irreversible deed,deal it forward

Dec 31st 12:00 PM : Mumbai Satrasta

Loud crackers blasted the streets and drunk people riding on bikes wishing "Happy New year 2013" to all brothers and sisters.
On the other side of the street was a silent group marching with candles with banners reading
"Let this year bring peace and protect womanhood from rapist brutes""RIP : Madhumita"
Few yards away.Nivedh jumped from 15 ft tall wall and in the course bruised his knees.He started to limp faster and looked moonstruck.
People ran hollering looking at him,he was confused and took few seconds to realize that he is still carrying the handgun.
Without further thougths shed it in a nearby trash tank and commingled away in to the celebrating crowd.

Dec 31st 11:40 PM : Mumbai Central Prison

"Kamal take him to cell 423" Ordered the Jail Officer

"What made you to give up" paused and said "Scared of us you rascal"  asked with a raised voice Kamal (sub inspector) coercing  him through the prison hallway 423 where rest of the accused were prisoned in.
He stammered and his mouth mumbled "Sir.I was scared to death."
Kamal with a wicked smile added "So you thought prison-cell would be the best place for you hide,then you are appallingly mistaken Rascals how dare you did that..",he continued to squall at him with gross words
They went near the cell where the other four accused where jailed in.Kamal pulled his key bunch to open the cell when he said to the inmates
"Here" paused Kamal and added "You partner in crime".
"What,he is not one of us,he was her friend,yeah" said one of the accused.
Before Kamal could realize on the happening, he was hit hard back in his head
Nivedh took the handgun out and snatched the key bunch.
Four of the inmates pleaded "please.dont ..dont.."
His mind was constantly playing back the last few pleading voice of Madhumitha
"Please leave me alone.Someone please help.Nivedh wake up..wakeup".
He started shooting at them randomly and mostly targetted below their abdomen ,he missed few shots,that hit other places including ears and the eyes.
423 soon turned bloodshed
More police men came running hearing the gun shot, when he fled out using the key that he pulled from the inspector.


Dec 31st 11:09 PM

Television was screaming loud
"Whole nation is on the rage of the Mumbai Rape at theatre.Protests were so high that New year celebrations in the city hotels/banquet joints have been cancelled.Police are still searching for the fifth accused.No clue have been found yet.Now live from the streets"
People started shouting "Kill them all", one said "Hang them" and few said "Hand them over to us we will take care".."Stone them to death"

He shutoff the television.
He cried out loud "Oh god,what have i done" and was trembling ,he thought the best for him at this point is to go handover himself.Decided and headed towards Mumbai central prison.
The gate was wide opened and no one was around at this time of night.
Suddenly he heard footsteps from the back and was above to turn back,in no time a huge stone hit his face hard it was, so hard that nose and lower upper jaw splayed.
Blood shattered and one more hit back of his head he whirled down and hit the floor.
"I know you will come.I have been waiting for hours here" said Nivedh and threw away the blood stained stone and walked towards the Prison office.


Dec 31st 7:00 AM

A foggy morning and the news paper boy tossed the days paper over the gate and it landed at the door step

The Hindu front page read
"Gang rape victim Madhumitha died at the hospital as the treatment went invain.Doctors said she had serious injuries in her abdomen that caused renal failure.Earlier Peeshar and his friends allegedly taunted the girl, when she was at the movie theater with her boy friend,asking her why she was out late with a man.Her friend, who works for a software firm, intervened. The men turned on him with an fire extinguisher. The girl then tried to protect her friend,infuriating the assaulters. First, they hit her. Then they pulled her to the theatre restroom and raped her.Mumbai police arrested four of the accusedc nd the search is on to find the one accused missing.Also reports say that the boy friend of the victim is also missing post the incident."

Dec 29th 6:00 PM

"No.Am not coming this time.I told you dear,unless you speak to your parents about our marriage,we are not having fun" said Nivedh
over the phone and he tried to be serious
"Jaanu,please,please this year is gonna end in two days,please,please.I swear am planning to talk to ma,papa this new years eve.This time for sure.I swear.I have plans to win over them." convincingly spoke Madhumitha
"No am not beliving this" said him
"Ok" paused she and said in scoring voice "How about a kiss"
Silence and she knew he was framed in.
"Hmmm,this is the last time i am believing you" said he and added "Ok where are we going,your choice hon" he offered.
"8 PM.  New Shireen Cinema.I booked the tickets already.Ranbir Movie yaar.." excited Madhumita
"Ok see you then.But remember this is the last time am coming out with you" said Nivedh

Nee Dhane Enn Ponvasantham - "It could be your love story"

Vishal and Deepika are neighbors,are friends and are school mates !!
Vishal from a middle-class family had aspirations seeded in him, but school time he had a huge a crush on Deepika.
Deepika comes from a rich background and her behaviors could drive every boy to dream to have her as best-half for life long

School-Times

They were immature, but were very close friends.
Deepika would write his class work for Vishal and they prepare together for examinations.They had the fun of sitting together in the school bus during their school trips.They shared every new happening in their life.

And then they went to the same college .

College-Times

The new environment was exciting and both had more time flirting with new friends and 1 yr in college passed.The new acquaintances started to bore them.

They met each other in college canteen.
Vishal looked and said
"You look beautiful..even more beautiful than school days di." Paused for a while and said "let we be friends again?"
She said "Sure"But in the next few months she became very close to him and she gradually fell in luv with him.

Third Year in College 

She said "Vishal..Am afraid am losing myself to you da..i cant live without you da"
Vishal did not say a word and he was confused over this.He strongly believed that such things will grow to be a hurdle mark for his dream future.He cannot let his family aspirations die.These thoughts in him for the past 3 months constantly needled his feelings right at friendship.But he never said "No".Nor did he explained his feeling of a friend-hood to her.
They spent time together. Deepika loved Vishal madly and deeply

Final Year in their college.

Vishal did get his dream job and he was one among the few in their college who got the highly-paid jobs in their campus recruitment drive,
Deepika did not happen to get a job.She did not do well in her academics and spent most of her valuable time with Vishal and thinking about him.

Farewell Day in College:

Now its time for him to say bye to her.Its their farewell day.
He asked Deepika to wait at the canteen.And said he wanted to talk to her something important.
He decided to tell her,that all these days he had no feeling of love over her.

Both of them sat on the bench.Remained silent.
He opened up "Deepika.So we have come to the end.The last day of our college.And i wanted..."
Deepika interrupted  and surprisingly said "Vishal..stop being mushy.I strongly believe that this is the right time for us to concentrate on our career.Lets forget whatever had happened between us so far. Enna solra"
And She looked at him,yes she looked at him straight in to his eyes without a blink.

He start to sweat as he looked into those eyes.It was beautiful.It demonstrated kindness and most importantly pure love.
He constantly looked at those eyes the ones that he has been deliberately ignoring all these days.

She said "Hey..hello what happened.Bye.Am leaving."
He said "I luv you di.I really luv you so so much".And truly this time(within himself)
"You have been sincere with me.But i cant continue this." and she left that place.

True Love never dies.But at times, love that is dead becomes true.

Post College - 3 months:

Vishal joined his dream job but he wasn't able to pull it together. Couldn't do much about in progressing further in his career.
He lost his focus and felt something void in every action that he did.
Yes,he understood that there is no one around for him ,to impress by his acts,to be an inspiration,and to get inspired,there no one around to back him up,value him,treasure him,praise him.There is no Deepika around.
Actualized that every success in his past was made possible by Deepika,the love that she had on him.
He missed her in every co-ordinate of his life for the first time.And he tried to reach her he couldn't find her..

Post College - 1 Year:

After one hard year of missing and finding Deepika,he heard from her family friend that she is part of a social organization down south.
He packed his things to get there and when he heard the news that "Its gonna be thunder storms for the next 24 hrs"
He did not care about the down pour and the storms.Took his car and hit the road.It was pouring heavy,he drove for 90 miles and
it got very hard with the visibility,he pulled over.

Went in to a small shop that was selling some snacks and tea.And when he heard a voice "Mithun,please get me some butter cookies too. i luv it with tea".No identity required, the voice and the message content,he knows its Deepika.

Vishal saw her from a distance.She was smiling and talking.Her voice,her lip stick glazed lips and she started to take a bite of the cookie dipped in hot tea and she looked awesome.

Vishal walked to their table.Stood besides Deepika
"Hi,Are you looking for any help" asked Mithun.

Deepika turned back and was surprised.Paused.Silence.
Then she broke the silence "Hey Vishal,how are you long time." She stuttered and said " Sit,sit here".
Visha pulled back the chair and sat there.In a low tone she said "Mithun can you please get one more tea for Vishal".

"How are you.." he stammered and added "Deepika"
"Am good da,ni eppadi.." she replied back

Vishal suddenly grasped her hands and covered his fac with them.And cried out loud "Deepika am so sorry that i ignored you all the time.Now,now am in pain,I missed you a lot and now i realize that i cannot live without your love.I felt the pain of love.I struggled all these days to get to know about your whereabouts.Now also i was heading to meet you..."

