“Klung”
Opening his third eye, Lord Shiva checked his phone. It was
a whats app message from Mohammed, the Prophet. It read, “Jesus Christ agreed
for the meeting. Let us meet tomorrow evening at your hills”. Smiling at the
message, he continued his meditation.
Next day, they assembled.
Mohammed : “We gave certain guidelines and way of life for
people to follow. Even though our individual guidelines are different in some
sense, one common objective, we had is to make them lead a meaningful and happy
life. But what we see as happening is totally the other way. This is disgusting
and disturbing. What to do?”
Shiva : “Why can’t we take back what we gave them ?”
Jesus : “What do you mean ?”
Shiva : “Let us make the world void of religion”
Mohammed : “If three
of us feel, that is what is going to solve the problem, let us do it and see”
Jesus : “Fine, I feel there is no harm in doing that”.
Shiva : “Ok, when can do execute the plan”
Jesus : ”Now it is fag end of the year 9999, Now all the
system might need an upgrade to handle the five digit year entry. Let us
seamlessly include this change also”
All of them, “Done!!! Let us pray the almighty that this
solves the problem”
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Jan 1st 10000 A.D
Tirupathi was considered to be one of the frequently
visited hiking spot. Nagapatinam is a famous beach which had lots of resorts
with water game. Mecca and Medina had become an international trade arena,
where business people from all over the world flocked to sell and buy various
products.
Dictionary software read, “There are no results for: religion”
School / college application form did not ask for caste.
Typical matrimony sites read,
“Educated, well salaried male needed for a 24
year old girl. Girl’s blood group is A+. Guys with same or compatible blood
groups are accepted”
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Gayatri was busy getting ready for her
college. She has to catch three buses and then walk for 20 minutes to reach her
college. She has to travel so far every day because the house where she stays,
with her family is their ancestral property and the college where she studies
is her dream college. Her family is one of the few joint families that are
still surviving in the 100th century. She lives with her father’s
elder and younger brother and their families.
“So what do I say to the guy’s family? Are you still confused?
Gayatri’s father asked
“Appa how many times I need to tell you
and Amma, I do not want to get married to a guy who is the only son of a family
and enter into a family where in, only I and he will be there. This alliance
that you showed me, the guy is here and the parents are very far, they met once
a year and I do not know what a family means there.... I am confident that you
will find a better guy for me who satisfies with my only condition”
“Ok .. will inform them and Let me try further“
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Syed hates to be in the queue because
he feels highly uncomfortable in crowd.
When his turn came, he was queried,
“What do you prefer – Single room or share with 2 or 4 of your classmates?”
Syed replied, “No sharing, please give
me a single room and I suppose I can retain this room for all four years of my
studies”
“Yes!! You can hold the room though out
your stay here. But single room costs you 15K extra per year”
Syed, “That’s fine. I will pay for it”.
After completing all the formalities, he went to his abode and settled.
His phone rang, “Hi Mom, Yes I am settled, yep got a single
room.”
“Syed Beta, this is the first time, you
are so far from us. You need to mingle with your friends, so that you don’t
feel the loneliness. If you start missing us, you will not be able to focus on
studies”
Syed, “Don’t worry, I will adjust. I
have lots of friends here, Sydney Sheldon, Jeffrey Archer, Malcom Gladwell,
Zakir Hussain, HariPrasad Chaurasia and many more. They will take good care of
me and I will also have a good load of study work.”
“Come on Syed, apart from all of them, you
should also get good friends whom you meet every day, share your feelings and
enjoy these four years”
“Will take care ma , you and papa take
care and keep calling”
“You never give a hold on this topic,
anyways, hope time will change you, take care and we miss you”
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“ Café Latte with extra sugar”
“Mam, we do not add sugar, you can add
as much as you want. Please wait for 7 minutes, your coffee will be ready. Your
good name Madam”
“Gayathri…. Will wait “
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6 , 7 minutes later
“Mr Syed”
Syed went and collected his coffee, at
the same time, Gayathri heard her name and she also went to collect.
Syed : “Thoooo, what is this ?? I asked
expresso and you gave me café Latte -- you say, a lot can happen over coffee,
if coffee is going to be like this, that “lot” cannot happen”
Gayatri could not control her laughter,
she busted out, where in all her friends joined.
