STRANGE WAYS(PART-1) 

   
WHENEVER I REMEMBER THE INCIDENT FROM MY PAST, EACH TIME I WOULD BE SURPRISED BY THE MYSTERIES OF THE THING CALLED ‘LIFE’.EARLIER I HAD HEARD FROM PEOPLE, ‘LIFE TEACHES YOU LESSONS AND YOU HAVE TO LEARN FROM THEM’. YES, I REALISED THIS WHEN ONE BIG LESSON WAS TAUGHT TO ME IN A VERY VERY STRANGE WAY.LIFE TEACHES YOU LESSONS IN MANY WAYS(AS DIFFERENT TEACHERS ADAPT DIFFERENT TEACHING STYLES)  AND SOME OF THE WAYS ARE REALLY VERY DIFFERENT.SOMETIMES, I ALSO COULD NOT BELIEVE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE INCIDENT.

ENOUGH, NOW LET ME TELL ABOUT THE INCIDENT.

IT WAS MARCH 2000 AND IT WAS ALSO TIME FOR OUR SUMMER TRAINING IN MY MBA COLLAGE.SOME OF MY CLASSMATES HAD GOT INVITATION FROM TELCO FOR THE TRAINING, WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR THE APPROVAL FROM THE COMPANY WHERE MY PROFESSOR WANTED ME TO DO THE TRAINING.ANYWAY, I WAS IN A HAPPY MOOD AS  RISHI, MY BEST FRIEND WAS ONE OF THE CLASSMATES WHO WAS GOING TO TELCO.I ASKED RISHI FOR A TREAT.I ASKED HIM TO BUY TICKETS OF THE MOVIE, ‘KAHO NA PYAR HAI’FOR OUR GROUP.I VERY WELL KNEW THAT HE WOULD MAKE SOME EXCUSE AS HE WAS ONE OF THE GUYS WHO DON’T LIKE TO SPEND A SINGLE PENNY ON OTHERS.YES. I WAS VERY RIGHT.HE SAID TO ME THAT I DID NOT NEED TO SEE THE MOVIE AS I WOULD BE GOING TO WATCH THIS MOVIE’LIVE’.AS SOON AS I WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE SAID, HE REPEATED THE SENTENCE.I WAS A BIT SURPRISED AND SHOCKED AND THOUGHT THAT HOW ANYBODY COULD WATCH A MOVIE ‘LIVE’? OTHERS STARTED LAUGHING ON HIM AS THEY WERE ALSO AWARE OF THE RISHI’S HABIT TO MAKE EXCUSE WHENEVER HE WAS ASKED TO GIVE SOME TREAT. I JUST TOLD MYSELF THAT  RISHI  MIGHT NOT  BE IN HIS SENSES AND THAT’S WHY HE WAS TALKING LIKE THIS.I DID NOT GIVE MUCH IMPORTANCE TO WHAT HE SAID.THE DISCUSSION ENDED VERY SOON AS ONE OF OUR TEACHERS CALLED US FOR A MEETING.

AFTER COMPLETING MY MBA, I IMMEDIATELY GOT A JOB IN A GOOD COMPANY.8 MONTHS PASSED BY PEACEFULLY IN MY OFFICE(YES, I WAS NOT VERY SATISFIED WITH MY BOSS, BUT I KNEW THAT ONLY VERY FEW PEOPLE  ARE SATISFIED WITH THEIR BOSSES).ONE DAY(IT WAS MONDAY), I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MY HR DEPARTMENT.THE PERSON ON THE LINE WAS ASKING ME FOR THE MEDICAL BILLS (FOR MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT WE HAD TO SUBMIT BILLS)AND I HAD TO SUBMIT THEM LATEST BY WEDNESDAY.I SOMEHOW COLLECTED MY MEDICAL BILLS AND ON WEDNESDAY I HEADED STRAIGHT TO THE PERSON IN HR WHO USED TO DEAL WITH ALL THESE THINGS.I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE CALL FROM HIS DEPARTMENT FOR THE BILLS.HE SAID THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO HANDLE ALL THESE MATTERS AND FOR NOW ONWARDS THESE MATTERS WOULD BE LOOKED BY ANOTHER GUY.SUDDENLY I LIFTED UP MY FACE AND I SAW A VERY TALL AND SMART GUY COMING NEARBY.