"Here's your tea" interrupted heavily Mithun,
Deepika introduced Vishal to Mithun.

Mithun added "Nice to meet you." and he paused and looked at Deepika and smiled and said
"And good timing as well.Me and Deepika are getting married next month.And now making a list of friends to invite"

A big thunder flashed loud and bright outside. Vishal clearly could sense that his heart skipped few beats and he stood up.

Silence.

"Boss,come-on i was kidding." said Mithun and added "You made it dude,as i was always telling Deepika that one day you will come for her"
and  went on "Deepika joined us 9 months back.She was very hard-pressed and she wanted some time-off.She tried her best to actively participate in our social service schemes.But her thoughts and heart was fully with you Vishal. Everyday she used talk about you and the moments you guys spent together in college."

Tears rolled out of Deepika's cute eyes.
Mithun added "Now Deepika you got your love back and i think he can drive you back home safe from here"

Vishal hugged Mithun and Deepika said "Mithun Thanks for everything" as he left the place.

Vishal took Deepika to his car.The rain was spattering in their windshield as he started the car.
She gazed at him.A look that made him charge up and forget this whole year of missing her.He swtiched on the car audio and it melodized  saindhu saindhu
She smiled and hugged Vishal.She chafed his hair with her dress ends and kissed him.She said "I missed you so much da.I know that you loved me too but you concealed it for whatever reasons that made me to move away from you.But I strongly believed and patiently waited that my love will return for sure.But the pain of waiting and the thought that you may go away from my life for-ever terrified me all the time..but.."

They smiled at each other.

"The battle can be won if you strategically place kindness,respect,fun and some love in right portions at the right positions" - Togetherness

Om jai jagdish hare

10 AM - Metro Corporation

Section : Birth/Death Certificate Issuance
A small room which has a Issuance Officer - Arumugam (18 years of servicing)
StenoTypist - Radha got this job via employment exchange (10 months of service)

Arumugam is one among the category of the old people way of using sa martphone.
His son from US got him a Samsung galaxy and when he comes in at 9:30 AM right away he switches on
Ayarpadi Maligayil(over the speaker phone)
and his office turns divine.

A very big queue of ppl storm in this place every day.But Arumugam and Radha work on their own pace.

Radha did not clear her Typing Grades and bribed to get on this job.
You feel dyslexic reading her typed content.

Arumugam waved his hand to attender boy Pandi to send in ppl one by one.

First entered was a old man and middle aged lady.
The lady was crying

"Hey stop crying.This is not the place to cry" yelled Arumugam
Pandi explained that they are here to get the Death Certificate of their daughter Priya who recently died in a road accident.

And they need to claim the insurance money 2 lacs that she was insured for .
"hmm..where are the death report,FIR,hospital certificate" questioned Arumugam

Pandiyan spoke on behalf of them saying that no FIR was filed and
only hospital D.O.A record is there and that their friends took the body to their home.

"Ok no problem .we can issue one but will cost 50,000 rs"

said Arumugam.
"We don't have that much of a money" pleaded the old man.

"Anyway's you are getting the insurance amount.You can give that when u get the money but till then have the lady hand over the chain she is wearing and then pay the money to get it back"

The illegal 'not in the records' transaction was done.

"Radha! !can you type a Death certificate letter on a Metro corporation letter head.We can give the original certificate after the money.I know Insurance will accept the letter"

Song changed to om-jai-jagdish-hare..Arumugam was deep listening on to it

Radha fiddled on for 30 min's and came up with a letter.
Handed it over to Arumugam to seal/sign the letter. Arumugam was shocked to see that she had actually typed the Name section of the person died as Arumugam and Death Date as Today,
instead of typing his name at the bottom in the signing section.

He threw the letter away "Hell.How much did you pay to get this job.Even a 10 th class student will do better "
and shouted to himself "Ithellam vechukitu,unnkellam evan vella kuduthan"
Then he himself sat near her and completed the letter and handed over to the Priya's mother.

He addressed few more cases and made 3 Lacs in a day it was 4:50 PM
he packed his bags and started heading home on this Toyota Innova.

It started to rain as he crossed the city limits.He turned on samsung galaxy to sing "jai jagadish hare"
Was shaking his head listening to the song and suddenly felt a heavy pressure in his chest.
And he couldn't control and Innova drifted off the road and hit a nearby tree.
His bag was thrown away and all the cash and papers started to fly in the air.

Within minutes a nearby police patrol came and found that he was dead on spot
And a patrol officer found a A4 size sheet below Arumugam's feet and was terrified reading it as it read

Death Certificate
Name : Arumugam . Date of Expiry :"Today's date"

and the samsung galaxy was still singing "om jai jagdish hare..."

Train of thoughts

Pre-Script :
A post that i composed some years back with deep emotions within myself.
Read on ..and share your thoughts


Heavy metal sound was rattling all over the station.People rushing from everywhere.
They knew Nellai express would stop only for 5 mins in Tambaram station.
When the extreme machine left the station it was calm again.

Senthil sat on the wooden chair looking at his mathematics notebook.His eyes were reading the phrase.

"I want to live the rest of my life on your shoulders.Will you accept me"
Luv Gayathri.

He never even dreamt in life that a girl (that too Gayathri) will fall in luv with him.
She was the topper in their class in all aspects and she is one of the so called ultimate girls in the college.

Senthil is from a very small village deep down south and somehow made to get into this Engineering college.

His village has a small raliway station which acknowledges all the express trains and only two passenger trains stops there for few mins.His father is the Lines man for that station.
His job is to check the rail spikes and force rails back into place on steep turns, correcting the gradual shifting caused by the centripetal force of passing trains.He sprays ballast with weedkiller to prevent weeds growing through and disrupting the ballast. Over time, ballast is crushed by the weight of trains passing over it, and periodically it needs to be replaced. If this is not done, the tracks become uneven.

Senthil when he was a kid he used to walk with his father along the rusted steel rails.He likes to hop from the sleeper to sleeper.He would carry the hammer for his dad and he counts the sound when his father hammers the rail spikes. He was grown with the tracks and the train sound.

Every penny that has been sent to his studies was earned by his fathers hard work on these rails.Somehow they manage to send in money every month but it is only plies enough for his hostel and food.

He manages his tuition by his part time job.

The last MRTS train was ready to leave the station.Senthil rushed for it.
The train gained speed and Senthil was standing near the entrance of it and staring at the parrallel rail track.

Daily hundreds and thousands of people travel over these rails but no one knew it required so much maintance.They sleep happily in the place allocated to them.But Senthil knows it.He knows the pain it takes to maintain them.

He cannot let his fathers hardwork dissolve in thin air.
Suddenly he tore the sheet off from his notebook and let the wind to carry it.

MRTS stopped at Chromepet.He got down went straight in to the Worksman room changed his dress and took the hammer.Senthilworks part time as contract labour for the lines man at Chromepet station.

Today he not only hammered the rail spikes but his thoughts on Gayathri as well and he hammered hard.

Beyond Explanations - 6 (Final Mission)

Please read Previous Episode

1 Am.Gurgaon Highway.Josh and Samy driving back after dropping Thiru.

"Josh lets forgot all this, please, i am not able deal with it ,also please lets not open up this case with the police ,please lets stop it"  pleaded Samy in giving up tone.
Josh said "Samy ,i did all this to prove that you are not insane about Meghana.What about the offer with GSA" said Josh
"Forget it.Am not joining them" said Samy
Josh smilingly looked at the road through windshield and he added "All right.I shall leave it.But i have a good news for you.
My dad already spoke to GSA folks with his influence and they gave you an offer."
Sammy jumped out and gave a tight hug to Josh.
"Hold on babe.Am driving.Save it until we reach home".They both laughed.

3 Months Later.

"It did work out.Samy is perfect.No more megrims.No violent episodes" said Josh.
"You really deserve an big applause for it.Its all your idea." Said Dr.Krishna
"Thanks Dr.But still it wouldn't have been possible without your help on this.And one more good thins is it worked even perfect when Samy decided not take the case to the police" said Josh
"Its time for a scotch".They smiled and said cheers.

Pre Capture:

Josh "a journalist" is son of a popular politician in Gurgaon and a family friend to Ram's.
And he at the very first sight of Samy has been in love with her.

Samy from her childhood spent most of the time in rehabilitation school and she was very brilliant at academics.
She did her UG/PG in one of the states renowned university.She was recommended for the GSA interview and indeed they liked her very much and sent the offer letter to her home address.

Ram did not show the letter to Samy instead called up Josh and explained the situation and that's when Josh met Dr.Krishna

"Am not sure if she can take up this Job" said Krishna.
"Krishna What exactly is the problem with her.Samy's parents are not telling me her exact state ,may be they think that i would stop loving her if i knew about her." said Josh

"Hmm.Am reluctant to tell about Samy's case details to a Journalist" said Krishna

"Doctor.Samy is my life.I need to know about her so that i can help her" confidently assured Josh
"Interesting.I have been trying that as a doctor for the past 15 years" said and smiled Krishna
"I can help" said Josh.

