Mithra

CHASTE GANGES   {8} ‘What about the files required for Monday’s meeting?’ asked Malavika peering at her laptop. Krishna was busy sorting the papers into a file. ‘They are ready except for the one which has been sent for the Director’s review. We should have it with us by tomorrow evening,’ he said closing the file. The attender brought two cups of tea into Malavika’s cabin. Krishna took his cup and sipped the tea. ‘Krish… what plans do you have for the weekend?’ she asked once the attender stepped out of the cabin. Krishna gave her a charming smile and shook his head. ‘Nothing special. The past few days have been quite hectic, so I am just going to laze around at home.’ It was a plain white lie because he had already made plans with Nihal for the weekend. ‘Well, I want to catch the latest Bond movie, Spectre. Would you like to join me?’ she asked very sweetly. She was out rightly flirting with him and he knew it. Now he had to cleverly refuse her. ...

Life starts at 25! “In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln This quote is especially for all the 25’s and above out there. First and the foremost, I would like to congratulate you for having successfully survived 25 years on earth. We should be lucky that we were not born in the early Colony of Virginia (17 th century) when the life expectancy was less than 25 years. All thanks to the multi-star hospitals and fat medical bills spanning more pages than a research thesis, the world average life expectancy is a healthy 71.4 years. Therefore friends if you have still not thanked God and your parents for keeping you alive, please do it right now! What next??? This is a question which crosses your mind at least once every single day once you turn 25. You have certainly got your degree (hopefully, unless you are either Bill Gates or Steve jobs or aim to be like them). You are either stereotypically e...

CHASTE GANGES   {7} Nithyayuvani let out a sigh gazing at the sea. She was at the Gateway of India for the evening. It was a Friday and she had taken half day off from her assignment in Mumbai just to find Ronav. She was dejected when she learnt that he was on leave that day. She would have to wait till Monday to see him at office. Although she could have called him, she did not want to do it. After their last conversation, she had to first meet him in person and it simply would not work over phone. She sat on the promenade on Marine drive and watched the waves lash the stones. The lights from the ships anchored in the sea shone like stars. Suddenly amidst all the people jostling around, the back of a man caught her attention. She strained her neck to get a better view of him. When he turned around, her heart stopped beating! Ronav! She stood up and started walking towards him. She was seeing him after five months! If only her basic sense of rational brain did ...