(THE NEXT PART WILL BE FOLLOWED SOON)

GOD WAS RIGHT(CONCLUDING PART)

SO,SHILPA WAS NO LONGER IN A DILEMMA NOW.GOD HAD HELPED HER TO DECIDE THAT SHE WOULD FORGET SUMIT.BUT, SOMETIMES SHE USED TO MISS HIM A LOT AS HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WITH WHOM SHE COULD TALK EVERYTHING.SHE KNEW THAT AS TIME WOULD PASS,SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO FORGET HIM.

NOW, SHE AGAIN WANTED TO CONCENTRATE ON HER CAREER,SO SHE DECIDED TO DO A TWO MONTHS TRAINING IN SAP(A SOFTWARE).AS, THERE WERE SOME GOOD INSTITUTES FOR THE TRAINING IN BOMBAY WHICH PROVIDED PLACEMENT ALSO, SO SHE DECIDED TO GO THERE TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE INSTITUTES TO DECIDE THE RIGHT INSTITUTE FOR JOINING.SHE WAS ABLE TO GET TICKET OF 14TH JULY 2008 FOR THE JOURNEY.

SO, WHEN SHILPA REACHED BOMBAY, SHE CALLED UP SUMIT AND BOTH PLANED TO MEET ON 18TH JULY AS BOTH WERE FREE ON THAT DAY ONLY.THIS TIME, SHILPA REALLY WANTED TO MEET SUMIT AS SHE KNEW THAT THE RELATIONSHIP WAS SLIPPING FROM HER HAND.SHE BOUGHT A COPY OF ‘BRIDA’(A BOOK BY THE AUTHOR OF ‘THE ALCHEMIST’)
TO GIVE SUMIT AS A GIFT.