"Ok.Listen carefully.Samy was brought to me by Ram on a note of she developing imaginary characters.According to Samy,Meghana is physically indistinguishable from real people, while we say she see her imaginary friend only in her head.We doctors still believe that the presence of imaginary friends past early childhood signals a serious psychiatric disorder.While some others disagree, saying that imaginary friends are common among school-age children and are part of normal social-cognitive development.But in Samy's case she was determined in what she believed.Even she started to draw things and show it to us that Meghana drew those.For me this sounded to be an intense case.I had to detain her from the school and admit to rehabilitation school.She stayed there for three years and slowly she stopped talking about Meghana.
But later something else started to show up with in her.She started to distrust people.I wouldn't say its 100% Paranoid disorder but something similar to it.But associated with painful symptoms like severe migraines and violent behavior at times.There were certain times where she has to be sedated to control her behaviour.And it was something that she developed,when no one believed her imaginary friend,including her parents"

They paused and Krishna poured some scotch and pushed the glass towards Josh.
They had a sip and Josh was in a deep thought looking at the roof.

"Ok now tell me how can you help" said Krishna
Josh after a sip said "I can fix Samy.But i would need your help"
"Of course you do" said sardonically Krishna.

"No am not kidding.All we need to do is bring Meghana in to existence and for that i need take Samy back in time."
"And how do you plan to do that" inquisitively asked the doctor.

Josh explained his plan.

Krishna seemed excited and added "Ok here are my two cents ,while Samy was in my care,i had a patient named Sudhir,he was
an engineer at Mercury Automobile,he lost his Daughter named Miraa in an accident ,and not withstanding the shock he lost his mind.Samy used to see him walking and talking about Miraa.She later started to add up to her imaginary stack that he is Meghana's father."

Josh and Krishna met often and they crafted the complete plan.They started by creating a fake letter from GSA that rejected Samy quoting her insanity.
Krishna advised "Josh ,please be aware that you need to make it so realistic that Samy do not even have a single doubt about it.If she gets a hint that this is all a framed-up one, that would add you to her distrust list.And also i want you to make me the villain, as she thinks it is now,that makes it complete and She will believe it straight"

Josh smiled and said "The plan looks perfect.Even one of my friend named Sathish works at Mercury Automobile.That would add some realness to the enact.But there is a loop hole" he paused for a while and looked at Dr.Krishna" and added"After all that happens why wouldn't you go to prison"
Krishna reassuringly said "We can get to that later.You are a journalist we can make up news on that.Knowing Samy well am sure she will not want me to get caught."
Josh did not seem to be convinced.
"Ok.Everything is set.Except the climax part of digging the man-hole in the school and the skeleton excavation" said Josh
"Leave that to me.I shall take care of creating a set for that including the mock up of the skeleton.I can let the gate keeper Shanmugam and his friends know about this so that they can help you in digging scene" said Krishna

Josh along with his friends Thiru and Sathish wrote the script and executed it to perfection.He split the events and narrated them so perfectly to Samy on a periodic basis.To his surprise things went on so realistic and favoring him ,when he saw the Mercury emblem that was drawn by Samy in her notebook.Also Samy spoke about the butterfly necklace episode that he wanted to extrapolate and made it to be the reason for Meghana's death.

Josh made it all happen and he strongly had faith in his deed.Samy was convinced and she got rid of the paranoia as he expected.
Samy did take the position at GSA and they did live happily ever after....

Untill Years Later:

"Meghana.Mommy got a surprise for you.Will give it to you after school in the evening" said Samy and waved bye to Meghana as she entered the school.
Samy named her daughter "Meghana".And today was Meghana's birthday.Josh and Samy came home early to decorate the house for a surprise party for Meghana.
"Samy Whats the Gift that you had been hiding from me " asked Josh
"Yes.You wouldn't believe it,i preserved some thing for her" said Samy and showed him the butterfly necklace
Josh was astounded seeing that and asked "Where did you buy this from"
Samy said "Stupid.Did you not remember this is the necklace that my friend Meghana's remains were holding to when we excavated" said Samy

Josh did not see this on the day he pulled out the drama of excavation and he was not able to control as his shirt suddenly started to drench in the sweat.
He clearly remembered that the butterfly necklace part of the plan was on the flow and was not discussed with Krishna.
His thoughts are "How did this get to the skeleton that Krishna had set-up."

The next moment he started to dress up
"Hi Josh.What happened.Where are you going" asked Samy
Before he could answer their telephone started to alarm.

"Hi We are calling from your Daughters school.We have a bad news.Our principal Mr.Krishana expired today.He had an accident and fell off from Third floor. Unfortunately just before the fall, he was wishing your daughter on her birthday on the floor passageway.And we are suspecting that he would have had his second heart attack that made him unconscious and fall off.Please come and pick up your daughter."

"Is Meghana alright.Did she get frightened looking at the incident" asked Samy
"No she seem to take it well.She in fact is smiling not knowing on what had happened to her principal" said the school authority

and it was an actioned smile..after many many years...

-The End-

Beyond Explanations - 5 (Butterfly Necklace)

Pre Script:
Please read Previous Episode
Reader discretion is requied.Please avoid reading if you get easily distressed.

"Its getting late Daddy" yelled Meghana.
"Mirru..2 min's am coming da" replied Sudhir wearing his sock.
Soon they reached the school and Meghana got down the car and went past the school gate.
"Mirra.." Sudhir came running/shouting behind.
Crouched nearer to her and said "Dear, i forgot this" and he pulled a beautiful butterfly necklace from his pocket and put that to Meghana's neck.They waved bye to each-other.
Meghana entered her class and all the pupils were busy talking in groups.
Sameera came running towards Meghana and said "Hey lets stand together in line for the prayer" and noticing the necklace said "Wow.Who got you this i like it very much." and continued in a jealously tone "Can i wear it"
"No.Daddy gave this to me.I wont give to anybody" said Meghana in a upset tone and an instinct to protect something.
Samy really got upset and said "Even to your best friend" and she started to walk back somewhere back in the prayer line.

Shanmugam lift open the man-hole and they found it to be filled with sand down under four feet from surface.
Josh looking in tot he man-hole said "Hey Shanmugam,can you call some of your friends now and as ask them to bring some more shovels.We need to dig this out.I will give 1000 Rs for each of them"
"Josh.What the hell you doing, lets come morning.Its too late in the night" said Samy looking at the full moon.
Josh looked at Shanmugam and he started to ran to call upon some of his friends.
"Samy.We have good lights here.I want to see what's in there" he said.
Soon Shanmugam came with two of his friends and four of them started digging the manhole.

It was 3 PM and it was play time class.
Meghana was sitting on a bench put outside in the play grouond,while all the kids were playing.Sammera never spoke a word from morning.She knew she is really upset on her about the Butterfly necklace.
Meghana removed the necklace from her neck and decided to share it with Samy.All of sudden someone pulled it from her hand and it was Aditya.

Shanmugam and his friends widened the man-hole to be more circular for four feet and started digging at the center.They digged real faster and within two feet of digging their shovel hit something harder and they excavated a md ball and started clearing with bare hands.
The mud covered ball like thing cleared to appear as a bony skeleton of a human head, and  of a small kid.Samy cried out louder looking it.
Soon she started vomiting."Sir,look at this" exclaimed Shanmugam.They continued digging and they pulled the complete skeleton of a little kid from the man-hole.

Aditya was running with the necklace laughing and giggling.Meghana started to Chase him and indeed she ran faster.Aditya threw the necklace on to a bush along pathway between a restroom and a school block.
Meghan ran towards and picked the necklace.She smiled to herself and looked up and she could see the moon already in the day.It was going to be a full moon night.
She smiled to herself and wanted to share the necklace as soon as possible with Samy.
She happily placed a step forward looking at the moon and descended down on to a open man hole.She was absorbed by the hole and got her body ensnarled at depth of 7 feet.This hole was constructed by the school as a way to reach the underground water supply system.It was 10 feet deep.They stopped the work due to some reason and the hole was kept open negligently.

Veera who was working on the fixing the restroom window came rushing as he saw Meghana tripped on to the man-hole.He looked in to the hole but it was dark he couldn't see anything.Meghana could see him from down below.She was in a terrible shock that she couldn't shout back for help.Veera ran towards the Principal office.Mrs.Lalitha was busy talking to Dr.Krishna.Veera explained and all three of them rushed to the man-hole.They looked at it.Meghana saw the three of them from down below.
"Madam.Shall i call someone, police or fire rescue, we can dig out her quickly" said Veera.

