the new year gift...

I was drafting my out of office mailbox reply, while office boy came and asked with hesitation 'Sir, are you busy'. 'Not much, just finishing things before leaving' I said. 'Sir, I need to check 1 thing on internet' he said. 'OK, check' I said. 'Sir, I need to search bicycle for kids in OLX, can you help me?' he said. 'OK' I said and started searching his query in OLX. Now monitor was showing some results of kids bicycle with rate, which ranged from Rs 500 to Rs 5000. 'Sir, can you open this link?' he said while pointing to Rs 500 bicycle. 'This seems pretty old, can you open this of 2000?' he said. 'Ohh, this is bigger than what I am looking for...I am looking this for my 4 years kid' he said. 'OK, this one looks good' I said while pointing out 1 cycle. 'How much it costs?' he said. 'It’s showing 1200 and it looks in good condition' I said while showing the different pictures of bicycle. 'Yes, I will note down the owner’s number' he said. I opened another page and it was showing bikes of higher prices. 'What is this sir, can you open this?' he said while pointing out to a bike of price 30K.'It runs through battery, It is too big, not for a kid of 4 year' I said. 'Yes, I am wondering why even kids need these kinds of bikes, which cost 30K' he said. 'Can you open the another site sir, Quikr ?' he said. I opened Quikr and did not find any good match, what he was looking for. 'Sir what is this, is this footwear, some special kind of footwear' he said while pointing out to one picture in Quikr. 'Yes, it’s footwear, it says kids branded footwear' I said. 'Hey, I think we should try for a new one, there are some online sites, where you can get kids bicycle' I said. I opened Snapdeal and it was showing Rs 2500 for a 4 years kid bicycle. 'Leave it sir, my kid is growing very fast...I don’t know how long he will use this bicycle, what is the use of buying this new bicycle' he said. 'Yes, you are right, maybe we should search more in OLX?' I said. 'You are getting late sir...I have noted down 1 phone number, I will check with that, otherwise we will check any other time...there is no hurry, my kid is not growing that much fast, he can wait for bicycle' he said with smile. 'OK, time to leave now...happy New Year' I said. 'Happy New Year sir' he said.

I was passing through office corridor and was laughing at the joke of social inequality, where someone is selling his kid’s used branded footwear and someone can wait for his kid’s New Year gift. 

the hope...

Monsoon was giving it's firm presence on the car windows, in the month of July. A long queue of cars was waiting for red light to turn into green. A lady, wearing torn red sari, was waving her one hand slowly outside the car window. The person, sitting inside the boundary of windows, was not showing any emotion. The driver peeped into the front mirror and found the person adjusting his goggles. Hope was pouring from four eyes towards that window. The lady was holding her baby with one hand and was waving the other hand continuously. The light turned on green and it took away the hope from the eyes, which had seen only 20 years. One pair of eyes was looking up into sky and cursing the monsoon and the other pair of eyes, which had not seen even 600 days, was looking towards the other direction where cars were waiting for light to turn green.

The younger pair of eyes, which did not know the meaning of hope, was still having the hope...

the balloon guy...

I was having noodles with my friend, at a fast food stall, on my way back from college. 'Hey brother, would you like to buy balloons?' a boy, aged around 12 or 13, asked me.  I smiled back in reply 'Would you like to have noodles?'. 'No, I don’t want noodles...do you want balloons' the boy said. I smiled and said 'Are you new into this balloon business?'. 'Yes, it's my first week...but how do you know?' the boy said. 'You are having these heart shaped red balloons and asking 2 college guys, who are coming back from college, for buying these...you still have to learn to identify your potential customers' I said. The boy smiled back 'So... will you teach me that'.'I cannot teach you, as I am not into balloon selling, but I think you should try there' I said while pointing out to the couples sitting outside the CCD on the other side of the road. 'I am sure you will learn gradually' I said. 'Chotu, why don’t you go to school ?' my friend, who was enjoying the noodles till now, asked the guy. 'I go to school... we are 3 siblings, I am the eldest one...I have started this balloon selling in evening after my school... I need to earn some money for my family' the boy said. 'Good... have some noodles...taste is really good' my friend said. 'No, I don't eat noodles... I need to sell balloons...I will go now' the boy said. The boy was heading towards his potential customers and my curiosity was prompting whether the boy would manage to convert those potential customers into buyers to fulfill the goals created by himself...   

  

P.S. Around 7 years back at Rajpur Road, Dehradun   

 

someone knows everything...

My sister got a chance to visit the holy Shri Badrinath temple. After her return I pampered her and said,”So what did you ask from God for your brother?”

Her simple reply came as a surprise for me.

She said,”God knows everything, even the thing what you want from him”.

“Oh my God, reply of the day or week...ok month”, I said.   

I was smiling and thinking...really, someone knows everything...

I am sure...just lock it...

X, a Mechanical Engineering third year guy, was standing in gallery with his friends. Y, a Computer Science & Engineering third year girl, was approaching towards gallery. X was fully charged with the motivational forces from his friends. 

'Hi', X said.

 Y with surprise eyes from her frameless specs,' Yes'.

X with unlimited hopes in his eyes ‘Hi, this is X’.

'Ok', Y said.

'Will you be my friend?' X said.

Y with the intense curiosity 'why?'

X inside his mind 'Ohh my Y... you don’t know me...every morning I see you standing there, waiting for the college bus... generally I don't wear helmet while driving, but I wear when I cross you in the morning... there is something special in you...you are my heroin'.

X uttered some words 'Are you sure?'

'Yes, is there any kind of KBC going on...I am sure...just lock it' Y said and left the gallery.

There was a silence for 10 seconds which broke by heavy burst of laughs...  

definitions...

X, a French guy living in London, is in India for official visit. Y, an Indian guy, who returned back to India last year after more than 10 years, is living with his family happily. Z, an Indian dreamer, who thinks he can change the world, maybe little bit.

X,Y and Z are heading for drinks after office hours. 'I did not get a chance to interact with you much in past, are you single?' Y asked to X. 'Yes, you can say...I have a girlfriend, she often comes to my place, and mostly we spend weekends together' X said. 'Nice, so any future plans...sooner or later' Y asked again. 'Yes, let see...I am trying to be more responsible...may be in next 3 years...we will go for PACS...marriage, you know it's quite complex' X said. 'And you?' X asked to Y. 'I am married, I have a kid...I have to go through court if I want separation from my partner...it's really complex here' Y said with a smile.
'hmm and what about you Z' X said.
'mmm' Z was about to answer but before that Y said 'Z is very much single...hahaha...he is not into these complexities'.

'Yes, I am a free soul' Z said...