12:3O PM ,I8TH JULY BOMBAY-HER AUTO STOPPED AT THE GATE OF THE FAMOUS HOTEL IN BOMBAY.AFTER PAYING THE MONEY TO AUTOWALA,SHILPA STRAIGHTAWAY WENT TO THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL WHERE THEY PLANNED TO MEET.SHE WAS HALF AN HOUR BEFORE THE SCHEDULED TIME AND WANTED TO RELAX.SHE TOOK A SEAT ON A SOFA IN THE LOBBY.SHE STARTED THINKING THAT WHETHER SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO RECOGNISE SUMIT AS SHE HAD SEEN HIS PHOTOGRAPH ONLY TWICE WHILE CHECKING HIS PROFILE,BUT SHE WAS SURE THAT SUMIT WOULD RECOGNISE HER AS SHE HAD SENT HIM SOME OF HER RECENT SNAPS.FINALLY SUMIT WAS THERE IN THE LOBBY.HE WAS LATE BY JUST 5 MINUTES.AND BOTH RECOGNISED EACH OTHER WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY.SUMIT TOLD HER THAT IT WAS GOOD THAT SHE CAME TO MEET HIM AS THERE WAS NOT MUCH FUN TALKING TO HER WITHOUT HER IN REAL.
THEY DECIDED TO SIT IN A RESTAURANT NEARBY AND NOW WITH SOME SNACKS THEY SAT ON A TABLE IN THE RESTAURANT FACING EACH OTHER AND BEGAN TO TALK.
IT DID NOT SEEM THAT THEY WERE MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SHIPLA INQUIRED ABOUT HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE.HE TOLD THAT THE CLASSES WOULD START FROM THE NEXT WEEK AT THE UNIVERSITY AND HE WAS STILL FEELING THE JET LAG AS HE HAD RETURNED ONLY 3 DAYS AGO AND HE BEGAN TO TELL SHILPA ABOUT WHY AND HOW HE LEFT THE WELL PAID JOB IN US AND CAME BACK TO INDIA AND NOW WHENEVER HE USED TO GO US FOR PROJECTS HE USED TO REGRET HIS DECISION AS HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ADJUST TO THE INDIAN ENVIRONMENT (AFTER ALL HE LIVED IN US FOR 17 YEARS).HE SAID IN ONE OR TWO YEARS HE WOULD AGAIN RETURN BACK TO USA.SHILPA WAS LISTENING HIM CAREFULLY AND THINKING THAT WHETHER HE WAS THE SAME GUY WHO APPEARED TO BE VERY QUITE ON PHONE.HE WAS TALKING A LOT.IN A WAY SHILPA WAS HAPPY AS FOR THE FIRST TIME HE WAS TELLING HIS PROBLEMS.HE ALSO TOLD ABOUT THE WOMAN TO WHOM HE REALLY WANTED TO MARRY.(SHILPA THOUGHT THAT SO ONCE HE ALSO BELIEVED IN MARRIAGE….GREAT..BUT HE NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT THIS WOMAN).
SHIPLA ALSO INQUIRED ABOUT HIS STAY AT USA.HE TOLD THAT HIS STAY WAS VERY GOOD AS HIS PARTNER CAME FOR 15 DAYS IN THE MID OF MAY TO STAY WITH HIM AND HE ALSO WENT TO HER HOME TOWN IN SWITZERLAND TO LIVE WITH HER FOR A WEEK BEFORE COMING TO INDIA.SHILPA COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT SHE HEARD, BUT HER BRAIN TOLD THAT SHE HED HEARD THE RIGHT WORD-PARTNER.THIS WORD WAS NOT NEW TO HER AS HE HAD TOLD ABOUT HIS PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS(PARTNERSHIP) WITH WOMEN.BUT, THIS TIME SHE DID NOT LIKE TO HEAR ALL THESE THINGS.AT THAT MOMENT SHILPA DID NOT KNEW THAT WHAT WOULD COME IN THE NEXT SECOND.YES, IN THE NEXT SECOND SUMIT TOLD HER THAT HE MARRIED TO THIS LADY WHO WAS A SWISS AND HER NAME WAS SYLVIA.HE SAID A RELATIONSHIP IS A COMMITMENT AND MARRIAGE IS A COMMITMENT TOO.SO HE MARRIED HER.SHILPA WENT BLANK FOR A MINUTE.HE TOLD TO HERSELF THAT HE GOT MARRIED.BUT SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT HE TOO BELIEVED IN MARRIAGE .SHE BEGAN TO REMEMBER THAT HOW HE WOULD TEASE HER THAT SHE WANTED A PERMANENT LICENCE IN THE FORM OF MARRIAGE AND HOW HE TOLD HER THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MARRY ANYBODY IN THIS MID-AGE.AND NOW THE GUY HIMSELF GOT MARRIED…GREAT.HE WAS TELLING HER THAT THE PROCEDURE IN USA WAS SIMPLE AND THEY GOT MARRIED IN A COURT, BUT SHILPA WAS NOT INTERESTED IN LISTENING ABOUT THE PROCEDURE.SHE WAS FEELING PAIN IN HER HEART AND THIS PAIN WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PAIN SHE FELT WHEN HER BOYFRIEND GOT MARRIED IN FRONT OF HER EYES 12 YEARS AGO.BUT SHILPA TRIED TO BE COOL AND CALM AND CONGRATULATED HIM ON HIS MARRIAGE AND ASKED HIM FOR SOME SWEETS.AND THEN HE STARTED INQUIRING ABOUT SHILPA’S PROFESSIONAL PLANS.SHILPA TOLD HIM ABOUT HER PLAN AND TOLD THAT IN MID OF AUGUST SHE WOULD BE IN BOMBAY FOR THE 2 MONTHS TRAINING.