Krishna checking his watch said "Wait Veera.Calm down.Lalitha listen to me carefully.Plese dont panic.We need to make a better decision now.We have only 5 min's before the school bell rings for the day,by then all the parents would be here at this playground to pick their kids.We cannot make a scene here.And if you remember last week in parent/teachers meet two of the parents complained about this open hole.We neglected.And am sure the impact of the fall would have killed the kid there is no poing in organizing a rescue operation.It will only lead to closing down of the school"

Krishna said "Veera cover this hole as soon as possible with Sand.And tomorrow pull out the man hole lid in the back of the school.Paint it red and cover it.Lalitha dont worry i shall come up with a plan for this.Lets get out of this place now"
Veera looked at them .He seemed not convincing."Sir.I cant do this sir.Poor little girl"
Krishna said "How much you need to do this sin"
Within in few minutes Veera started to cover the hole with sand.

Josh and Thiru started to sweat and their breaths were labored.
Samy couldn't console herself she felt terrible looking at the skeleton. "Oh my god.Why all this is happening to me.Why should i see such things" she cried
She examined it closely and  looked at the left hand arm and between the finger bones held the Butterfly Necklace.


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Beyond Explanations - 4 (The Red Circle)

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Gurgoan 7pm. Cold evening

Sameera came to the living room and she was in a beautiful blue saree.
She had two cups of steam emerging tea.

"Samy you look gorgeous" Josh was constantly staring at her while snaffling the hot cup
That made her to establish all the worlds girlish shy blush rosiness.

They both rested on the couch watching each other and sipping the hot liquid.
Samy broke the silence "Did you guys bring Sudhir back to hospital"
Josh said "Yes we had no other option so after talking with him for 1 hr, we took him back to the hospital"

Samy "Are you going to tell me what he said about Meghana"
Josh "Hmmm..Ok listen carefully.This might be disturbing to you."

He paused for a while and moved near Samy and had a long sip from the cup before placing it on the table top.
"Meghana was his only daughter and he calls her Miraa.And she lost her mother when she was 5"
Samy Smiled and asked him "So where is Meghana now"
"Don't know" Josh continued "There was this day when Meghana went to school and never returned back.And when Sudhir checked with the school authorities they told him that there is no such Meghana in their school.He then went to police station to file a missing complaint and a also a complaint against school.Later the police authorities held him.The school authorities and the police together proved Meghana never existed and made him insane.Post that he has be kept in the Dr.Krishnas Asylum"

Silence.

Sameera broke the silence "Josh this is cannot be true."
She jumped out of the coach and brought back the notebook with the arts from Meghana
"Look at this picture.Meghana drew this for me on my birthday.The date Sudhir said that Meghana did not return from school is 20 days back from my birthday"

They both turned the pages of the note book backwards slowly from the page the Meghana was holding.
The clock struck 10 PM and they both agazed and stopped starring at a page.It had a picture drawn with a block written 'School' and a block written as "Bathroom".In between there was a red circle and pictures of three humans.And on of them was colored red in the body and dark navy blue in the leg.

"Is this your school uniform color.What a weird combo" said Josh.
Samy sipping her tea and said "No its not our uniform color.I know.Its our school watchman who wears this pattern all the time to school" she paused for sometime in deep thought and added "his name is Veera".

"Ok common lets go" charged up Josh
Samy asked "Where"
"To your school and lets meet Veera" excited Josh
"Are u insane.Its 9 PM and its damn cold outside.And by the way what makes you think Veera is still there working in the same school"
"Hey Samy don't you need to get in to GSA"
She smiled and hugged him "You really do all this for me !!.I love you so much da" and she without hesitating kissed him exploring his in-self.

Josh wearing his jacket said "There should be someone in charge of watching the school at night.We shall check with him about Veera" and he called his friend Thiru to be ready so that he can pick him too.

Josh,Samy and Thiru got down their car and went straight to the school gate and banged on the gate.
A young man came out of a small room along side of the compound wall.

They introduced themselves and inquired about Veera.
He said "Am Shanmugam and actually my father is Veera.He is not living in this town anymore and i have been warding this school in his place for the past 8 years."

He seemed to be friendly.Josh pulled out the notebook and showed him the picture.
Shanmugam laughed out loud and said "Sir ,are you after something believing a kids silly art"
Thiru giggled sneakingly and Samy said "Shut up guys.Josh lets go ,this is going no where"

They started to walk, and then Shanmugam shouted at them "Sir ,there is a small garden in the place where a red circle was in the picture.This garden was built by me and my father when i was a kid approximately 15 years before.You want to see it.We also have lights "

Josh ran back to Shanmugam and said "Yes we want to see".
They all went inside a small gate and Shanmugam switched on the lights.They saw a beautiful garden planted with all kinds of flower plants.

"Ok.Josh. that's it lets go" said Samy losing her patience.She got nostalgic looking at her school.
"Mr Guard.Can i get one rose plant" asked Thiru to Shanmugam.He acknowledged happily and said "Let me get a shovel" and ran away.Josh starred at Thiru and he blushed.
Shanmugam came back and started to excavate a rose plant along with the roots.He digged hard and they all heard the shovel striking something metallic.

Josh quickly cleared away the sand particles to expose a man-hole and all of them looked at it and thier eyes fiiled with fear.And it was painted RED.

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Beyond Explanations - 3 (Little toes)

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"Daddy am not going to Dr.Krishna.Please leave me alone" yelled Samy.
"Sameera.You are going to listen to your daddy.Don't turn to be mad against you" cried out Ram with a louder tone that made Samy tremble on to her feet

They arrived at the clinic.

"Daddy.Look.Its Aditya.Hey Aditya " She shouted.
"Hi Samy" and he looked at Ram and said "Hi uncle"he greeted them
"Daddy.Aditya also studies in our schol.Daddy,daddy he knows about Meghana.Ask him please."
Before Ram could ask anything to Aditya,Samy proclaimed "Aditya,please tell my dad about my friend Meghana"
Adtiya said "Mira !!..aann.." he suddenly looked past them and shouted "Hi daddy"
"Hi Ram.How are you" Krisha interrupted and gave a pat on Aditya's head.
"Hi Doctor.How are you.Is Aditya your son!!". surprisingly asked Ram
"What's my young man saying stories about" asked Krisha and continued
"Yeah Ram.He is my son and also studies in the same school of Samy's.We parents never find time to pay a visit to school.We pay the fees and leave the child to the management and we dont even know the names of the kids studying along with them.Huh!!" said the doctor.
"Rightly said Krishna.I seriously repent for that now.If i had been to school regularly i would have not let such a thing happen to my girl" said Ram.He sounded to be in lot-of-pain.

"And you will also be surprised for one more thing.Am one in the board of trusts for the school"
"Is it !!" exclaimed Ram.
Krishna looked at Samy and asked "Hey little dear,where you asking Aditya about Meghana"
Samy looked and infact tried hard to stare at the doctor.

An hour later

"Ram i would advise you to put Samy in one of my Rehabilitation school.She cannot continue in our school.All the other parents started to call us and complain about the litle girl bothering their kids with this Meghana thing.Let she pass this whole year here and may be next year you can find a different school of your choice"

Samy broke in to tears as Josh showed her the the data sheet.
Josh said "Samy am afraid on where this is leading us"
Samy said "Meghana is real.Please believe me.But am scared to guess on what would have happened to her" and cried out even louder.She looked awful with her hair untied and frightening for Josh.
"Only way to find out is me meeting this Sudhir guy.Let me formulate a plan to meet him.I need to talk to Sathish and plead him for help" said Josh and his voice was very feable indeed he was afraid to look into Samys eyes.He was frightened enough and not ready to believe anything/anyone at this point.

Residential Asylus Gurgaon, 11 PM, thunder Storms
Josh and Sathish entered the lobby and they were drenched by the prevailing heavy downpour outside.

A man was mopping the floor and he stopped mopping and gazed at them.

Sathish gasped looking at the lady in the front desk.She was fresh,with a dark lips-stick, lovely pony and in a beautiful saree with a sleeveless whatnots.

He whispered "Why on earth is she  dressed like this that too at midnight in a Asylum.This is crazy man.Lets go back.

"Is there any reason that you would want to tell me on why you want to meet him and what brings you at 11 PM in the night" asked the front desk representative.

Sathish said "We are really sorry our car brokedown with high water levels in the road and we couldn't make it up early." he excused and continued "Mam,in Mercury Inc we have a tradition to handover gifts and certificates to people who were part of the design of a vehicle that hits a million sale.And Mr.Sudhir was the Principal Designer in our recent success of Unicorn Suv 150."

Agent said "Well,he is no more a Designer.He is frenetic" smiled the lady and said "I dont think he is in a postion to meet you.Can you please leave the papers, i can save it for him and hand it over when he gets back his lost mind"

"Mam.We just need to see him." paused Sathish,they looked at each other
In a conciliatory tone he continutes "Ok Else can you please provide his  or any of his relatives address so that we can handover it to them." said Sathish

Agent said "We don't have any relatives recorded against him.and am sorry i cannot provide any more infor.."

