Chapter 1 - CAB
The first day, he was supposed to report to office at 8:45 PM. His Cab was supposed to pick him up from home at 7 PM, at exactly 6:55 pm a white quails came and stopped outside his house …honked… the moment he was about to leave his house saying goodbye to his mother…his Father, reading a book entered the drawing room and said
“ Only till your results are declared “ without taking his eyes off the book and disappeared. Debojyoti and his mother froze for a moment …absorbed it and then forgot it. Debojyoti didn’t mind the comment as he was right now more concerned about how he looked …dressed in a new pair of jeans and a branded t-shirt with matching sports shoes. Hair gelled to get that right spiky look…his room smelled of Brute….
The cab honked again, this time twice in quick succession; he rushed out of his home and got into the cab.
His mother was looking from the balcony, she had that sparkle in her eyes….
”my son…. going to office … such a big car came to pick him up …MY SON…Jai Ma Durga …”
The ride to office was new experience for Debojyoti. The moment he got inside he was greeted with the driver saying,
“ Sir, if you’ll be late like this, I will leave you next time…company ka order hai (we’ve orders from the company).
Debojyoti was taken aback, could only muster enough strength to say “OK”, and just then was saved by someone in the front seat saying
“its Ok, first day right…happens with every one…. Hi! I am Travis ...I mean...
taking a drag from his cigarette … Kapil is my name Travis is my alias…" taking another drag from his cigarette. Debojyoti responded by introducing himself and saying “…actually its my first day ...so …” “It’s ok…told you happens with everyone” said Travis.
From Kalkaji (that’s where he stayed) to Synergy in Gurgaon was 45 minutes drive but the route that the cab took was like a guided tour of south Delhi. From Kalkaji to C.R.Park to Nehru Place then back to South Ex to R.K.Puram Sector 1 to Sector 6 to sector 8 and finally towards Gurgaon. Along the way the cab picked up Alex, Lisa, Sam, Ray and Troy. All of them knew each other and also introduced themselves to Debojyoti. During their ride to office while conversing in between Debojyoti came to know that Alex was Akshay Batra, Lisa was Shilpi Arora, Sam was Sudip Banerji, Ray was Rahul Gupta and Troy was Tarun Sharma ….he thought...”all of them...American Names ...they address each other like that. …
“I can never become like that…PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN …PROUD TO BE A BENGALI “…
Strange he felt inside.
Cab reached exactly 5 minutes before his reporting time.
“ Only till your results are declared “ without taking his eyes off the book and disappeared. Debojyoti and his mother froze for a moment …absorbed it and then forgot it. Debojyoti didn’t mind the comment as he was right now more concerned about how he looked …dressed in a new pair of jeans and a branded t-shirt with matching sports shoes. Hair gelled to get that right spiky look…his room smelled of Brute….
The cab honked again, this time twice in quick succession; he rushed out of his home and got into the cab.
His mother was looking from the balcony, she had that sparkle in her eyes….
”my son…. going to office … such a big car came to pick him up …MY SON…Jai Ma Durga …”
The ride to office was new experience for Debojyoti. The moment he got inside he was greeted with the driver saying,
“ Sir, if you’ll be late like this, I will leave you next time…company ka order hai (we’ve orders from the company).
Debojyoti was taken aback, could only muster enough strength to say “OK”, and just then was saved by someone in the front seat saying
“its Ok, first day right…happens with every one…. Hi! I am Travis ...I mean...
taking a drag from his cigarette … Kapil is my name Travis is my alias…" taking another drag from his cigarette. Debojyoti responded by introducing himself and saying “…actually its my first day ...so …” “It’s ok…told you happens with everyone” said Travis.
From Kalkaji (that’s where he stayed) to Synergy in Gurgaon was 45 minutes drive but the route that the cab took was like a guided tour of south Delhi. From Kalkaji to C.R.Park to Nehru Place then back to South Ex to R.K.Puram Sector 1 to Sector 6 to sector 8 and finally towards Gurgaon. Along the way the cab picked up Alex, Lisa, Sam, Ray and Troy. All of them knew each other and also introduced themselves to Debojyoti. During their ride to office while conversing in between Debojyoti came to know that Alex was Akshay Batra, Lisa was Shilpi Arora, Sam was Sudip Banerji, Ray was Rahul Gupta and Troy was Tarun Sharma ….he thought...”all of them...American Names ...they address each other like that. …
“I can never become like that…PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN …PROUD TO BE A BENGALI “…
Strange he felt inside.
Cab reached exactly 5 minutes before his reporting time.
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