ஆசை

(இது என் முதல் தமிழ் கதை பதிவு. தவறுகள் இருப்பின் மன்னிக்கவும். இது முதல் தமிழ் பதிவாகியதால் நான் முன் ஆங்கிலத்தில் எழுதிய ஒரு தமிழ் கதையையே சில மாற்றத்தோடு மறுபடியும் எழுதி இருக்கேன். படிக்காதவங்க மறுபடியும் படியுங்க, படிச்சவங்க இன்னொறு முறை படிக்கலாமே.....)

என்னங்க விஜய் டிவிய காப்பி அடிச்சு சன் டிவியில அசத்த போவது யாருனு ஒரு நிகழ்ச்சி வருதாமே?

ஆமா ஆமா நானும் கேள்வி பட்டேன், எப்படி இருக்குனு நாளைக்கு பாத்து உனக்கு சொல்றேன்டி...

என்னங்க என்னங்க, என்னையும் நாளைக்கு கூட்டிட்டு போங்க பிளீஸ்...நீங்க மட்டும் அந்த வீட்டுக்கு தினமும் போய் விஜய் டிவி பார்த்துட்டு வாரிங்க, நாளைக்கு ஒரு நாள் ஆச்சும் எங்களை கூட்டிட்டு போங்க பிளீஸ்..

அய்யோ வேற வினையே வேண்டாம், நானே கஷ்ட்டபட்டு அந்த வீட்டுக்கு போய் இருந்து பார்த்துட்டு வரேன், நான் பார்த்து ரசிச்சத உங்ககிட்ட பகிர்ந்துகிரேன், அப்படியே இருந்துட்டு போகட்டும்…

ச்சே....என்ன கெட்ட எண்ணம் உங்களுக்கு, தான் பெற்ற இன்பம் பெருக இவ்வையகம்னு சொல்வாங்க, ஆனா நீங்களோ ரொம்ப சுய நலமா இருக்கிங்க, நீங்க மட்டும் தினமும் அந்த வீட்டுல போய் டிவி பார்கலாம், நாங்க மட்டும் வர கூடாது..

அடியே சொன்னா புரிந்துகோடி, நானே அந்த வீட்டுக்கு வேண்டாத விருந்தாலி, வேண்டா வெறுப்போட தான் என்கிட்டயே நடந்துப்பாங்க, எவ்வளவுதரம் அவங்ககிட்ட அடிபட்டு இருக்கேனு உனக்கு தெரியுமா.. அப்படி இருந்தும் வெக்கம் இல்லாம அவங்க வீட்டுக்கு மருபடியும் போறேன்... எதுக்காக எல்லாம் உங்களுக்காக... இது எல்லாம் உன்கிட்ட சொன்னா உன் மனசு கஷ்ட படும்னு தான் உன்கிட்ட அதை எல்லாம் சொல்றது இல்லை…

என்னது.. அடிபட்டு இருக்கீங்களா, என்னங்க சொல்றீங்க…

அதை எல்லாம் விடு பிள்ளை, நம்ப பசங்க எங்க… ?

அப்பா...அப்பா....

வாங்கடா என் செல்வங்களா, எங்கடா ஆளையே காணுமேனு பார்த்தேன்…பிரண்ட்ஸ் கூட விளையாடிட்டு வரோம்பா… ஏதோ மைய் டியர் பூதம்னு ஒரு சீரியல் வருதாமே.. அதை பார்க்க அவங்க போய்டாங்க, அதனால நாங்க வீட்டுக்கு திரும்பி வந்துடோம்…. அப்பா அப்பா, எனக்கும் அந்த சீரியல் பார்கணும்பா, பீள்ஸ்பா…

என்னங்க, குழந்தை ஆசை படுதுல, நாளைக்கு இவணுகளையும் கூட்டிட்டு போய் பூதம் கீதம்னு ஏதோ சொல்ராங்களே, அதையும் காட்டிட்டு தான் வாங்கலேன்..