 
AFTER SITTING IN A RESTAURANT FOR A WHILE BOTH WENT FOR SHOPPING IN THE NEARBY MARKET AS SHILPA WANTED TO BUY SOMETHING FOR HER MOTHER.IN THE MARKET SUMIT SAW A BOOK SHOP AND STOPPED THERE AS HE WANTED TO BUY SOME BOOKS.AND HE BOUGHT SOME BOOKS AND MEANWHILE WHILE PAYING THE BILL HE STARTED TALIKING TO THE SHOPKEEPER ABOUT SALMAN RUSIDIE AND OTHER GREAT WRITERS.SHILPA WAS JUST LISTENING TO HIM CAREFULLY AND WAS THINKING THAT THIS MAN WAS SO WELL READ AND SO SIMPLE(HE WAS STILL USING NOKIA 1100).THEIR MEETING LASTED FOR TWO AND HALF HOURS AS SUMIT HAD SOME MEETING IN HIS DEPARTMENT AT 3.30 PM.SO HE GAVE A GOOD BYE HUG TO SHILPA AND WENT BY.SHILPA DID SOME MORE SHOPPING AND RETURNED BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE SHE WAS STAYING.SHE WAS TELLING HERSELF THAT NOW SHE KNEW THE REALITY AND SHE SHOULD EXCEPT IT WHILE SHE TRIED TO CONCENTRATE ON HER PACKING AS SHE HAD TO CATCH THE TRAIN TO NASIK.
WHEN SHE BOARDED THE TRAIN AND WAS ALONE, THEN AGAIN SHE STARTED FEELING THE PAIN AND THIS TIME THE INTENSITY OF THE PAIN WAS DOUBLE.SHE DID AN INTROINSPECTION AND CAME TO KNOW THAT THE PAIN WAS DUE TO HER INACTIVENESS AND DUE TO HER CARELESSNESS.SHE SHOULD HAVE GONE EARLIER TO MEET HIM.IF SHE HAD MET HIM EARLIER, THINGS WOULD HAVE TURNED UP DIFFERENTLY.SHE WAS NOT THINKING THAT SUMIT WOULD HAVE MARRIED HER, BUT YES THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A POSSIBILITY FOR THIS ALSO.BUT, NOW THERE WAS NO USE OF THINKING ALL THESE THINGS.YES, SHE REALISED THAT FACE TO FACE TALKING GIVES A DIFFERENT MEANING TO A RELATIONSHIP.SHE CAME TO KNOW MANY THINGS ABOUT HIM.YES, HE WAS A FAMILY MAN.AFTER ALL EVERY MAN WANTS TO SETTLE DOWN IN THE END. HE TOO FELT LONELY….EARLIER SHE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS A HARDCORE PROFESSIONAL ONLY.
BACK AT HOME, SHE WAS VERY DEPRESSED FOR 2-3 DAYS AND BUT SHE DECIDED TO OVERCOME THIS DEPRESSION AND SHE BROUGH A COPY OF ‘BRIDA’ FOR HERSELF.
IN THIS BOOK,A GIRL NAMED BRIDA IS SEARCHING FOR HER SOULMATE AND SHE ASKS HER TEACHER,’BUT HOW WILL I KNOW ABOUT MY SOULMATE?’HER TEACHER SAYS,”BY TAKING RISKS,BY RISKING FAILURE,DISAPPOINTMENT’S,DISILLUSION,BUT NEVER CEASING IN YOUR SEARCH FOR LOVE.AS LONG AS AS YOU KEEP LOOKING,YOU WILL TRIUMPH IN THE END’.READING THIS, SHE REALISED THAT YES,SHE NEVER WANTED TO TAKE RISKS TO GET A RELATIONSHIP, TO GET HER LOVE.SHE USED BE IN CONSTANT FEAR THAT SHE MIGHT GET HURT AGAIN IN SEARCH FOR LOVE…SHE REALISED THAT PEOPLE STOP THEIR SEARCH AS THEY FEAR PAIN AND BY THIS THEY SUFFER MORE.IN SUMIT’S CASE ALSO SHE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE ANY RISKS.SHE WAS NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE UP HER MIND TO MEET HIM.SHE DID NOT WANT HERSELF TO HURT AGAIN AND AGAIN SHE GOT PAIN DUE TO HER INACTIVENESS.
10 DAYS PASSED BY AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE PHONE CALL FROM SUMIT SINCE THEY MET.HE ONLY CALLED ONCE ON THE DAY SHE REACHED NASIK AND WAS INQUIRING ABOUT HER JOURNEY.SHE DECIDED TO CALL HIM AND PICKED HER MOBILE TO MAKE A CALL BUT REALISED THAT SHE SHOULD NOT CALL HIM.SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE CHANGED THE GOD’S DECISION. NOW, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO FORGET HIM AFTER SEEING HIM IN REAL.BUT SHE WOULD HAVE TO FORGET HIM AS SHILPA KNEW THAT SUMIT WOULD NEVER CALL HER AGAIN.SHE ONCE AGAIN WANTED TO STICK TO THE GOD’S DECISION BUT SHE PROMISED TO HERSELF THAT NEXT TIME SHE WOULD NOT FEAR IN TAKING RISKS….