“Sorry Sir, I think your coffee got
swapped with Madam’s”
He swapped the two coffees.
Syed anger intensified, he threw the
coffee cup on to the dust bin and was about to walk out.
Gayatri : “Sorry, Mr Syed. I could not
have laughed, but your expression made me do so. I shall help you get a new
coffee”.
“Thank you…. Miss whatever. I don’t
need your sympathy”
He just walked off.
Gayathri felt bad and did not
participate much in her friends’ discussion. She was waiting for a chance
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“Chances do not happen they need to be created” – notice
board reminded her.
She met him on the way, tried to
initiate a talk
“I am sorry again. I know you would have felt bad... Are
you fresher?? I am here for three years and I can help you in any way you
want... You need any help?
There was Silence. But he did not leave
the place also. He stood there with his face down.
She continued, “Is this the first time,
you are far from your parents. You need to mingle with friends, so that you
don’t feel the loneliness. If you start missing your home, you will not be able
to focus on studies”
He just lifted his face, had a close
look at her. These were the words that her mother repeats many times when she
calls him.
He had tears in his eyes and said, “Can
you help me get into the momentum here??
I hate to be with any one, but nothing happens here with help from
others. So I really do not know what to do”
She smiled and extended her hands over
his shoulders and started walking with him.
They walked and talked, talked and
walked, talked when they walked and walked when they talked.
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“If we want to take this to next level,
we need to talk to our parents”
“Do you think they will agree ??”
“They will…. Why not ??”
“What if they did not ?”
“We need to make them agree – are you
saying we will go against them”
“I did not say that – but am just
indicating you about that possibility”
“Ok you tell me – if they do not accept
what we do”
“I am ready to do all what is to be
done to be with you throughout our life”
“Does it mean, we need to be on our own?”
“Let us not give chance for this to
happen. Are we not confident that they will agree, after all they have done all
good for us and they want our happiness?”
“Even I feel so. Ok let’s do this – I
need to go out of town for one week. By
next weekend when we meet after I come back, let us discuss with our parents – done??”
“Done – 5 days without you … please
compensate”
Compensation extended and extension
terminated half-minded.
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Dad: “What?? No way … how can you even
think of doing this “,
Mom: “What are their family involved in
– what is their profession “
Dad: “What do they eat, what are their
daily practices?”
Mom: “They will not keep you happy
after marriage – listen to us, We will look a very good alliance for you not
like the one whom you looked at “
“Dad/Mom - we will live very happily –
we know each other well. We know we make a good pair.”
Dad: “Knowing each other well ? that
cannot happen even if you are together for hundreds of years. Marriage is a
Gamble. If you get married to the one we look at, you will be very well
supported by the family and all the relatives. But you go alone; you might miss
all the support”
“Why Dad, will you not support if I
pick up my life partner ? Why should it always need to be picked up by you ? “
Dad , “ Listen to me .. you are my
child, you have to follow what I say, we have seen positives and negatives of
the life .. I do not want you to get into trouble… “
“How can you decide and finalize that I
am getting into trouble”
Dad, raising his voice, “Shut up… you
are marrying the one whom I look for you, if you are looking otherwise, you are
not my child, you will have to face the consequences yourself”
Mom, “None of our family members will
be happy about what you are doing and as you know, they might totally reject
you on what you are doing.. Please child, think twice thrice and say no to this
love and other feelings … We do not have the guts to see you suffer.. “
“No Mom , why do you think we will
suffer”
Dad: “Enough of this - -do whatever you
want to – we disown you ... get last”.
Conversations in both their houses were
not different from any of the above dialog sequences.
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Syed and Gayatri didn't mean to fall in
love. But love happens when you least expect it. It creeps up suddenly, when
someone needs attention, care, conversation, laughter and maybe even intimacy.
Love doesn't look at logic, or at backgrounds and least of all, profession.
Gayatri was from a very conservative
South Indian family. Syed bought goats for his family every important occasion.
That said the difference and more. Their paths would never have crossed if it
hadn't been for that fateful day. That day when he walked into the coffee shop.
Gayatri wondered if destiny chose our loved ones for us. Did we have any role
to play at all?