அடியே, அந்த சீரியல் சாயங்காலமே வந்துடும், அவ்வளவு சீக்கிறம் அந்த வீட்டுக்கு போனா நம்பளை ஒலிச்சு கட்டிடுவாங்க.. ஆளை விடு சாமி…

ஏங்க இது உங்களுக்கே நியாயமா இருக்கா? இந்த தெருவுலயே ஒரே ஒரு வீட்டுல தான் டிவி இருக்கு, அ ந்த வீட்டுக்கும் எங்களை கண்டிப்பா போக கூடாதுனு சொல்லிடிங்க... ஆனா நீங்க மட்டும் தினமும் அந்த வீட்டுக்கு போய் அரசி பார்த்துட்டு எனக்கு வந்து கதை சொல்றீங்க... அதே போல நாளைக்கு நம்ப பசங்களுக்காக கொஞ்சம் வெல்லன போய் இந்த பூத கதையும் பார்த்துட்டு வந்து இவணுகளுக்கு சொல்லுங்களேன்…

உங்களுக்கு சொன்னா புரியாது, நான் போகமாடேனா போகமாடேன் தான்… இப்பொ போய் வேற வேலை இருந்தா பாருங்க…

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டேய்.. இப்ப என்ன சொல்லிடேனு இப்படி மூஞ்ஜிய தூக்கி வெச்சிட்டு இருக்கிங்க, உங்க ரெண்டு பேர்க்காக தானேடா நான் உழைக்கிரேன்..,

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சரி நாளைக்கு நான் போய் அந்த மைய் டியர் பூதம் சீரியல பார்த்துட்டு வரேன் போதுமா… இப்போவாது கொஞ்ம் சிரியுங்கலேடா பிளீஸ்…

அய்யா அய்யா, அப்பான அப்பா தான்…

(அடுத்த நாள்)

என்னங்க வெளில போரதுக்கு முன்னாடி ஏதாவது குடிச்சிட்டு போங்க… ..

இல்லை இல்லை நான் அந்த வீட்டுக்கு போயே குடிச்சுகிரேன்…

என்னங்க... என் மேல கோபமா….

பெருசா கோபம்லா இல்லடி.. கொஞ்ம் வருத்தம் தான்…

என்னது என் ராசாவுக்கு வருத்தமா....

ஆமான்டி எந்த ஜென்மத்தில் பண்ணின பாவமோ இப்படி நம்ம கஷ்ட பட வேண்டி இருக்கு, தினமும் இப்படி செத்து செத்து பொழைக்க வேண்டி இருக்கு.. ஏதோ என்னால முடிந்த அளவுக்கு உங்கள எல்லாம் கொஞ்ம் சந்தோசமா வெச்சிகறதுக்கு முயற்சி பன்ரேன்… இந்த நேரத்துல நான் அங்க போனதே இல்லை, என்ன நடக்குமோனு பயமா வேர இருக்கு....

அது எல்லாம் பயப்படுற மாதிரி ஒன்னும் நடக்காது கவலைய விடுங்க....

என் செல்லம் சொன்னா சரி தான்...

அப்படியே அரசி பார்த்துட்டு சீக்கிரம் வாங்க, இன்னிக்கு உங்களுக்காக சுட சுட கோழி சூப் பண்ணி வைக்கலாம்னு இருக்கேன்...

அட, என்னடி இன்னிக்கு விசேஷம்....

அது எல்லாம் ஒன்னும் இல்லைங்க, நம்ப பசங்க தான் நேத்திகே சொன்னாங்கல விளையாட யாரும் வரலைனு.. அதான் வீட்டுலயே வேட்டையாட வேலையாட ஒரு தங்கச்சி பாப்பா இருந்தா… அவங்க பாட்டுக்கு இங்கயே ஜாலியா விளையாடிட்டு இருக்க மாட்டாங்க.. அதான் இன்னிக்கு.…

ஆமா ஆமா.. நீ சொல்றதும் சரி தான்………… என்ன..என்ன, நீ இப்போ என்ன சொன்ன..

இல்லையே நான் ஒன்னும் சொல்லலையே....

இல்லை இல்லை, நீ இப்போ என்னவோ சொன்ன....

சீ போங்க, வெட்கமா இருக்கு…

ஆகா... என் செல்லத்துக்கு வெக்கத்த பாரு...அடியேய்... என்னடி இப்போவே எனக்கு மூடை கிளப்பி விட்டுட்ட....நான் இன்னிக்கு எங்கையும் போகலை… சார் இன்னிக்கு லீவு...