AND ONE RISK SHE WANTED TO TAKE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE-YES, SHE WANTED TO PUT THIS STORY ON HER BLOG SO THAT IT WOULD BE A GUIDING STORY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN LOVE, BUT NOT EXPRESSING IT IN FEAR OF GETTING HURT, IN FEAR OF GETTING REJECTION. 

SO, SHE BEGAN WRITING ON HER BLOG-
18TH JULY,BOMBAY………

                   GOD WAS RIGHT(PART-3)

YES, IN HIS PROFILE IT WAS CLEARLY WRITTEN THAT HE WANTED AN EDUCATED,INTELLIGENT WOMAN FOR PARTNERSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP.SHILPA READ THIS LINE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THAT HOW SHE MISSED SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING WHEN SHE FIRST SAW HIS PROFILE.IF SHE WERE ABLE TO NOTICE THIS LINE AT THE FIRST HAND, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE SHOWED HER INTEREST IN HIM.SO, HE BELIEVED IN LIVE-IN RELATIONSHIPS AND NOT IN MARRIAGE.BUT FOR SHILPA THESE CONCEPTS WERE ATTRACTIVE WHEN SHE WAS IN THE SCHOOL, BUT AS SHE GREW OLDER HER BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE AND POST MARITAL SEX BECAME STRONGER.
HER EYES WERE FILLED WITH TEARS.ONCE AGAIN HER FATE BETRAYED HER.SO,SHE WAS NOT GOING TO GET HER SCIENTIST.AND IT’S A STRANGE THING WITH THE HUMAN BRAIN THAT EVERY TIME YOUR HEART IS HURT,IT HELPS THE PERSON TO REMEMBER ALL THE SIMILAR INCIDENTS.YES,SHILPA ALSO REMEMBERED THAT HOW HER ONLY BOYFRIEND LEFT HER WITHOUT SAYING A WORD TO HER,HOW HER ENGAGEMENT WAS BROKEN, HOW SHE WAS REJECTED SO MANY TIMES,ALL THE THINGS HER BRAIN HELPED HER TO REMEMBER AT THE TIME OF HER NEW HEART BREAK.ANYWAY, IN 2-3 MINUTES SHE RECOLLECTED HERSELF AND BEGAN TO THINK THAT SHE MUST TALK TO THIS GUY.SUDDENLY SHE STARTED TAKING INTEREST IN HIM.IT’S THE USUAL NATURE OF ALL WOMEN.THEY FIND A MAN MORE INTERESTING WHEN HE IS LEAST INTERESTED IN THEM.SO,HERE SHIPLA THOUGHT THAT WHO WAS THIS GUY WHO ONCE SHOWED MUCH INTEREST IN HER AND NOW HE WAS BEHAVING SO NEUTRAL.
SO, IN HER REPLY TO HIS MAIL SHIPLA TOLD HIM THAT FOR HER ,AGE DID NOT MATTER AND SHE WANTED TO TALK TO HIM AND GAVE HER MOBILE NO.IN THE RESPONSE,SUMIT WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER SHIPLA HAD A SEPERATE ROOM AND WHETHER SHE USED TO SLEEP ALONE AS HE DID NOT WANT TO DISTURB HER FAMILY BY CALLING HER .SHIPA READ THE MAIL AND THOUGHT THAT THE GUY WAS HAVING GOOD MANNERS.SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE USED TO SLEEP ALONE AND IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT FOR HER TO RECEIVE  CALLS BETWEEN 11-12 PM AS SHE CAN TALK FREELY AT THAT TIME IN HER ROOM.
SO,SUMIT CALLED HER UP THE FOLLOWING NIGHT.SHILPA TALKED TO HIM ABOUT ONE AND HALF HOUR.SHE DID NOT FEEL THAT SHE WAS TALKING TO A STRANGER.SUMIT ONCE AGAIN PRAISED SHILPA’S SMILE AND SAID HE LIKED HER PHOTOGRAPH VERY MUCH.SHE TOLD HER THAT  THIS WAS THE PHOTOGRAPH WHICH WAS REJECTED EARLIER BY 4-5 MEN.HE STARTED LAUGHING AND CONSOLED SHILPA BY SAYING THAT EVERY PERSON WAS HAVING SOME SPECIFICATIONS FOR HIS/HER LIFE PARTNER.IF A PERSON LIKES LADOO AND NOT GULABJAMUN,IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT GULABJAMUN IS NOT SWEET.IF SHE WAS REJECTED BY A FEW MEN DID NOT MEAN THAT  SHE WAS NOT BEAUTIFUL.THIS PHILOSOPHY REALLY HELPED SHILPA TO THINK IN A POSITIVE MANNER.HE ALSO TOLD SHIPLA THAT AT PRESENT HE WAS NOT IN ANY RELATIONSHIP AND WAS LIVING ALONE IN BOMBAY.SHIPLA SUGGESTED HIM TO GET MARRIED BUT HE SAID THAT IN THIS MID-AGE HE WAS NOT GOING TO MARRY ANYONE.