Huge sound of broken glass pieces

Cold wind started thrusting in and got intense in the chamber, the glass door near the lobby that leads to the patients ward broke in to tiny grains.A man ran out of it yelling and crying.
He stepped on the glass grains wildly and chasing something.

He ran and evidently tracking something like foot-prints that appeared in the wet floor and gasified in seconds.
Josh saw them and they were smaller foot prints as compared to the blood maculated foot print of the man going after it.

His voice made out "please wait for me dear..dont leave me again..Miraaa"

Josh shuddered  and typed a quick message to Samy  from his phone "Who is Mira"
Samy replied "Its Meghana..Its her name at home..how do you know that ..call me ASAP"


"Sathish..thats..thats...him Sudhir" his hand pointing to the man running


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Beyond Explanations - 2 (Art by little fingers)

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Approximately 15 years later...

Gurgaon : Time : 1700 Hrs :Precipitation : 100 % :Temp : 60 F : Isolated Thunderstorms

Joshua did not know how to console Samy."Hey Samy do not worry much.Let me talk to my dad and find out if anything can be done for this"
Samy in her weeping voice "GSA (Global Space Administration) is my dream ,my life Josh"
"How about myself Samy" Josh did not say these instead said "I know Samy.Am there by your side."intermitted for a while and asked overtenderly "Can i read the notice you received from them"

Samy handed over and Josh read it

Dear Candidate
We really appreciate you effort and interest in GSA Astro Physicist postion.And also delightful to note that you cleared all the Screening processes.However at this time we regret to inform you that we will not be continuing the process of pursuing your profile any further.The reason being a negative medical report of the fact that you underwent a short term therapy of rehabiliation.Space travelers and astronomical job indeed requires a stable mind to action balance.If you think the report we got was incorrect please quote us on the same and we can do the necessary actions on the same."

"Bull shit, it's a all a lie" called out Samy.Josh patiently asked her "Samy what exactly happened" he paused and silenced.

Samy wiping her eyes said "I was 10 by then..."

Samy was sitting on the couch eat-a-drinking her hot chocolate with marsh-mallows.
When Ram asked "Samy why did you always talk about Meghana when no one like that existed"Veena "Ram lets not bother her anymore.Please"
"Veenu be quiet for sometime" interrupted Ram.
"Dad.I told you everyone is lying" She rushed inside her room and came back with a notebook of hers.She opened and showed "Dad look this picture you see here.Meghana drew this for me on my birthday"
Ram could not control his anger he pulled the notebook and snapped off that page.
"Samy ,you are getting distracted too much. watching TV and getting in to imaginary friends"
Samy cried and went inside her room.Veena said "Ram why dont we just leave this, as if nothing happened"
Ram said "No Veenu.We need to get this corrected at this age else she will get insane.We are taking her to Dr Krishna this weekend"

After 30 min's of lone-time with Samy. Dr. Krishna called the parents.
"Ram.She strongly believes in the existence of Meghana. Do you have any relatives in this name or any friends" he asked
"No Krishna.But she all the time watch movies and cartoons, should have picked the name from any of it." said Ram
"This generation of Kids are most often fostered by a LCD TV.Now Ram i need you to bring her here every week at least for next 3 to 6 months.She needs some guidance.I can try my best to get this Meghana persona out of her mind"

Rain tried hard and gave up to drizzle outside and Josh was looking outside the window.Silence.They could only hear tiny droplets drumming over roof"Ok.What's it with Meghana.What exactly happened Samy.Would you like to share it with me" asked Josh
"There is no point,Josh you wont believe me, like the  others" said Samy.

Josh wanted to make use of the situation
 a)May be to gain confidence and undue attention of her
 b)To at least get a hug from her
That being said -- he said "Samy i believe you.I don't care about anyone else.I care about you dear." and he said "I love you so much"that was the moment i would call.

Samy 'by principle' as a reaction to Josh action hugged him and cried on his shoulder.She trusted him for first time of all others when it comes about Meghana.
Samy's fragrance pushed Josh to cloud tagged '9'.He held her and little stiffer than necessitated for the scene.Just on an 'action point' concern of it, asked "Samy do you have anything with you that you can show me about Meghana"

After couple of hours of turning Samy's room upside-down she found her class notebook and showed him.Josh turned page by page and Samy showed the pages where Meghana laid out her art work.
Lot of beautiful work.
Josh asked "Samy you also draw pictures nicely rite"
Samy pulled the notebook "Josh get lost.You are not believing me right !!".
"Hey..hey.. i was just kidding" he got back and was seeing each page.His eyes puzzled on one particular page and asked Samy.
"Samy,do you know what this is" he showed the Emblem of Mercury Automobile drawn on the page.
"Meghana said this picture is from her dad's Identity card and i also remembered her Dads name is Sudhir"
"Do you know what this emblem is.Did you tell this to your parents" asked josh.
Samy said "No da.I don't know about this.And i did not tell them.That will drive them to think am crazy"

Later that night.

Josh could not sleep.He called up Thiru and spoke
"Dai Machi.Need a info from Sathish da.I need to find out about a person called Sudhir who worked in Mercury Auto.May be 15 years back"
"15 years back.Are you kidding.Anyways will cost more." giggled Thiru
"Life matter Machi.Pls help" they hung up.

The next Morning
Josh and Thiru met Sathish in a coffee shop.
Sathish works as a Senior Recruiter for Mercury Auto Inc.Sathish opened his laptop and pulled some records.Josh " Am sorry to bother you Sathish. Just wanted to hear that there is no Sudhir in the whole company"
"No you are wrong.I found two Sudhir's one from Kanpur and other from Gurgaon."
Josh exclaimed "WHAT!!"
and stammeringly added "Can you pls..pls..Hey..hey.. the one from Gurgaon.Can you pls give his current address and family details.Can you also.."
Sathish interrupted "Hey wait..cut it out dude..first let me check if have access to all that"

"I see that he was married and he had a kid.Am not able to pull the records further.And he was termitted 15 years back with a reason that he had Bipolar Disorder. OK dude.I gotta go"
Sathish stood up and said "Let me email this data sheet" and he left the place.
Josh on his way home took a print out of the data sheet.

Later that night at 11 PM.
Josha was lying in this couch and was deeply in thought.He was distressed that
how can it coincide the name and company that Samy said about .Did this Meghana ever exist?

All of a sudden his ipod dock started playing Chinna-chinna-roja-poove

Wind blew through the window, the printed data sheet flew around the room and landed on his chest.He looked at and started to tremble.
Back side of the sheet had a beautiful art of a family,dad, mom and a child in between.It never existed before when he took the print out.
An arrow mark drew from the Dads head pointed to something scrawled
Josh made it out with little difficulty and now he can see it clearly

"Daddy.C/O Doctor.Krishna.Residential Mental Asylum.Gurgaon."

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Beyond explanations - 1(Illusion)

"Pappu,can you come out for dinner.This is last time i going to call you,please da" Veena cried for the 6th time her 10 yr old daughter Sameera.

She was upset.Veena has been trying to ask her the reason since she came home from school.

It was 9 PM and Sameera never came out of her room.She locked it from inside.

"Let your Daddy come and deal over this.I not gonna care a damn about you." frustrated Veena.

Few mins later ..

Ram opened the door and went to kitchen.
He held Veena from the back.She resisted and defended out of his hold
from her hips.He with all his manly power twirled her and quickly arranged her in lovely kissing postion.Before he could launch any further actions,Veena kissed him straight.
A romantic scene lasted for few mins and relaxed both of them out of the all day corporate pressure and tiresomeness.

Ram said "So did she tell you the reason"
"She was silent and never ready to talk to me" Veena and added.
"Ram that's why i asked you several times i wanted a boy who will listen to his mommy and be nice all the time"

He smiled and told "Ok.Lets talk to her.I bet, this would be again all to do with Meghana." said Ram.

Veena sighed"Samy changed a lot after becoming friend with this new girl."

Ram added "Hey da,she is just 10 years.You cant go tell her that your friend is bad and stay away from her"

"You know last month when i went to school for the Moms day,Preethi ran towards me and said 'Aunty i had a very bad day today Samy is not talking with me anymore.She says am not her best friend anymore.Can you please do something'. I realyy got abashed among the other moms and teachers."said Veena

and she whiningly said "And couple of weeks back ,she says she wont got to field trip planned in the school.And you know reason being her lovely friend Meghana is not coming.And she wont join the Dance class as Meghana is not enrolling.For everything action in her life she says Meghana Meghana ..am sick of it"

Ram quikcly interrupted and said "Ok let me talk to her" he went near Samy's room door and knocked it gently."Hey Sami daddy came home!!"

She was silent.

Ram tried by all means and no answer.But he could see her lying cute in the mattress through the key hole.