சீ.. போங்க....பசங்க அப்புறம் வருத்தப் படுவாங்க... நீங்க போய் பூதத்தை பார்த்துட்டு அப்படியே அரசியையும் பார்த்துட்டு வாங்க, நான் உங்களுக்காக காத்துகிட்டு இருபேன்…

சரி சரி போரேன்… போரதுக்கு முன்னாடி வாய் நம நமகுது.... ஏதாவது குடேன்…

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“வெள்ளைக்காரன் முத்தம் என் தேகம் எங்கும்….”

என்னடா இது சன் டிவி போடுவாங்கனு பார்தா கே டிவில பாட்டு ஓடுதே.. நம்ப மூடுக்கு சரியான பாட்டு தான் ஆனா பசங்களுக்கு என்ன பதில் சொல்றது அப்புறம்…

டேய் வெங்கட் சன் டிவி போடுடா, மைய் டியர் பூதம் பார்போம்.. .

அய்யோ அம்மா, இந்த வயசுல உனக்கு பூதம் கேக்குதா… கலி காலம்டா சாமி…

டேய் அப்படியே அந்த கொசு வத்திய ஏத்தி வை, மணி 6 ஆனா போதும், காது கிட்ட வந்து கொய்யினு...... எங்க இருந்து தான் வருதோ தினமும் தெரியல…

நல்ல வேலை, சன் டிவி போடாணுங்கப்பா… ஆமா.. ஏதோ ஒரு வாசனை வருதே… மயக்கமா வேர இருக்கு… அய்யோ.. மூச்சு வேர விட முடியலையே…

அப்பா சாகும் தருவாயில் சொன்னது யாபகம் வந்தது… “டேய் அந்த கோடில இருக்கிற வீட்டுக்கு மட்டும் நைட் 9 மணிக்கு முன்னாடி போகாத.. அந்த வீட்டுல மட்டும் தான் சாயங்காலம் 6 மணி ஆனா நம்பல கொல்றதுக்கு ஏதோ செய்வினை வெச்சி இருக்காங்க, மத்த வீட்டுல எல்லாம் ஒரு பிராப்பளமும் இல்லை....எல்லாம் குடிசை வீடு தான்” .....

அய்யோ...பெரியவங்க சொன்னதை மறந்து போய்டேனே....இந்த சம்சார பந்தத்துல மதி கெட்டு போனேனே…அய்யோ என்னோட செல்லம் எனக்காக இரவு முழுவதும் காத்துகிட்டு இருக்குமே… செல்லம்… என் செல்லம்... நீயும் நான் பண்ணிய தப்பை நாளைக்கு பண்ணிடாதே.....செல்ல…செல்...

“கொசுவை ஒளிப்போம், சிக்கன் குனியாவை அளிப்போம்” என்று டிவி அலறியது...

(நான் தமிழில் எழுத ஊக்கம் கொடுத்த அம்பி மற்றும் ஜீ அவர்களுக்கு நன்றி)

Love Is in the Air...

Hello viewers, Welcome to “lovers choice program” the one & only lover’s choice show, this is Neha welcoming you all guys out there, as you know this is a show wherein you can share your love for your girl friends, so guys what are you waiting for, call me at 9812595959and pour your love here… okay we have got our first caller, let’s see who it is.. Hello?

Hello, is it Lovers choice Neha…?

Yes sir…, Neha here, tell me where you from and what’s your name sir?

Neha I have been trying hard to get your number for a long time and only today I got a chance to speak to you…

Well thank you sir, it’s so nice of you but you haven’t told us your name sir?

Well, I don’t like to reveal my name here…

Oh what happened?

Nothing… it is just that I am very sad today…

Oh is it? Why are you sad, any love failure?

No not love failure, I am sad because I miss my wife very much….

So sweet, so how long you are missing her?

Sorry…

I mean when did you last see her?

Today morning...

What? Today morning you saw her and you started to miss her now…

Yes Madam, I am in deep love with her and it is very difficult to spend time without her in the house…

So Sweet, so are you working?

Well yes, but today I have taken leave but my wife has gone to her office…. The house is void without my wife… so thought of calling you and express my feelings for her…

I hope your wife is hearing this…

Yes she definitely is….