SO,FROM NOW-ON-WARDS IT BECAME A REGULAR HABIT FOR SUMIT TO CALL SHILPS ONCE IN A WEEK.SHE LIKED TALKING TO HIM.USUALLY SHILPS USED TO DO ALL THE TALKING AND SUMIT WOULD SAY SOMETHING WHEN IT WAS NEEDED.AND THAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS THAT HER FRIEND TO BE A GREAT LISTENER.SHILPA USED TO DISCUSS HER PERSONAL PROBLEMS TOO,BUT SUMIT NEVER SHARED HIS PERSONAL PROBLEMS WITH SHILPA.GRADUALLY SHILPA BEGAN TO LIKE SUMIT AS HE WAS THE ONLY MAN IN HER LIFE TO WHOM SHE COULD RELATE.SHE LIKED EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM EXCEPT HIS BELIEVE IN PRE-MARITAL SEX AND HIS LIVE-IN RELATIONSHIP CONCEPT.SHE ALWAYS WANTED A MAN WHO IS SIMPLE,INTELLIGENT,KNOWLEDGEABLE AND SUMIT WAS HAVING ALL THESE PROPERTIES.
MANY TIMES SUMIT USED TO INSIST THAT SHILPA SHOULD COME DOWN TO BOMBAY TO MEET HIM AS HE COULD NOT COME TO NASIK AS HER PARENTS WOULD BE THERE AND THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TALK FREELY.AND YES HERE WAS THE REAL DILEMMA GOING IN SHILPA’S MIND.SHE WAS SURE THAT SUMIT WAS NOT GOING TO MARRY HER AND HE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HER TO GET PHYSICAL WITH HER.EACH TIME SHE PREPARED HERSELF FOR GOING TO BOMBAY,MANY FEARS, DOUBTS USED TO CLOUD HER MIND AND SHE USED TO CHANGE HER DECISION AND SO SHE NEVER MADE UP HER MIND TO GO TO BOMBAY.
AS THE TIME PASSED,THE FREQUENCY OF SUMIT’S CALLS DECREASED.EARLIER HE USED TO CALL ONCE IN A WEEK AND NOW HE WAS CALLING HER ONCE IN 10-15 DAYS.SHILPA DID NOT COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS AS SHE REALLY DID NOT WANT TO EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED WITH THE MAN AS SHE KNEW THAT IN THE END SHE WOULD BE GETTING   PAIN ONLY AND SHE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THAT RISK.BUT, ON THE SAME TIME SHE USED TO WAIT FOR HIS CALLS.

ONE DAY SUMIT CALLED UP AND SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO US FOR 2 MONTHS IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND SHILPA WISHED HIM A HAPPY JOURNEY.THEN, 25 DAYS PASSED BY AND THERE WAS NO PHONE CALLS  FROM SUMIT FROM US.SHILPA REMEMBERED THAT HOW SUMIT USED TO CALL HER FROM US WHEN HE VISITED THERE LAST YEAR.SHILPA SENSED THAT NOW THIS TELEPHONIC RELATIONSHIP WAS  COMING  TO AN END IF SHE WAS NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION FROM HER SIDE.SHE ANTICIPATED THAT THIS TIME HE MIGHT BE IN SOME SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP.
SHE WAS AGAIN IN A GREAT DILEMMA.AT ONE TIME,SHE THOUGHT THAT SUMIT NO LONGER WANTED TO CONTINUE THIS TELEPHONIC RELATIONSHIP, SO SHE SHOULD RESPECT HIS DECISION AND SO SHE SHOULD NOT WRITE AN E-MAIL TO HIM(AS SHE WAS NOT HAVING HIS CONTACT NO. OF US),AND AT ANOTHER TIME SHE BEGAN TO MISS HIS PHONE CALLS.
TO END UP THE DILEMMA SHE WAS FACING, SHE DECIDED ONE THING THAT SHE WOULD LEAVE IT TO GOD’S DECISION.BUT, HOW SHE WOULD COME TO KNOW ABOUT THE GOD’S DECISION.YES, SHE WOULD BE GOING TO THROW A COIN IN THE AIR AND IF HEAD WOULD COME,SHE WAS GOING TO WRITE AN E-MAIL TO HIM AND IF TAIL WOULD COME,SHE WAS GOING TO FORGET HIM FOREEVER.