He said  "Ok if you come out now for dinner, i can talk to Meghana's parents and bring her to our house for this weekend for a sleep over"  before he could complete, door thrash opened and Samy proclaimed  "Promise dada"

Veena set the table and they were soon eating the hot idlis with chutney.

Ram tardily asked "Ok tell me what happened today at school that made you upset"

Samy  "Daddy today i got the cookies that mommy prepared to school.All kids had it but for Meghana.I was very upset i saved some for her, she said no and she don't eat cookies"

Ram "May be she do not like cookies.Next time ask her what she likes and dada will buy it for you to take"

Sameera smiled.Later that night..

Ram came out of Samys room and said to Veena as she watching CNN news
"Look at her when she sleeps.Deep and sinless.Can you got to school tomorrow and check with Meghana,find out about their parents.We shall call them for dinner this Friday.Not sure about sleep over"

"Are you seriousabout this.Still, i have all day meetings this whole week cant make it to school" added Veena

Ram said "Oh man.I have field visit.Ok let me call her teacher and find out about her parents"

Two days later..

Ram was driving to his field visit and all of a sudden recollected that he need to call up Samy's teacher to find out about Meghana.He rang to her teacher from his bluetooth headet.

"She is little dull these days.Actually i wanted to meet you guys this week"

Ram said "Sure this week its little hectic for both of us and we can definitely meet sometime next week"

"Sure no problem"

"And i wanted to know if i can get Samy's friend Meghana's parents telephone contact.Planning to invite them for dinner this week."

"Sorry.Who Meghana!!.Did you say Meghana"

"Yeah Meghana Samys friend.You know this kid who joined your school this year"

"No there is no one called Meghana in her class"

"May be in the other sections." stammered Ram

"No Ram i haven't heard any Meghana in the whole school"

Ram pulled over in the freeway.He was sudating in spite of the A/C chillness and he added "Ok..ok..May be i would have got the name incorrectly from Samy.Will talk to you later" and he hung up the phone

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Romantic Friendship - Again

Pre Script : One of may earlier posts that made some healthy conversations and still stays as most visited post.Re-posting for new friends to breeze through and share their feelings

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Vinodh is a Technical lead in a leading software services firm.He got married to Sheela a year back.And their relationship and marriage was purely arranged by both of their parents.Sheela is also a software professional.

Their married life was happy and streamlined for six months.Later it did not continue smoothly.

Saran.He is a very close friend of Sheela.And they are very close from their college days.Both of them joined the same firm after their college as well.

Vinodh said "Ok.Let him be your friend or wat ever,all these days.Now you got married and why do you need a male friend when am there for you."

She said " Vinodh.I clearly told you about him,before our marriage.He is my close friend and i cant be without him.

They were very close, that they shared the same room when they were posted abroad from their firm.They shared friendship and love.

Vinodh was not very clear on Sheela's thoughts so he stoped asked anything about him and acted normal for sometime.
Saran used come to visit Sheela often.And their friendship continued.

Vinodh happened to read some of Sheela's personal emails and letters to Saran.It was highly personal.It had all the open expressions of love for one another.But Sheela shows the same love and affection to Vinodh.

Vinodh was confused.

Later one day he took Sheela to beach shore.They sat there.It was a fullmoon day.The cool breeze planed Sheela's hair.She looked beautiful on the moon light as she adjusted the thin hair along her ears.Slowly she leaned on his shoulders embracing him around his hip and said

"Vino.I feel secure in your arms and accomplished"

"Sheela...hmm.." he paused for a while and added "when u like Saran so much.Why you didnt marry him ? " asked Vinodh.
Sheela starred at Vinodh.

Beach waves voiced.

him"

Sheela stood up and said.
She spoke."Vinodh.Are u still not happi with our friendship"
Vinodh said "If its pure friendship am fine.But u are really close with him.. that's the reason...i cant...i cant digest..why u didnt marry him."

She said "Vinodh.hmm yeah am very close with him.but i cant marry him..Marriage is different"

Vinodh cant control and yelled....
"What the heck..whats the difference.i r..ead all your emails to him..u discuss everything thing with him..every moment in your life..those things which you cant discuss to any other man other than your husband.Then why the hell u married me and not
"Vinodh.You have to understand this,
Saran is my friend and yes i have lots of love and affection on him.
And i have the same love and affection on you as well.
I cant lead a married life with Saran.Becos...becoz ours is a non-sexual relationship.Some kind of ..kind of "Romantic Friendship"
Me or him have never felt that feeling among us.Please try to understand.And please dont read my personal emails.And i love u so so much da..U mean so much to me.."

She wept and left the place.Vinodh sat there looking at the moon astoundingly.

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Dividing Lines

Its December.The only month when Chennai can be at its best of the places to live.And there are certain sampled regular moments that are pleasant this month like..

• "The pleasant weather and the morning chillness makes it easy for a mediocre IQ girl to stand for her office bus early in the morning.She makes 35 K Rs per month.
• Be it sitting in your bike wasting  60 Rs per gallon of fuel starring at the signal lights to turn green.
• Squishing among the crowd of people in the prevailing market places to buy a saree worth 5k on a average non festive weekend
• A mid day bus ride with your Girl Friend in the Deluxe Govt Bus cruising along the dusty road paying 100 Rs for the ride
• Getting on to a bar and drink some local quality scotch with chicken tandoori and spending 1K Rs per visit.
• 10 Rs cigar Smoke with a hot cup of tea of 5 Rs."

Pleasant chilling weather everywhere and festivities.The only season where the household Air Conditioning machine gets a time off.

Chitra looked worried and looking at the cure little one she muttered,
"She will not survive the cold tonite if you don't do anything to the fallen wall" 
"Seri.Let me check if we can sleep tonite in the school" assured Muthu one father among the million struggling to survive in the new tech evolved planet.

Muthu needs at least 250 Rs to buy a used asbestos sheet to cover the fallen side of his house and that would prevent the chill air getting on to his little 3 months old.

He roamed across the city to find any from the garabage but the search was in vain.
That night they spent in a nearby school building.
And the school guard said "You can spend a night or two not more than that"

It was getting colder day by day.He sat there under a tree and seemed lost.
The school guard walked briskly towards Muthu and cried at him with excitation "There is advertising board near old bridge that had fallen down.If you go now you can get that and mend your house"

Muthu with much of agitation ran towards old bridge and to his luck the 10 x 6 ft thick board banner was rattling in the cold breeze.He called few kids playing around there and took it to patch his little home

And he stood there looking at it  -  a proud Father.
and  saw the smile from Chitra - a motherly gratified one.

That night the poor little family slept happily with the banner board protecting them from the Chennai mist.

From outside the Banner read
"Safe Home for everyone" - a promise from AJB Govt 
Ad sponsored by Airtel "Now offering - Free SIM Cards worth 250 Rs talk-time"

honey Moon (Repost)

"Nimmi come here di.Come near me seekaram".
He showed her the marvel he was seeing.Nirmala who was preparing coffee rushed and stood near dina.
"Did u see that" he said and showed her the Moon.

"Thats amazing da wow" she slowly leaned over Dina and looked at it.
White and milky it was.They felt cold looking at it.

She turned and gave a tight hug to dina and eventually he kissed her forehead.
Tears started rolling out of her eyes.

"i know abt u dear..u will keep up your promise" said Nirmala and kissed him deeply. As their shuttle approched it.

He felt proud.

Dina remembered a few years back "Nimmi.I promise u da." pointing to the moon over the sky "For sure i shall take you there for our honey moon sweetheart".

And he registered their names with VMCI (Visit Moon Corporation of India) and got the best deal "Exclusive for couples" of 4 nights stay plus a new space shuttle which hardly had travelled 150 times between moon and earth, with all the elemental features for 33 trillion Rs.

He did'nt yet disclose to Nirmala that he had got a free ride coupon on the "old highlands".

Their space craft was about to land on the moon surface in another 8 hrs.They peeped through the their ship's covered deck and saw the surface smooth and  covered with a material called as  regolith, a mixture of fine dust and rocky debris produced by meteor impacts.

It landed.

The couple came out and a crew with four men were waiting to pick them up to their suite.

"Welcome sir, and mam.You are on the moon.You are 43215633 th couple to visit the moon. The weather is excellent this weekend.And we hope you will enjoy your stay here for the next 5 days."

Nirmala cant believe that she is walking on the moon with his beloved.
With no atmosphere and no magnetic field, the Moon's surface looked providential for her.

She held his hand tight when they looked above the sky to see the EARTH at an orbit 384,400 km away.

Something very true happend recently.And something that begs time(long..) to heal it.
Most of you might not have felt the pain of this.I had felt through my closest kin.
Pain of something you lose which is precious.And you actualize it was even more precious when you loose it.

Read ahead...

It was his birth day, 26th one.Woke up early.And waking up early is'nt new to him coz he never sleeps deep these days.Day apeared dull and dispirited.