Oh is it? How do you know? Does her office allow her to hear our Radio programs during office time?

Well yes, because she herself working in a Radio Station?

Oh that’s so sweet, I am sure she would listen to you and reach office soon to surprise you, so let me play a romantic song for you, but before that please let us know your name and whom you want to dedicate this song…

Yes I am Nikhil and I want to dedicate this song to my wife Neha…

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Ok Viewers, let’s hear “Love is in Air” for Neha, check it out….


(Oh no, he was my Nikhil, I couldn’t even recognize his voice over this phone… I am so sorry Nikhil, I couldn’t take leave today …. Hope you forgive me)….

Okay, that was a nice song we played for you and let’s see who the next caller is….

(Afternoon)

Neha, Come on, have you forgot? we have a meeting with the director now, we are already late….

Yes I am coming…

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Folks as you know the agenda of this meeting is to discuss our Promotional measures to compete the fellow radio Stations and I want you all to give me your valuable and constructive ideas…

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(Mid Afternoon)

Tring Tri….

Tring Tring Tri…

Tring…..

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Tring, Tring, Tring, Tring…

Neha can you please quickly attend to your call and switch it off please….

Sorry sir, just a second….

Hello Nikhil, what happened....?

Nothing Darling, I gave you three missed calls to indicate “I love you” but you didn’t reply me with three missed calls… So I though let me call you & check if you are still angry with me….

Oh Nikhil, this is getting too much, do you know at what time you have called me? I was in board’s room attending a very important meeting…

It’s okay darling, I have also seen many board’s meeting, they talk, they talk, they talk but at the end nothing happens eventually, see I am waiting for you at Blaze Plaza at 3:00 PM today evening, let’s spend the evening there, tell your boss you need to leave early…

Nikhil, come on, come out of your honey moon period, it’s been a month now since we married, you are simply irritating me now, okay… now I’m switching off my mobile…

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3:05 PM

(Oh I don’t think I can ask for an early leave today, still need to prepare few drafts to show it to the director…. Ah, what did I do with Nikhil today? He was so sweet to call me on my own show, poor Nikhil, I should be really lucky to get him as my husband…. How much he loves me, after all he was calling me since he was missing me much, I could have said few nice words to him and explained the situation, but I didn’t’ do that… even today morning I had to fight with him on this issue.. I was shouting like anything today morning... After all I didn’t know any other way to release my office pressure and tension…)

What are you thinking Neha?

Nothing my friend, thinking about my husband… (Okay let me give me him three missed calls… Ah, what an idea my husband has invented, whenever we are busy and can’t make any calls but miss each other much, we should give 3 missed calls to say indirectly ‘I love you’ and the other should also reply back with 3 missed calls… these guys always have some new ideas.. Poor I couldn’t reply him and surely he would have felt bad…. Now let me give him 3 missed calls…)

Tring Tri….

Tring Tring Tri…

Tring…..

3:40 PM

(Oh, still I haven’t got any reply from Nikhil nor did he give any missed calls…. Is he really annoyed with me…? Should I make a call to him? Oh there is too much of work here, let me wait for some time…)

4:15 PM

(What happened to Nikhil? Why no calls, I am completely not in a position to work now, I can’t concentrate, let me make a call to Nikhil)…

Tring, Tring, Tring, Tring…

4:45 PM

(Why Nikhil is not picking up my call, I am really worried now, what happened, Oh No! what a wife I am, I can’t give even small happiness to Nikhil. Yell with this job, after all Life is more precious than work, I should have not talked to Nikhil like that… oh Nikhil, I am very sorry… I am missing you lot now…)

Eh Neha, we need to give an Urgent message to our viewers, here is the draft, quickly cross check it and ask Sunil to read out right now to our viewers.. It’s urgent...

Why what happened…?

Just got news that there was a mini bomb explosion at Blaze Plaza….. Police and ambulance are rushing towards the spot, we need to announce the same to the viewers and ask them to remain calm... Though there isn’t any causality, heard that there were few injuries... Here are the rest of the details… check it out quickly…

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Neha... Neha... What happened?

I am leaving…

Eh wait, how can you leave, we have another meeting with the director at 5 today!

To yell with your meeting, yell with your director….

Neha, Director is calling you inside….

Oh Shit… Tell him that I have resigned….