SHE DID THROW A COIN IN THE AIR,AND IN A FEW MINUTES THE RESULT WAS IN THE FRONT OF HER EYES.YES, YOUR GUESS IS WRONG…NOW SHE WAS GOING TO FORGET HIM AS SHE COULD CLEARLY SEE THAT TAIL WAS THERE ON THE TOP OF THE TABLE.
(THE CONCLUDING PART WILL BE FOLLOWED VERY SOON….)

                                           GOD WAS RIGHT(PART-2)   

SHILPA OPENED SUMIT’S MAIL ANXIOUSLY.IN THIS MAIL SUMIT TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS HAVING A LOVELY SMILE AND ASKED HER TO SEND SOME MORE RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS. HE ALSO WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT  IF HE WOULD RETURN TO INDIA, THEN ALSO SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.AFTER READING THE MAIL,SHILPA WAS ON TOP OF THE WORLD.AFTER ALL,HE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO PRAISE HER SMILE(YES, SHIPLA WAS AN AVERAGE LOOKING LADY).SHE IMMEDIATELY WROTE BACK TO HIM THAT SHE LIKED HIS OVERALL PERSONALITY WHICH INCLUDED HIS EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND HIS SIMPLICITY ON HIS FACE (AS PER HIS PHOTOGRAPH) AND SHE WAS INTERESTED IN HIM BECAUSE OF THESE REASONS AND NOT BECAUSE HE WAS LIVING IN USA.SHE WOULD CONTINUE TO LIKE HIM EVEN IF HE SETTLED DOWN IN SOME SMALL TOWN IN INDIA.

NEXT MORNING, SHILPA WOKE UP AND WITHOUT BOTHERING ABOUT HER OTHER DAILY ACTIVITIES,IMMEDIATELY SAT ON HER SYSTEM TO CHECK HER E-MAIL  ACCOUNT.YES, THERE WAS A MAIL FROM SUMIT.HE TOLD HER THAR THE MAIL WAS AS LOVELY AS HER SMILE AND HE WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER LIKES AND DISLIKES.HE AGAIN REMINDED HER TO SEND SOME MORE PHOTOGRAPHS.
AFTER READING THE MAIL, SHILPA WAS AGAIN ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD AND SHE WROTE A LONG E-MAIL TO HIM.IN THAT E-MAIL SHILPA TOLD EVERYTHING ABOUT HER INCLUDING HER FAMILY BACKGROUND,EDUCATION,JOBS, HOBBIES ETC ETC.SHE ALSO TOLD HIM THAT SHE 100% BELIEVED IN MARRIAGE AND POST MARITAL SEX,SO SHE WAS STILL A VIRGIN AND HOW SHE DID QUIT HER JOB TO SETTLE DOWN HER PERSONAL LIFE .SHE ALSO WROTE THAT SHE WOULD SEND SOME NEW SNAPS IN 2-3 DAYS.

