the fountain near campus....their usual spot. Rum in hand.......with their long faces.
"Mabbe we won't tell anyone"
"Yeah, Its one of those things "
Both looked at each other....and burst out laughing. This is how every problem was received in this group.
Nobody knows how these two managed to pay off the bill. Rumors say their families were disturbed about sudden rise in engineering college fees. But no one knows for sure.
Then one day a letter comes.It was from the telecom company. "We cordially invite our premium customers to join us for the dinner in the city palace". Both called each other again.The familiar roar of laughter followed.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Random Excerpts
[Random Excerpts from my novel...work under progress.....[6 pages so far]..it shall be on a bookstore near you by your grandson's 18th b'day :P]
He looked on to the boy in his tattered clothes struggling with his rickshaw.The view from his top floor plush office was handpicked so that the regal lords could gaze on to the ocean.He,however, couldn't take his eyes off from the young boy fidgeting with his tools in vain.
Audacity of his plush office was annoying. Appalling in fact.As he stood on the granite floor,the contrast between the man and the surroundings was loud. Yet it seemed as if maybe it was the room which deserved the man, not vice versa.
The elevator opened,the suave business clad man was headed straight to the street.He squatted besides the boy.The contrast, was almost amusing.
The boy gave a blank stare.Man was looking straight onto his broken chain of the rickshaw.
"See this??"
boy took a long grease stained plier in his hand.
"I'll hit you with this.I'm like dead pissed anyways and i dont want another NRI to use me for a "HANDS ON" experience with India"
"Can't fit the screw there?"
Boy Gasped.Such precise diagnosis?? This guy know a thing or two about rickshaws allright.
"Ji Saab, Broke from here.Now it just won't fit."
"2 Rupees"
"Ji Saab??"
"It'll cost you 2 bucks"
"You'll repair it?"
"Nah, Jugaad ! "
"Then 2 Rupees is very expensive actually !!"
Both smiled at each other. Man took out his business card and folded it several times.He then fixed it in the Gap which was causing the problem. The screw fitted like a dream.
"Tea?? You're paying"...the man pointed towards the small shack on the roadside.
The two sipped on as the evening faded out to the chilling night.
He looked on to the boy in his tattered clothes struggling with his rickshaw.The view from his top floor plush office was handpicked so that the regal lords could gaze on to the ocean.He,however, couldn't take his eyes off from the young boy fidgeting with his tools in vain.
Audacity of his plush office was annoying. Appalling in fact.As he stood on the granite floor,the contrast between the man and the surroundings was loud. Yet it seemed as if maybe it was the room which deserved the man, not vice versa.
The elevator opened,the suave business clad man was headed straight to the street.He squatted besides the boy.The contrast, was almost amusing.
The boy gave a blank stare.Man was looking straight onto his broken chain of the rickshaw.
"See this??"
boy took a long grease stained plier in his hand.
"I'll hit you with this.I'm like dead pissed anyways and i dont want another NRI to use me for a "HANDS ON" experience with India"
"Can't fit the screw there?"
Boy Gasped.Such precise diagnosis?? This guy know a thing or two about rickshaws allright.
"Ji Saab, Broke from here.Now it just won't fit."
"2 Rupees"
"Ji Saab??"
"It'll cost you 2 bucks"
"You'll repair it?"
"Nah, Jugaad ! "
"Then 2 Rupees is very expensive actually !!"
Both smiled at each other. Man took out his business card and folded it several times.He then fixed it in the Gap which was causing the problem. The screw fitted like a dream.
"Tea?? You're paying"...the man pointed towards the small shack on the roadside.
The two sipped on as the evening faded out to the chilling night.
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