(Reception)

Madame, Madame…. you have got a visitor …..

I can’t visit anybody now; I am in a hurry….

But Madame, he says it’s very urgent & …

Please try to understand my position, I am in a hurry and tell him to see me later….

Okay…. But he said he called you today morning on your show and it seems that you have invited him to our office…

What? …. Oh... Nikhil..... For god sake, it should be you…

(Rushes to the Visitor’s room)

Hi Neha….

Oh Nikhil…. You idiot… you have made me…..

Eh Neha, what happened, why are you crying?

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Eh this is your office, relax Neha, leave me & look me for a second…

No I won’t…., I won’t…. I won’t leave you….

Come On Neha… What will your director think seeing you hugging me like this on his Office?

Nothing will happen; I am resigning my job…

Are you mad… don’t you know I married you only because you are earning a lot in this company…..

You Idiot, Stupid….. You are a big liar how can you say like this...?

Hahaha.. I was joking... no need to leave your job, I will wait at the reception.. If you have some works complete it first, and then let’s go out for Blaze Plaza…

Oh so sweet, (KISS)… give me half an hour time, I will complete my work and let’s go directly to our home, I would like to give you some real surprise tonight…

Oh wow…. What’s that Neha?

Do you really wanna know, come closer….. (CENSORED)

Love Blossoms! (Final Part)

Sir, don’t we have any other way around, please help me sir, I want to meet shyam, I want shyam… sir please… please help me sir….

Well Vidhya, I can only think of two options to help you. One is to trace for the airlines contact number and then ask them to search for the flight and halt shyam from boarding the flight, but I guess it would be too difficult task as I don’t know which flight he is boarding nor I know any of the airlines numbers, so it would take much of time to get those details..

What’s the other one then?

Well, I can probably call police station and tell them there is a bomb placed in one of the flight leaving for Dubai, which would eventually delay the flight. Meanwhile we sorry you can reach the place and catch shyam.

Are you going to do that sir?

Well, do I look stupid Ms. Vidhya?

Sorry sir, but you are like my brother and I plead you to help me, you know our story, and I regret for my past acts and I want to repay for it…

Oh ok, okay, come with me, I probably have another way out to help you, but it would be my only weapon to get shyam, if it fails, don’t blame me okay?

Sir I have full faith in you…

That’s good, come with me.

Hi venkat, how you doing?

Am fine ambi? So how’s your marriage preparation going?

Well great, we would talk about it later, first do me a favour. Just check if you have Shyam name in your roster?

Give me a minute ….

Ambi, what are we trying to do?

Well Vidhya, our company offers free pick and drop facility and as others shyam too come by office cab only. If my guess is correct, he should have gone by office cab today too. If so we have a remote possibility of catching him.

But how can we contact him if he has already left the office?

See, we have a separate transport division working here 24*7, and all the cabs have a walkie-talkie kinda system in place, through which we try to trace the cabs and check the arrival / departure status daily at each stops….

So you mean if we can know the cab in which shyam left, we would trace the cab and talk to shyam?

Yes, if everything goes well…. First we need to find which cab he has left for, and try to establish a contact from there with that particular cab driver, talk to him and confirm if shyam still travels in that cab or already got down on his place…

Great Sir, I wish hard shyam is still in the cab…

I’m sure he would be... we still have little bit of time left, thanks to our Indian traffic.

Venkat, any news….

Yes I got it, Shyam Singh….right?

No, he is Indian, I mean South Indian, My god, I mean he belongs to Hindu, um... Brahmin….

Relax Vidhya, Venkat search for Shyam Sundar…

Okay Ambi, Shyam Sundar, Shyam Sundar, Um…. Yup, I got it too, getting down near Meenambakam today, Cab NO. 7467

Well done Venkat, can you quickly try to get in touch with the cab driver on his walkie-talkie and ask for shyam?

Give me few minutes ambi, let me try.

Calling asif, asif, calling asif, hello, hello!

Yes, venkat sir, tell me…

Ambi, we have got the link, Asif, do you have any one by name Shyam in your cab?

Shyam, um… well, yes I have Shyam sitting near me.

Wow great, get shyam on line, vidhya, come on, and talk to shyam.

Ambi, I guess we are doing something against our office policy; we can’t get an outsider here.

