Smile crosses my face whenever I think about it! I reached Ghorapur in about 4 hours as roads are bumpy in some places. Otherwise Delhi to Ghorapur generally takes not more than 3 hours. We all wanted to see our family friend as we had not met for last 4 years. We rested for some time and had good breakfast. I checked my mobile. The call was from Dev, one of my best friends. He was influential and had strong contacts. I had not informed him about my visit as…
We were about half way from Gaurmukh. It was evening and rather dark. It was a small town. We enquired mode of transport for Gaurmukh. There was none. We went to the ticket counter. This time we asked very politely if there was any train scheduled now for Gaurmukh. Yes, the train was scheduled in next half an hour. But the seat was not available. We had to go for Tatkal booking. The ticket was for Rs 800 each. We could not afford it since the wallet was stolen that…
I woke up at 8.00 in the morning and saw my father panting in the drawing room. He called all family members and said, “I am going to tell you something. Please listen carefully.” We all were surprised as generally father does not come panting inside drawing room. He is very old and goes to his room immediately after watering plants even if it for 10 minutes. He said, “I went near one of the plants kept outside and saw cat paws in the soil. I dug the soil in…
Visit http://www.abhirajgupta.in/taking-kailashs-ashes-to-kailash-part1.html for Part-1 We met in the evening at 5. Piyush asked me, “Why don’t we steal ashes that must have been kept in the Urn. Otherwise ashes will be taken to Haridwar the next day”. I did not like the idea. I asked what would happen if we were caught stealing the urn. We would be ashamed in front of everyone- our parents, relatives, our neighbours. I just could not digest this idea. Now Piyush started. Obviously he was angry. One of his best friends was not present…
Prabhu Dayal, the sweeper was smoking in the hospital store room. Suddenly Sheetal, the nurse came into the room and was annoyed to see him smoking. He was frightened to see her. Sheetal said, “Prabhu I am going to report this to higher authorities. You repeatedly make mistakes and there is no choice.” Sorry madam, I will not do this again. But Sheetal was adamant. Prabhu cried and took out Rs 100 note and handed it to Sheetal. Sheetal saw him for few seconds and then left the room. As…
Karan who was on the driver’s seat was waiting for his friend Rahul. Rahul was taking his turn for last 10 minutes on the helpless little black girl. The little girl didn’t see at the face. She was crying and bleeding profusely. Once done, both friends drove towards the isolated part of the highway and threw the girl and the beer cans on the agricultural land along the highway. xxx Lewis was busy at work and came late in night at 8.00. His wife Carolina informed him that angel had…
It was Piyush’s idea. We had to take our best friend’s ashes to Kailash. We wanted to give proper funeral to him. Kailash was one of the naughtiest in the class. He was good in imagining things and could write stories which he used to write in leisure time. He had written few stories and competed in intra and inter school competitions. But his teacher and rather our teacher Mr. Mehra always bullied him. Not because he competed in story telling but he was not as good in studies as…
One way flight from Delhi to Patna was costing Rs 20000 for one person for immediate booking and about Rs 5887 if booked two weeks in advance. Train was costing Rs 1500 to 1800. But it was still out of my budget. Next day I checked Indian railways site and got 2 tickets booked @Rs 1300 which was reasonable price and within my budget. My friends and relatives had warned me that saving on tickets might cost me more. But I was adamant. They could spend Rs 5000 just for…
It was Friday and the office clock struck 5 in the evening. We planned to go out in the weekend. Myself, Karan, Atul, Michael, Christine and my wife-Niharika discussed places best suited for weekend so that we could join office on Monday. The office was not very large with about 100 employees in Gurgaon. It was a new company set up 2 years back and was expanding. The management had plans to make it a thousand employees company in the future. I had met Niharika in this office. I remembered…
Half human, half beast. Sometimes it is dragon that bites and sometimes it looks like a wolf. You must have seen these creatures in movies and serials. These are Zombies that chases human being and may be harmful. Zombie bites human being and the person if not treated will turn into the same monster within six months. This person who has become zombie will again bite and tear flesh of another human being and thus this becomes a vicious circle. There are several stories on this. Incidence 1 One of…