"Happy birthday Ramesh" said the voice.
"Seri ma..time achu..is hot water ready" asked ramesh not ready to come out of the morning laziness.
"Ya..go take bath and breakfast is ready.Don't lay in the bed get up..up up quick"

Ramesh stood near the window.Tears rolled and he started getting ready to work.
Made some quick bfast and found there is no time to heat water.Took bath in cold water.
He wanted to push this day to close.His bday rolled slowly in pain.
"Hey Ramesh wats the plan for Diwali" asked Moorthy and he straightaway added "hey sorry man, take care" and left the place.

Ramesh heart stopped for a moment when he heard that its going to be diwali in few days.Ya Diwali in few days and there are lot of festive fun season to come there after.
He cant face those days that are meant to be happy.He cant be happy,memories will kill him.He wanted to run to a world where there is no such festivals.

It was 9 PM when he returned home.His brother had got some cake and said
"Anna happi birth day".
They hugged each other,but in tears.

They got into bed and slowly started to sleep.And the day faded away as clock struck 12 midnight.

His first ever birthday, without the wish from his mother, came to an end.

Post Script:
I cant wish him "Many more happy returns of the day".I didnt wish him this year.
But i can pray(deeply) that almighty to return the happiness to them by any possible means.

Paradise of Trust Hope and Realness - 4 (Final Part)

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Claps and a round of applause filled up the big auditorium.
Anjali gladly accepted the award and was smiling at the audience.
"Thank you sir" she said looking at ChiefGuest ,when he pecked at her cheeks.
She showed the certificate to the audience it read "First prize - Recital competition "

She limped towards the stairs off the stage.Anjali suffers from Partial paralysis by birth.
It made her right leg to be paralyzed and non functional.

ChiefGuest took over the podium and said
"My heart full wishes to Anjali.Wishes for her bright career and let she win many such competitions in future.I admire at her self-confidence despite her physical challenges.
And most importantly i want to thank her parents and they are the ones who are also to be admired at.Having a child with special needs is definitely a very challenging aspect of parenting.And it probably involves immense ultimum of strength to carry on with life and give such children a meaningful existence, nurturing them to evolve as competent individuals and definitely make the world a better place to live in.Kudos to them.They are truly heroic !!.May i have them come up to the stage" .

Anjali called her parents by signaling using both her hands.
Sanjay and Shruthi walked up to the stage.Shruthi cannot control her tears.
There were big applause for them from the crowd.

It was 10 PM and the happy family was driving back home from the school.
Anjali slept and their car audio was melodizing  Nandala - Onnukoonu

Shruthi sunk in to deep thought back her seat and in the memory lane of her abominable pregnancy period.

She was not able to do anything with her mysterious preganacy.As the whole family including sanjay's parents came to know about it.She has to continue it and every day of her pregnancy passed with confusion and filled with sorrowfulness.She prayed that no other woman should land into a situation like hers.

It was their regular check up in the second trimester.Doctor Padma was very disturbed after the ultrasound.She called the parents inside her room,

Padma in her low tone said "As i said in the last check up.It is confirmed now.Yes there is a 90 % chance of paralysis on the right leg for the baby.Am really sorry to say about this.Its up to you to decide if you want to continue with the pregnancy"

That evening."Sanjay.Can you take me to temple" requested Shruthi.They entered the temple and Sanjay sensed that Shruthi wanted some time private and he went around the temple.

Shruthi sat in front of the idol and thought to herself.
"Is this how i should payback for all the sin i did.Its all my mistake and why should the little one suffer".She cried out loud.She wept and sat there silent for few min's.Suddenly she stood up wiping her tears off her cheeks and clearly cerebrated
"Am not going to abort the baby ,and do another sin.From this moment i would give anything that takes to take care of it.Am least bothered if it takes my life to care for it.I do not care to worry about who the father would be.All that i should know is "Am the mother""

Suddenly the car stopped bringing Shruthi back to the present."Need to pump in some fuel" said Sanjay.
At this time Anjali woke up and asked in a tiresome tone "Mommy are we home yet".

"Not yet dear.We should be in another few mins.Why don't you sleep"
Sanjay got in to the car when Anjali asked "Daddy.Remember you promised me that you will take me to 'Avatar' tomorrow."

Sanjay said "Sorry da.We will go next week.Daddy got some meetings"
Shruthi added "Yes dear.Daddy is a busy engineer" and smiled.
Anjali in her little angry voice "I hate you daddy and I hate engineers.When i grow up i wont become an engineer." she frowned.
Sanjay while turning the wheels asked "Oh ok.What do you want to become when you grow up then?"
Anjali replied "I want to become a Physio Therapist.Like our Ed uncle and help all the kids with broken leg.Same like he did for my broken leg." and smiled at them.

Silence.

Tears rolled.This time it was from Sanjay.

-The End-

Paradise of Trust Hope and Realness - 3

PreScript :
Please read through previous episodes at Previous Episode
Was listening to Call me dil while scripting

Ed and Shruthi lurched towards her apartment.
Ed said "Now this is the logical end" and added quickly"Stop.stop being mushy mushy.We depart as good friends as agreed 4 years back"
Shruthi dramatically controlling her tears and feebly said "Ed.Can you come in for a cup of tea.Probably a last one"Ed looked in to her eyes.He could sense it satiated with gloominess.
He said "As you wish".

Shruthi went straight up to the kitchen and started up the stove in simmer and tossed a pan of water on to it.Came back to the living room and saw Ed already opening up the Chardonnay.

"I know this would happen so i had one ready in my bag" smiled Ed
Shruthi "Hey i have a flight to board at 6 AM"Ed obliged and added up to the sentimentality with his nice words "One last time"

"Cheers for lovely moments and feelings that we shared for all four years."
Soon they started to get on to the wine forgetting about the pan of water in the stove.

Shruthi had a extra glass breaching her habitué alcohol quota of steadiness and soon was flying off the ground.Ed again opened up a small Scotch that he was carrying and they had it real raw.

They were cuddling each other in a couch and started to kiss each other.
The stove finished its job of heating up the pan in the simmer,now the water started to boil.

Ed aided Shruthi to get off her attire.He for the first time felt her bosomy hip and quickly covered themselves with a blanket.Hot steam egress out of the pan and with in 10 min's the last few drops evaporated with a hissing noise....
After 3 hrs,Ed woke up and left a note and lovely card in Shruthi's handbag.

It was 4 AM in the morning.Shruthi was staring at the Pregnancy tester stick.
Tears rolled out with nobodies request and she read the old note from Ed one time again
"Hey dear, these four years were the wonderful and best days of my life ,you made every moment so precious for me to preserve and  cherish back,you were my best friend ,a well wisher ,philosopher ,inspiration and now leaving you to your wish and will.
Can never forget this night in my life"
-Your Ed

Without further thoughts she called up Ed.
He said "Hello.Hey Shruthi.Never expected a call from you so soon.how are you and Sanjay"
Shruthi wept and explained him the complete situation.
Ed tried to calm her down when she cried "Its not your fault.Its me.Am selfish and out of control.Am not right .."she wept.

Ed  "I have a strong hope its not us.From what you told one your LMP and the phase you were in when it happened between us" he paused and added " was before the fertile period of yours"

Ed in his doctors tone added
"Listen later in  pregnancy blood samples cab be taken from the mother, baby and the man thought to be the baby's biological father can then be tested for DNA fingerprinting and in a large proportion of cases can prove whether Sanjay is definitely the father.It is technically possible for a blood sample to be taken from a baby whilst it is still in the womb."
He paused  for while, both remained silent  and he added
"But I really doubt that doctors in India would agree to take such a blood sample for you, knowing that the result may cause you to terminate the pregnancy even though the baby may be normal and healthy. Nevertheless, I hope and believe its not us" 
"You hope."she smiled and paused and added "This is head-spinning.I cannot handle this anymore.I need to rest for sometime and think about this.Will call you later" she hung up and was severely confused.She felt terrible with her situation.She was angry on herself.

She perched herself on the bed for a while.She thought that she cannot to do this alone she needs someone by her side.After a lot of thought process decided to call Sanjay and dialed his number quickly.He did not pick up.She tried again but in vain.She cried out louder inside her bathroom walls.

"Hey Shruthi are you alrite" checked her Father as he felt someone screaming.
She looked at herself in the bathroom mirror and managed to reply in a clear voice "Dad.Am fine just not able to sleep"

Washed up and came out of the bathroom saw her father sitting in the couch.
"Hey Shruthi.Want some coffee" asked her Dad.
"Haan Ya dad .And also am going out for walk in the beach"
"If that makes you better " said her father

She tried to call up Sanjay again for one last time,he picked up.