I know venkat, I will explain you later, this is something urgent and to me rules can wait if the work is more important and urgent... don’t worry, I will manage the consequences if any…

Shyam, vidhya here, shyam, shyam, can you hear me, shyam I’m very sorry shyam, shyam…

Hello, hello, I can’t hear you properly, who is that? This is shyam here.

Vidhya talk slowly; keep the walkie-talkie near your mouth, like this…

Ah okay ambi, shyam, can you hear me now, vidhya here, do you remember me vidhya, shyam, shyam…

Yes I can hear you, but I don’t get you, I don’t know any one by Vidhya…

What? Shyam, shyam, please forgive me, Shyam, Shyam… I am your Vidhya Shyam…

Mam, I am sorry but I really don’t know anyone by your name…

Ambi, what is he talking? Why is he not able to recognize me? Is he trying to take revenge on me for my early faults? Please do something ambi.

…. ….

I think the line got disconnected ambi.

Um… but I wonder why shyam couldn’t able to recognize you, he was still longing for you all these days vidhya.

That’s what even I can’t understand ambi, I know he is taking revenge on me, I accept my fault, but if he really loved me, he should have easily forgiven my past errors.

Vidhya, I don’t know about your love, but I am sure Shyam’s love is true, since I know him very well, venkat, are you sure you called the same cab which is traveling towards meenambakam?

Yes ambi, I am sure, it’s 7467.

Um …., then why he is hesitating to recognize Vidhya? God give me some clue… um…. Ah I got it! God is great. Call him back Venkat.

Ambi, don’t call him, I have lost, he no longer loves me, I had this fear earlier, he would have forgotten me by now, I don’t have any luck, my love is a failure… my love is a failure ambi…

Can you please remain silent for few minutes vidhya, no love is a failure, love is a feeling which everyone should experience, that’s the difference between you and shyam, within few minutes you termed your love as failure, but never did I heard the same from shyam, he never complained his love, he never cursed his love, he never thought he did a mistake even though u didn’t accept his love, he still rejoiced his love, he still worshipped his love…. Infact only because of his true love you have come here today and for the same love, I am helping you… Is that clear to you?, Venkat get him back man…

Calling asif, asif, calling asif, hello, hello!

Yes, venkat sir, tell me…

Give it here Venkat, Asif Ambi here…

Yes sir….

Where are you right now?

Sir I am driving towards meenambakam? I should reach there in 5 minutes by now.

Okay, how many people are there in your cab right now.

Sir, except me there are 3 staffs.

Fine, can you give me more details about them please?

Sir one male staff sitting near me, another male and female staff sitting at the back sir.

Okay great, can you get that another male staff on line?

Sir okay, Sir, sir… actually he is sleeping…and I am trying to wake him up… hello…

Wake him up man, wake him up tell he has got his love which he was waiting for all these days, His dream is here alive… wake him up soon...

What’s going on ambi?

Vidhya you know what, my guess was right, both shyam sundar and shyam singh were traveling on the same cab, and the guy with whom you spoke little while ago should be Shyam Singh, that’s why he couldn’t recognize you.

Hello, Shyam Sundar here, hello, can you hear me…

Ah there he goes.... Got it… vidhya see, here is your Shyam, now it’s your duty to keep him under your wraps for the rest of your life, go ahead…

Shyam… Shyam…. Vidhya here, your vidhya… Shyam can you hear me…

Driver stop the car, Vidhya. Vidhya… what a surprise….. Vidhya …..I am able to hear you Vidhya, what are you doing here? Do you still remember me? How are you vidhya? I was missing you a lot …

(tring, tring..)

Venkat, please let them talk for a while, I have got a US call, let me attend to it outside….. I’ll be back in a minute…

Hahaha.. Okay you better watch your words; I don’t think you would return in a minute… I know who the caller is!

Shut up Venkat, Get on to your work now…. yes Darling, how you doing? What did you had for your breakfast…?

….

Oh come one, this is not enough, you should take care of your health, Um… Okay, why didn’t you call me yesterday? I was waiting for your call all night you know…

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(Story Ends! “Sweet nothing” continues…)

Love Breaks.. ! (Part II)

Excuse me; can you please let me know where the Techs Mart limited is?

Um... go to the fifth floor.