AGAIN IN THE NEXT MORNING, THE FIRST THING SHILPA DID WAS TO CHECK HER E-MAIL ACCOUNT.YES, AS USUAL THERE WAS A MAIL FROM SUMIT.IN THE MAIL HE TOLD EVERYTHING ABOUT HIMSELF. HE TOLD THAT AT PRESENT HE WAS IN INDIA AND WAS A PROFESSOR CUM SCIENTIST IN A RENOWNED UNIVERSITY IN BOMBAY AND HE HAD COME BACK FROM USA ONE YEAR AGO AS HE WAS FEEING VERY LONELY THERE. HIS PROFILE WAS PUT 2 YEARS AGO AND SO AT PRESENT HE WAS TWO YEARS OLDER.(SHLPA IMMEDIATELY CALCULATED THAT THEN HE WOULD BE 40 YEARS OLD AND FOR HER AGE DID NOT MATTER MUCH IN LOVE).HE EXPLAINED THAT HE DID NOT UPDATE HIS PROFILE AS HE WAS VERY BUSY IN HIS WORK THAT HE COULD NOT GET TIME AND MOREOVER HE WAS NO MORE GIVING SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS TO ALL THESE THINGS.HE GAVE RESPONSES TO HER MAIL AS HE LIKED HER HONESTY AND HER SMILE.AND HE ALSO APPRECIATED HER BELIEF IN POST MARITAL SEX AND SAID THAT THE SAME THING COULD NOT BE SAID FOR HIM AS HE HAD  RELATIONSHIPS  IN THE PAST WHICH INCLUDED PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP ALSO.
AFTER READING THE MAIL, SHLPA COULD NOT MAKE OUT WHAT SUMIT WAS TRYING TO SAY, BUT ONE THING WAS CLEAR THAT THIS TIME  SHE DID NOT LIKE HIS  MAIL.TO MAKE THINGS MORE CLEAR, SHILPA OPENED THE MATRIMONY SITE TO CHECK HIS PROFILE AGAIN.IN HIS PROFILE, IT WAS CLEARLY WRITTEN THAT…..

(THE NEXT PART WILL FOLLOW SOON….)

                                           GOD WAS RIGHT(PART-1)

18TH JULY2008,BOMBAY- WHILE SITTING IN AN AUTO SHILPA WAS JUST THINKING THAT AGAIN SHE WOULD HAVE TO DO ALL THE TALKING COZ SUMIT SEEMED TO BE VERY QUITE AND CALM IN THE TELEPHONIC CONVERSATIONS.

YES,AFTER ONE AND HALF YEARS OF FREQUENT TALKING WITH SUMIT ON PHONE,FINALLY  SHILPA WAS GOING TO MEET SUMIT TODAY.SHE WAS VERY EXCITED AND A BIT NERVOUS TOO.

LET ME TELL ABOUT SHILPA.SHILPA IS A 32YEARS OLD SINGLE WOMAN.TILL TWO YEARS AGO SHE USED TO WORK FOR A SOFTWARE FIRM IN MADRAS.SHE WAS PROFESSIONALLY COMFORTABLE THERE,BUT HER PERSONAL LIFE WAS NOT GOING GREAT.SHE WAS REALLY SUFFERING FROM ACUTE LONELINESS AND SHE DESPERATELY WANTED TO SETTLE DOWN IN LIFE.BUT SHE WAS HARDLY FINDING ANYTIME FOR ALL THESE THINGS.

SO, ONEDAY SHE QUIT HER JOB AND CAME BACK TO HER HOME TOWN,NASIK SO THAT SHE CAN TOTALLY DEVOTE TIME TO FIND A SUITABLE MATCH FOR HERSELF.

FIRST SHE TRIED TO FIND A MATCH THROUGH NEWSPAPERS,BUT WAS NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL.FINALLY SHE PUT HER PROFILE ON A VERY FAMOUS MATRIMONY SITE(EARLIER SHE NEVER BELIEVED THE AUTHENTICITY OF THESE SITES) AND WHILE SHE WAS SEARCHING FOR SUITABLE MATCHES IN HER AGE GROUP,SHE CAME ACROSS A SCIENTIST”S PROFILE.HIS NAME WAS SUMIT AND HE WAS FORM USA.IMMEDIATELY SHIPA REMEMBERED THE PREDICATION DONE BY HER BEST FRIEND THAT HER LIFE PARTNER WOULD BE A SCIENTIST.SHE WAS VERY HAPPY IN THE ANTICIPATION THAT FINALLY SHE WAS GOING TO GET HER SOULMATE.SHE WAS SO EXCITED THAT SHE DID NOT EVEN BOTHER TO READ HIS COMPLETE PROFILE AND SHE IMMEDIATELY SENT HIM AN E-MAIL SHOWING HER INTEREST IN HIS PROFILE.AFTER 4 DAYS SHE GOT AN E-MAIL FROM HIM.

(THE NEXT PART WILL BE POSTED TOMARROW……)