Roshni And Madi: A Short Story
Guys! I stumbled over this short story while i was chatting with a friend of mine on Microsoft Office Communicator,Please do have a look at the image(emoticon list)below with each sentence or para you read.The stoty is hidden behind the emoticons,if you read it as a story then it might not seem appealing and it makes sense only when you look at the emoticon with everyline you read.
Story about a Guy named "Madi" and a Gal named "Roshni".Madi and Roshni met at their workplace(July 2007) and some chemistry clicked between them on the very first day and they were really happy to meet each other.They started meeting at the Coffe tables,enjoying the hot sip of coffe.As far as i know Madi, he never liked coffe but the oppertunity of spending few minutes with Roshni ; that yuck coffee from the vending m/c was nothing less than nectar for him.
Rainy season it was, and rains in Pune as put in wordas of Madi "Yaar,Are you really sure that Cehrapunji experiences max rain in India? Did they really teach us this in School" He always doubted this as he thought that Pune desrved that status.Anyvys,comming back to the story Rains for him meant that he stayed at home and thought a lot about her as he was not able to convince himself that her really likes this girl.Roshni was like any gal next door and so was Madi but there was something in her that was pulling him towards her.Thinking about her time seems to develop wings.
28 July is Mad's Bday and this year it was saturday and that meant that he wont be comming to office that day.As their freindship was still at a nascent stage,she could not go to his home so Roshni decided to surprsie him on 27July.Before leaving for the day she kept gift for Madi in his jacket's pocket and called him to inform the same.Madi was ver haapy,he loved gifts but he couldn't open the packet infront of his project mates.He left early that day and for the first time in his life after his parents someone had gifted him such a gft,i mean something which he required desperately and he would have never bought .If i put in his words"clean bowled ho gaya yaar".And ya he definitely was clean bowled by her sweet gesture.She gifted him an Ipod cover + a Leather Purse.He never told me this but i being his roomie knew that he was sad on his B'day and the biggest chatter box in the world(the magician of words) remianed silent for 2 days.I knew he was waiting for the next Monday.
Monday because he had prmoised her a movie and that movie strengthened the bond between them and then they started going for long rides and can u belive this Madi sent some 800 sms to her in a month.And thus the firm foundation of their friendship was set.One day Roshni fell ill , i had never seen/heard/imagined Madi going into the kitchen but for her he dashed from the office went to her room and then into the kitchen and prepared hot turmeric milk for her.Madi once told me that he knew that she was very haapy but at time he got irriatted when she insisted him to share her milk or maggie."One last spoon :)" -"One last spoon :)"And he would shout at her.Sweet Roshni was just trying to feed him ,what was her mistake?and she would get sad and wrap up all her eatables to herself.Madi Madi Madi,this guy is so goofy and sucks so much with his PJ's that he can light up any damn atmosphere.And he would use this weapon of his to make her smile and Roshni couldn't help admiring him.
Madi has this philosphy which i call "DFENSIVE MECHANISM",he is always afraind of rejections and people leaving him so he himself at times tries his tricks and methods and at time he even leaves that person to avoid the pain of him/her desserting Madi.Madi used the age old filmy technique,one day he proposed her,Roshni was dumbstruck,silent as she has been informed that Baskin Robinn has stoped serving her favourite ice cream.Our Madi uses his Pentium 99 and trigeers the Defensive Mechanism and filled with fear that she might reject him.He starts and breaks into laughter saying look at ur face,hua ha ah ha(Ya teh same way as our Hero does in movies but Madi never knew that this time he was not the Hero but a big Zero who had jumped on teh axe).She hesitatingly smile gathering herself and her emotions.
Roshni one day flew back to her home due to some family reasons leaving the job.Our Madi's heart was broken but one thing that gave him satisfaction that atleast she didn't say "No" as his Defensive Mechnaism stopped her to say anything.I tried to make him understand that his Defensive Mechanism sucks but he thinks himself a scholar/a Master a champ and says to me "sala apun ko koi reject ni karta,coz I play to win......And tells me Hey Vinni why do u look at like this that we are not together.....thats what you think we are very well together today also and the days we spend,the smiles and the joys we shared and the...................bike rides and the...maggie we ate and the philosphies i taught her..the movies we watched....and the Vada Pav that we ate........and...."sabke paise maine diye...ha ha ha................."he again jokes and walks way leaving his statement incomplete...................
The problem with people like Madi is that people laugh with him,smile at his PJ's want him always around them coz he sets the mood and trigegrs the party and he also shares his PJ's and weird funda's with them but when it comes to his sorrow, pain, tears there's no one around him and moreover he himself walks away......he shares only his joy with you all and tries to hide the volcano of emotions behind that 24*7 smile.........................May be his "Defensive Mechanism" or may be.......................
Madi alwys says this whenevr people asked him about his cheerfull nature
"Hansta chechra sadaa khusi ki naisani nahi hota.....Kyunki gar hansi hi khusi hoti to circus ka joker kabhi dukhi nahi hota :)"
This blog of mine provided me excellent oppertunities to interact with various people across the nation/Infosys.This blog has some 40+ articles to its name but one common tendency i have observed in the readers is that "Today we are so busy in our day to day activities that we get time just to read the latest artcile or the very first page"