Thank you.

(Grr.. this lift doesn’t seems like coming down, been there at 13th floor for long time, may be since it’s already 5:00 pm and people have just started to leave office, let me use the stair case, I just don’t have any patience now..)

(There it is! Techs mart Limited, oh, I’m already sweating, and do l look good? I wish all my sweat doesn’t create any adverse effect on my face makeup)

Madam, where are you going, whom should you, meet?

Well I have come here to meet shyam, it’s urgent.

Okay, first please fill up this register, write you name, purpose of visit, your address, time in, Name of the person you want to visit?

Actually, it’s urgent, I know him very well, infact he is my relative, so can you let me in please?

Madam, it’s our duty to get visitors fill this register first, please fill it up.

Okay okay, pen please.. (Sometimes rules can wait when work is important)

Vidhya, Personal, Anna Salai, 5:05 PM, SHYAM (shyam.. Ah how nice I feel to write his name here)

Madam, madam… wait..

Now what?

Please show you bag?

What for?

We have to check first if you are carrying camera mobile, USB, CD etc..

For god sake listen, it’s urgent and I don’t have any….

But we need to check madam, show it please.

(Grr.....)

Okay, now have this visitor card and you can go inside.

Thank you very much, can you now let me know where shyam sits or can you call him?

Hehe.. I have no idea as I am new here... Please contact reception inside.

(so nice of you, now where is the reception... yah there it is) Hi, I’m vidhya can you please call… (tring tring)

Just a second.. Tech smarts limited, this is Ankita, and how can I help you?

……

(oh god, is it necessary for her to get a call only when I go to see her, I’m sure all day she would have hardly got any calls or would have done anything worth.. ah, seems like a/c isn’t working, I’m already sweating, I’m sure all my make up would have gone hay wire, I would die if shyam finds it difficult to recognize me, how will he be looking now? Smart? Or would have beard and feeling lonely without me? All girls here look so smart; I wish none of them proposed him? Even if someone does, I know my shyam wouldn’t have accepted it? Or would he...)

Yes what I can do for you… excuse me…., Madam, what can I do for you?

Oh sorry, yah, I would like to meet (tring tring..).. Don’t take the call please, first call shyam, I need to meet him urgently.

Which Shyam?

(Which Shyam? How many versions of Shyam do they have?)... Um... he is tall, well built, and also um... he looks handsome (how stupid, I don’t know anything about him, what would she be thinking of me?)

Well with the details you have given, it’s hard to find… well just a second, Ambi, Ambi.. Come here please… Ambi, she is in search of Shyam, just check if he is the same guy who works with you for your department?

Hi, I am ambi, what can I do for you?

Hi... I am Vidhya and I am looking for Shyam whom I believe works here.. I am sorry I don’t know his full name though.. (First sin of love)

Vidhya.. Um ... I just think I know you through Shyam already, sorry if I am wrong, are you his girl friend during his college time?

Ah well, it’s actually; you know... it’s kinda…

Ah okay, no need to elaborate, you have given enough signals to prove you are the same as I have heard a lot about you in recent months through Shyam..

(Oh Shyam, you are too sweet, you have been thinking about me all these days,), Ah... Can I meet him please?

Well sorry to say Ms... Yah Vidhya, I just guess you are bit late.

Don’t tell me… what happened? Has he left for home? No problem, if you can give his residential address, I will go and meet him personally?

I wish, but actually he has resigned the job today and leaving for Dubai at today’s evening flight, infact he would be on his way to the airport, and I don’t think you can reach him now as it’s too late already.

Oh no, what to do now? Why did he resign the job and going to Dubai?

Well Vidhya, to be frank, he was still thinking about you all these years, it’s hard for him to live here and finally felt a change of place might help him better, which even I had to agree…

Oh No, Ah... Well we can reach him through his mobile number then, can you give his number atleast?

Again I am sorry vidhya, he was using Office Mobile for all these years and he had to surrender it too today, so we don’t’ have that option too.

(I deserve this treatment, oh god, what have I done? I could have come early and expressed my love for shyam, I am sure he would have cancelled all his trips, now what can I do, I am a loser now, I’m not fit to be a his love interest)…

Vidhya please, please control yourself…

No, I’m okay, I am…

Please have a seat vidhya… have some water please... I feel very sorry for you but i'm afraid I can't be of much help.

