1998, when the search giant
Google was getting born, Aarav was waiting for the birth of his love life.
25-year-old, smart, intelligent without a single gray hair, Aarav could have
been the choice for many. Graduated from an All-boys school post then IIT,
girls shied his life. 25 long years, he had many crushes but none to rose
flashes, couldn't even dare to speak to any of them.
This June, he got a placement offer from Unilever.
Settled professionally, he needed the same for his personal life. He went to
many pundits, in unison, they said – no love line! pooja is the only way to get
your love line.
Unable to speak face to face, he chose the Yahoo way.
Met a girl on Yahoo chat from the same city, named Sameera. His imagination was
at the best- black eyes, dusky color, sharp jawline, and whatnot. He was
convinced that Ash got the Miss World title because Sameera didn't participate.
Daily 4 to 5 PM, Aarav was glued to Raj cyber café's
black stool cum chair to chat with Sameera. That one hour was not more than a
minute for him. He never realized when Metallica turned Kumar Sanu on his
Walkman. After 3 months of Chat, Sameera finally gave her landline no., he was
like mad that day .. Sameera, Sameera the only thing in his mind.
He called the no. and said hello, from the other side
he heard some elderly man's hello. He disconnected in jiffy, frightened to the
core. He wanted to wait, the heart was pumping blood heavily. After a couple of
minutes, he collected himself and called from a PCO. There was a little heavy
but soft sound "hello". He gathered himself and asked is it, Sam..
sa… sameeeera ??.. yes, the sound came from another side.
After a lot of convincing on multiple telecalls,
Sameera finally agreed to a Coffee date. It was Barista, the day has come.
Black shirt, Blue Jeans, and rich friend's perfume, Aarav was all geared.
Excited enough, he reached the café one hour, prior. He sat on the agreed table
post convincing/begging the already sitting guests. He was on cloud nine,
imagining to the best of his abilities. The clock was at 4PM, they decided to
meet at 3.45 PM, to his dismay no one was there.
Suddenly, a boy in his 20s was coming to his table with
that cruel smile. His heart was broken, the pundits were right he should have
done that pooja. He was cursing the god, better than ever. The boy sat at his
table and said – "Bro Sameera is getting late, she asked me to give you
this message. She will be here around 4.15 PM."
Now, more so he was prepared for the surprise. He was
coming from the washroom. He couldn't believe who was sitting at his table.
There was a bouquet of rose flowers and a beautiful girl at the table. He
cleaned his eyes but it was still the same. "Sameera?" said Aarav.
"Yes, and Sorry for being late", said Sameera. She asked, what will
you have? He replied- Coffee.
India has one of the poorest sex ratios, only 943
female to 1000 male. If we don't act now, all you could have coffee is with
Karan (Pun intended).
Cheers,