She looked at her watch. Syed was late.
They met every Thursday at five pm to catch up. Their conversation lasted for
hours. Sometimes at the cafe, sometimes in his car, sometimes in places that she
could never tell her friends about. They would never understand. And yet Syed
made her happy.
Suddenly her phone beeped. He had sent
a message. "On my way. Have something important to tell you."
Gayatri stared at it and realised she
had knots in her stomach. Thoughts flooded her mind. What did he want to tell
her?
For a change, Syed was late and his
eyes were red. Gayatri did not have to hide her emotions and both of them just
busted out as they saw each other.
“Go against them ??”
“Yes.. “
“Fine… Next Monday , Register office at the end of this
road”
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“Looking extra Romantic, what is the
reason?? “
“Don’t
remember ?...we together have successfully completed one month away from our
parents “
“Oh!! Yeah time to celebrate.. What
shall we do ?”
“Its long time … Let us have chicken biriyani,
watch an action packed Hollywood movie and in the night lets open up ….. “
“Open up … ?? Open up what ??
“I mean Champagne”
“My dear lover boy, I do not eat
chicken biriyani, I hate Hollywood movies and that too action one and I do not
drink … I can bare the movie for you, rest you do. I can be with you.. “
“Come on…. Don’t bring down the
euphoric feeling, we did all together, lets enjoy together”
“Sorry, dude, I cannot change some
habits that are with me for a long time”
“What ?? you cannot change – I have
changed my self. I have not touched any piece of non-vegetarian so far… you
know I eat twice a day and now I have
not seen it for a month”
“Even I have changed a lot.. for your sake , I make and take chapathi, with
the kurma as per you taste”
“Don’t say you make kurma as per my taste – I take so spicy and you
make such a bland unpalatable one – I just eat because you should not feel bad”
“Yes, the amount of spice you ask is
not good for health and that is why I reduce... I am doing good for you “
“If that is case, do good for me now –
eat chicken biriyani with me “
“No I can’t do that “
“Is this what you call tolerance?”
“If this is not what else – it has to
be both the ways”
“Gayatri – you are hurting me “
“What are YOU doing then ?”
“I could have listened to my mother”
“You can do that even now”
“You mean it “
“I don’t want to .. but you are forcing
me to”
“Let us not force any one .. let us be
independent”
“what do you mean “
“I mean what I mean”
Syed just banged the door and walked
away.. Gayatri rolled a salty liquid through her chin….
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Mom : “At least today , take this
medicine.. it is not good to stay
without medicine for more than a month”
Dad
: “What is the point .. when your own people go against, you feel you
are rejected “
Uncle : “ Anna !!! Mhmmm.. every one will pay for the
mistake that they have done “
Dad : “
I do not want my child to suffer”
Uncle : “No I will
not let our kid suffer. I will save our little one Anna... Don’t worry, I will
take care of this “
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I am leaving… it was not love, but just infatuation.. Have fun, if
possible, bye
Syed was rattled reading the message. He did not think she
will take it seriously, his anger faded away, but she held on to that.
I need to stop her... He rushed to their house and found it
locked. He enquired with the neighbor, they said, “Did she not tell you ... she said she is going to her mom’s place”
“When did she leave?”
“Just now – may be 5 minutes back”
Syed thought if he goes fast, he will be able to catch her.
He rushed and sped up his bike.
She could see her bike parked near a medical shop. He was
relaxed. He parked his bike and just walked slowly towards her bike
He could see her coming out.. his heart was beating more
than regular.
She saw him, he smiled. He could not recognize her
expression.
When he reached her more close, that happened,
Three men with helmet came fast in a bike, all with lengthy
Sickle. As they neared him, they played on him randomly with sickle, until he
soaked in a pool of blood.
As they flew away, she rushed to him, held him as he fell
down. In the shock, she held his hand and feel over him.
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“Klung”
Whats app message for meeting.
Lord Shiva, Jesus Christ and Mohammed, the Prophet met again
“So, Religion is not the only reason”
“So how do we stop this catastrophe?”
“Make every one vegetarian?”
“Make every one do all profession?”
“Make parents separated from children at some age?”
“May be this …?”
“May be that…?”
“This and that???”
God Proposes and Man disposes!!!
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