"Hey Sanjay.Need to talk to you its important"
He replied "Shurthi is everything alrite.Sorry was tired and i was.."
Shruthi interrupted and said "Sanjay.Looks like am pregnant"
Sanjay smiled to himself but reacted and acted "Are you sure"
She said "We need to check with hospital and do something straightaway"
He said "Hon.Am not sure what to do.Still its only, two months for the marriage.Why do you panic.You know about me and i am.."
She interrupted and said "Stop the bullshit.Will meet you at the hospital 9 AM"

Shruthi was on her way to the hospital as her auto rickshaw stopped for while to fill in the fuel tank.
She called up Sanjay but his phone was busy for the past 20 mins.She was too nervous and called up Ed.Again in vain.
She quickly sent an SMS to Ed "Thought about it and i cannot take a chance :(.Am going to hospital.Will call you later."

Shruthi got out of the auto rickshaw and started to walk towards the hospital.Sanjay was standing near the hospital reception.

She yelled at him "Who were you've been calling when you know i will be calling you back."
A voice interrupted and said "He was talking to me da" and Shruthi turned and looked back to see her dad standing.She looked at Sanjay and that look in her eyes sympathized the exact words "Why did you do this to me" .
Silence.She couldn't control and with a outburst embraced her dad.
Sanjay said "Shruthi,pls understand.Trust me this will pass"

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Paradise of Trust Hope and Realness - 2

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Raining heavily.Shruthi was looking outside the big glass window from Priya's Kitchen."What a lovely view you have from the kitchen.Sure will make your cooking a pleasant experience di, from here"

"Its still 2 months to go di.Why are u giving it so early" asked Priya looking at the pinkish wedding card that Shruthi handed over.
"Haan.Ya had to print it early as i need to give to friends in UK." said Shruthi
and added"When will your hubby come home"

Priya sighed "it will be around 9 PM when he comes.Then eat sleep.Life is not so exciting di.Guess its so eventful for you.From school times i never knew you grew to be such a romanticist di.You gave that silent look all the time and now i understand how looks can be deceiving." they both smiled
and Priya added "Alrite.Now back to business.What happened with Ed then"
"Priyaa.I told you earlier its a little episode of friendship ,caring and little beyond that.But cannot convert that to a committed one" said Shruthi."Still i miss him a lot.We girls are born to
suffer such emotions"

"Hmm.Its all in your hands and how you decide the life to be.Dont blame the feminine gender for that.Seri ok howz Sanjay" asked Priya as she took out the hot cup of milk from the microwave and started mixing it with coffee and sugar.

"Ya i had good time with him.He is so amusive and i forget everything when i am with him.This past 25 days he made me live every moment.We had loads of fun roaming around the city." excited Shruthi

"Tell the truth di." paused as she took a sip of he hot coffee Was it plain vanilla or any hot fudge to top it" winked Priya
Shruthi blushed and paused and sighed "He was so obligating and had to let him add some fudge to it"
Priya cried "You rascal" took a pillow and threw at Shrituhi.
"Dude you blush now when i ask that and you totally blame him" exclaimed priya

Both started to smile and continued to laugh out louder.

"Her charisma is incredible.Assurance exudes from her every pour.
I look into her eyes and she makes me melt inside." Sanjay poetically described about her to the drunken group.

Kumar added some ice and poured some lime soda to Sanjays highball glass.Bar tender got them some ice cold kingfisher beer alongside with full chicken tandoori,some cocumber salad,masala papad and bolied peanuts.It was a feast in front of them and the bachelor party continued.

Fattest of his friends added "Ok guys bottoms up for Sanjay.
Also wishing that he spends the same quality time with his friends after getting married too"

They all left the bar happily.Sanjay pushed himself on to his bed.
It was 6 AM in the morning his mobile phone was crying aloud for the third time.And this time hard it reached Sanjay's boozed out ears.He picked it up it was Shruthi

"Hey Sanjay.Need to talk to you its important"
He replied "Shurthi is everything alrite.Sorry was tired and i was.."
Shruthi interrupted and said "Sanjay.Looks like am pregnant"
Sanjay smiled to himself but reacted and acted "Are you sure"
She said "We need to check with hospital and do something straightaway"
He said "Hon.Am not sure what to do.Still its only, two months for the marriage.Why do you panic.You know about me and i am.."
She interrupted and said "Stop the bullshit.Will meet you at the hospital 9 AM"

Within few hours,Shruthi was on her way to the hospital.
She took out her mobile from the hand bag she was carrying and typed a quick SMS
"Thought about it and i cannot take a chance :(.Am going to hospital.Will call you later."
pressed the send key when it read "SMS sending to Ed"

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Paradise of Trust Hope and Realness - 1

Shruthi handed over one her last invitation to Gaurav and said
"Please come and grace the occasion"
It was 5 PM.She knows its time to leave work place one last time.
Kevin got off a long meeting and came out
"Ok guys lets jump in to CR08 conference room"

People gathered.A white iced and sugary rose topped cake was waiting for Shruthi.
The whole team gathered in.
Pat came in and everybody stood up ,rustles over the room.Pat is the overall manager of the implementation team for FedEx in Manchester.Few words that would best describe him - compulsive, determined, single, moody.It was a surprise when he came in for the send off party of Shruthi,which generally is not few of his can do list.

Shruthi - South Indian born and living in UK for the past 10 years She did her masters in London universtiy.
And working with Fed Ex as a Team lead for the past 7 years.After repeated compulsion from her family back home she is bound to get married to Sanjay.
She had been a committed resource and a dependable friend.Most of the time displays serenity and calmness.Its indeed a impossible effort to figure what she is up to in her thoughts.A very first look of her would attract resplendent peace in your hearts.Her smile would make you sigh with contentment.

Sanjay - Average India born male.Good looking and has a good sense of humor that keeps him advantageous among friends circle.Has a younger brother.Works as a Production Manager in a renowned Automobile company branched out in Chennai,India.Not much in to romancing or date out with girls.Has a very average academic records.Its been a while his parents started to look out for bride.He is jaunting in his own pace in cloud nine for the past few days after getting engaged with Shruthi.

Pat said "Shruthi ,you have been a valuable and committed resource that the team will be missing.All the best"Before the claps fade out he vanished the scene.Every one spoke few lines about Shruthi.It was 5:30 PM
With a heavy heart she stepped out of the work place and headed to the tube station.She has been comuting this tube line for the past 7 yrs.

Mobile alerted - "Dad" calling.
she picked and said "Dad did you not sleep.Is everythign alrite"
Dad replied "Am good da.Wanted to check if its all set for your travel."

Shruthi's Dad - The truest,most sincere gentleman.As to any girl, he is a hero for Shruthi as well.Life had dealt him some rough,challenging cards,yet that has not reduced his character at all. As said any one can make a child but it takes a man to be a father.

After exact 20 min's she got out of Heaton park.
Ed was waiting there for her.She rushed towards him.Stood there ,tears rolled on her lovely eyes.She wept and whole world would want to console her when she cries.Her weeping is also beautiful

Ed - Born in Britan.Young physical therapist.Life would seem much simple and easy if you are with him for sometime.Highly practical and fun to be with.He has been a very good friend and well wisher for Shruthi for past 4 years.Ed said "Hey ,we know this would happen one day and that is no later than today"
She hugged him.Ed held her.After coffee,dinner and a lovely walk along the water front ,they departed.

Its 6 AM the next day morning.
Shruthi boarded the Middle East bound aircraft.And the flight was ready for taxing.
They were de-icing the flight.Anti-ice fluid splashed on the window.
She was watching it through the window and lapsed herself on to the lovely thoughts of Ed.

She was watching outside the window it was mizzling
Its been 40 min's and its a second coffee that she ordered.Was waiting to pounce on Ed
Ed came rushing down the bus.
"Dai evalo neram da wait panrathu"
"Mam.Am sorry.I know u get Tamil words when you are damn angry.Please am sorry.Please forgive me this time as you did for the past 786 times"
She said "Its been 1 hr dude.And did not inform Pat about this.Just sneaked out.Ohh my god.why am i doing this"
Its her nature and Ed knows this.She cant even act angry for more than 2 min's.
Ed smiled at her.She smiled back instant and tried hard to keep a mad face "No am supposed to be angry"
"Common you can even do that in your wildest dreams..mmm..what do you think i can do to make it up" said Ed.
She blushed.
Ed looked at her.His eyes powered and manful.And in no time kissed her lips.Before she could react and resist kissed her hard and stepped back.
"What are you doing" she stuttered and left the place.Boarded a bus and sat near the window.Rain started to intense outside.She smiled to herself ,her mobile alerted it read "Ed" calling.She knows he will call to make it up.

Mobile sounded and ceased her out of the dream.
It read "Sanjay" calling.
She picked it up "Hello"
Sanjay voiced "Hey SH..how are you..did you board the flight"
Shruthi said "Yeah. yeah its about to take off.How are you.Sorry couldn't email you" stameeringly she continued "and what is SH.."
Sanjay was telling something that she could'nt hear as the flight radio dominated
"At this time, we request that all mobile phones, pagers, radios and remote controlled toys be turned off for the full duration of the flight, as these items might interfere with the navigational and communication equipment on this aircraft"

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