The Diary

It was a very usual winter morning, cold, foggy and shivery. But something very unusual was to happen. I left the home for my work. I was waiting for the bus at the bus stop and suddenly I heard a bang, it was an accident. I immediately rushed at the spot. People had already gathered but no one took the initiative to take the young man to the hospital. I called an auto and took him to the nearest hospital. I was checking his bag to inform his relatives but the doctors declared him dead. Mr. Anand Sharma, read his identity card. I informed his family members only about the accident. There was also a Diary along with many other things in his bag.

Here are some excerpts from his diary which, I think, revealed the reason of his accident….

21/01/2009

Today, the company announced that it’s on cost cutting regime. List of all the victims of this austerity drive will shortly be announced. Everyone is silent. Grim atmosphere has engulfed the office. Each one is praying for himself.

27/01/2009

The list was announced today. 14 employees are retrenched. Fortunately, I escaped the noose today but another list is soon expected. Keeping my fingers crossed.

30/01/2009

I am out. This week will be my last at work. Nobody knows about this at home. I don’t have the courage to tell the truth to my family members.

02/02/2009

It was my last day at work. I haven’t told anything at home. I don’t know what I am going to do from tomorrow.

08/02/2009

It’s almost a week, daily i leave home pretending as if I am going to the office. Roaming here and there, applying for the job. But there are no jobs. At least for a year there is no vacancy. There are job cuts everywhere. Hopelessness creeping in.

This was his last entry in the diary. He met with the accident on the very next day.

When his family came, I handed over his belongings to his family except the diary. I don’t know, I was right or wrong in doing so. I am not sure; it was an accident or a suicide. But I don’t want his family to know about this.

Being Perfect

A perfect human being is one who is full of imperfections. One trait of such a perfect being is ‘desire’. The trait to desire for more and more. This trait is present in each and every one of us. Human is never contended with what he has. He desires for more. He wishes for more. There is no end to his desires. He doesn’t die in peace and probably this is the only reason for saying Rest In Peace (R.I.P) after death. But does the soul really Rest In Peace. Let’s see what happens after we say R.I.P….

Mr. Harish met with an accident and died on the spot. Harish had lots of desires but all his life he dreamt of being a rich person (though money is the most common subject but still the best to write on).

After the death, Harish found that he was in a place full of money. Unlimited wealth. Unlimited gold. All for him. Only him. And then he wished, why he didn’t die earlier. He was happy. Then he wished for the world’s most exotic food and it was all there. He ate till he felt like busting. He, then, wished for clothes and there appeared the best brands in the world. He never felt so happy in his entire life. He was celebrating. Whatever he wished appeared before him. Death was better than life.

But suddenly he realized that he was alone. There was no one close to him. He, then, wished for his family, relatives and friends. No one appeared. He was still alone. The feeling of loneliness was creeping in. Happiness turned into depression. He had everything in the world except his family. There was no one to celebrate with him. He wished not to be alone and the next second, the place got crowded with lots of people. Some were sad. Some were crying. Some were depressed. No one was happy. They all desired for something or the other in their life but died without achieving those desires. Their desires were fulfilled after death but there was no one to celebrate with them. 

Their last desire still remained unfulfilled. There was no peace even after the death. Death was not better than life anymore.

Marriages are made in Heaven

I saw a young gentleman at a bookstore who picked up a book titled “Marriages are made in Heaven” and moved towards the counter but then the destiny had to play its part, the gentleman hit me. But to be honest, I hit him intentionally just to pick up a conversation with him and perhaps he also realized my malicious act.

I am sorry uncle, he said.

Oh it was actually my mistake, I should have been more careful; I replied and picked up the novel.

So, beta, are you getting married, I asked and returned the book to him

Next week uncle, he answered.

Do you really believe that marriages are made in heaven, I asked him very casually.

I think that it’s all destiny. I met Sneha at a function five years ago and since then we have been together. We love each other and finally we have decided to marry.  So, yes I do believe that marriages are made in heaven, the gentleman explained to me.

I laughed and asked if he was gifting the book to his to be wife and offered him to sit.

No, to my ex-wife. I am a divorcee, my first marriage was an arranged one, he said and sat down. But it took me a moment to realize what he said.

But you look quite young, I sat and enquired.

Yes, I got married when I was 22 and got divorced at 23, he replied very calmly.

But why did you got divorced, I was quite restless in asking this question.

She was impotent so I divorced her, he answered.

And it took me another moment to gulp down what did he just said.

I didn’t dare to ask him any other question and decided to end the conversation but it was too late for me to move out of the scene.

He instantly fired a question at me asking uncle, you look quite matured, what’s your say on this topic.

I am still unmarried, son, I replied and this came as a shock to him.

But why, he asked and this time he was more restless than me.

If i was married, I replied, it would not have been possible for me to write this national best-selling novel which you are holding.

The gentleman immediately opened the book to match my face with that in the book and then I started laughing. I was just joking. I was laughing at him and he had no option but to laugh at his foolishness.

The truth is, I continued but this time more seriously, that I also loved someone but she married some another person. That lady, my son, is your mother.

He looked at me dumbstruckly, smiled hesitantly, and said you are again joking, right.

No, I said with a straight face and he went pale.

The gentleman dropped the book and just ran out of the bookstore.

And I had the last laugh….

Technology Leap

I was just wondering how fast the technology is changing. How madly the world waits for the advanced versions of the existing gadgets and devices. How eagerly the tech savvy wants to get equipped with the latest products. True, necessity is the mother of invention.

So, now, I need a gadget or device or an instrument which would help me to know whether my girlfriend really loves me or not. Well, so stupid of me to even think of such a device which would measure intangible things.

OMG (really difficult to digest the fact that these kind of words are included in the oxford dictionary)…wow. I can’t believe this …just a week after my this weird thought “APPSUNG” unveils their latest product “LoveTab” which enables the users to find out how much they are loved by other people.

"First Thought: no next season for emotional attyachaar from now on".

The instrument would be widely used by all the stupid cupids to know the love of their partners. They call it “The LoveTab”. But what, if the “LoveTab” doesn’t differentiate between love and lust. Well, for the solution of this problem, all you need to do is to wait for the upgraded version of the gadget, “LoveTab 2”

The gadget has become revolutionary in the field of technology and now the users are crazy about the gadget so much that the “LoveTab 3” has got record breaking pre-bookings. For your information let me just tell you that, the latest version, "LoveTab 3” comes with “Ultra AMO LED” screen and 3D display with the technology of sensing permanent love and time pass. The latest product is an instant hit and the tech giant is raking in moolah by selling it in exorbitant prices.

Meanwhile, another breakthrough in this very technology has taken the world by storm. The HRD minister, Kapil Simple, launched the world’s cheapest LoveTab, emphasizing its need and importance for both the youth and their parents in today’s world.

After all this I thought why didn’t I wished for a device which could measure the corruption which the other person has done. May be because we don’t need that and there will be no one to buy such product. Moreover, the government, citing national interest, would rather ban such a product. The truth is that we are more interested in buying the candy floss products with the same black money because that is the necessity of today’s world. True, necessity is the mother of invention.