Sir, don’t we have any other way around, please help me sir, I want to meet shyam, I want shyam… sir please… please help me sir….

(Ambi Thinks...)

Love Waffle.. Part I

All these days, I was been thinking that I would never fall in love. All these years I was surrounded by thousands and thousands of Iron walls which I had built in my deep heart. But this love which came as a gentle breeze broken all those walls in a flash But how did it come? When did it come? Did it come when I forgotten myself? When I was not giving importance to this feeling all these years, how suddenly did I become a slave to it?

Love, Love, Love. Wow, why this word suddenly sounds so sweet to me? Why my lips are smiling even without my notice? Why I suddenly feel as if I’m flying? Even Bitter gourd soup that mom made today taste sweet now. Oh is this what love is? What is this sudden change in me? I just feel as if I’m drugged.

First time in my life I have sensed this new feeling in me. How did I live all these years without knowing about it? If I had known that this feeling would give me such an immense happiness, I would have definitely said Yes to Shyam when he proposed me that day.

Shyam, Shyam, Shyam, aha... How many time would I uttered this name today? Shyam… this is going to be my mantra now. Did I have ever realized that this mantra would have such an impact on me? Did I ever believe that this word would kindle deep passions inside me?

I am in love now. How much pleasure it gives me in accepting this fact today. Even without sleeping for a second yesterday night, how do I feel so much energized today? Is this the power of love?

Shyam, today I’m gonna meet you and accept my love for you. Yes now, I just can’t control my feeling for you. How much gifted you are that I am in love with you? The credit goes to you since it is you who have broken those castles. How much you would have tried just for a glimpse of my one eye view on you?

What can I do? It’s the way I was brought up! Till yesterday I never tried to find the inner meanings for this word called ‘love’. That’s why I never had a doubt that you are in love with me. Me, My studies, My home, this is what my priorities were. But now you have turned my priority on you. Are you that dream lover that all girls crave for?

In fact you confessed your love only on the last day of our college life. Why did you love me for two long years but confessed only on the last day. Are you a big fan of actor “Murali’, who never confess his love to the heroine except in climax in all his films? Stupid, not you but me, who couldn’t understand your love for me that day, and sent you back rejecting y(our ) precious proposal.

How much you would have broken inside? How many times did you cry thinking of me? Today is the day to clean all my sins. Today I am coming to you to make you feel heaven dear.

You might think how did the love come today which wasn’t there before? You stupid, do you want me to make you understand that’s what love is? The love which blossom on you that day, gave me entry only today.

Is it your absence now which made me to feel this way? I don’t know. Really you would have thought about me more than what I am been thinking about myself all these years. Is it those thoughts force which made the difference on me? If so, why did it come so late? Poor things, what can it do? Love’s feelings are like flowers, so soft that it’s hard to break my inbuilt iron castles. That’s why it took so many days for me to fell in love. But poor, it would have pained a lot to them to break my castle.

Oh those thoughts, please forgive me, all these years I was been without any life or feelings. All these years I was not gifted enough to drink the taste of love. Please forgive me. As a remedy, now I give my love feelings, please accept it shyam.

I am coming to you shyam. It’s your duty to take enough care of myself. If I suffer without getting any words to express my love for you, don’t make me feel more uncomfortable, just embrace me, okay? I just starve to feel your breath on me now. Eh fool, how you have made me to blabber like this! Don’t think I’m angry on you! This we call sweet nothings, I know how much you would have battled for & lost for this sweet nothings.

I know how much you would have starved without seeing me all these years. But you should really thank this separation. Because of this separation I happen to come closer to you.

I know I was missing something all these years, but couldn’t really identify what it is. I was mad all these years in searching what I missed. Only yesterday I realized I gave myself to you well before and that’s what I am searching for.

I am thankful to you for loving me, for giving birth to this sweet feeling inside me, for making me talk like this. Wow, how great it’s to feel in love. It’s your work to make me feel like this always. Shyam, I am soon coming to you, take me to new episodes of love.

Eh Vidhya, what are you doing inside? Come here and help me on kitchen!

Nothing mom, I was just writing my personal Diary, just coming, wait a minute.

(to be contd.)