When the Heavens Smiled by Ritesh Arora

Author:Ritesh Arora [Arora, Ritesh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Srishti Publishers & Distributors
Published: 2015-09-30T18:30:00+00:00

The Inescapable Destiny

The greatest physicist of modern times, Albert Einstein, once said: “Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned by an invisible piper.” This chapter will tell you, life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans. Little did I know that a traumatic time – the biggest challenge that one could ever face – was going to hit me soon. People around me say that being young is a victory in itself, but I doubt that. I was tired and nervous in my twenties in a way that I never am now. During that harrowing time, I would wonder how I was going to pull it off, but when I look back in time now, the feeling has been galactic. I will write more about that in a minute.

By now, I was a trusted face at Sarangi’s place. Her parents were also at ease seeing us together. Where there is great love, there is faith. I had subtly mentioned about Sarangi to my mother back home in Delhi, but not to my dad as we had never spoken ever since I came to Kolkata. Sarangi and I were out shopping on one Sunday afternoon at Park Street and the plan was to go to McDonald’s and then watch Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania. Sarangi loved the McChicken Kid’s Meal at McDonald’s as they would give a free soft toy with every order.

“Shall we go back home?” said Sarangi, after paying the bill for the saris that she had bought to be worn on her friend’s wedding.

“Home? I thought we were going to McDonald’s and then for a movie. No?” I said rather surprised as we had made a different plan an hour back.

“Don’t know. I am feeling fatigued and feverish since afternoon,” she said. I touched her forearm and it was warmer than usual.

“Why didn’t you tell me this earlier? We wouldn’t have come down today. Let us go home. We will see the movie some other day!” I said, putting her shopping bags in the back seat of my Santro.

“You see how this weather is changing. Half of my office is out sick!” I said, touching her forehead that felt warm. We got a take away from McDonald’s.

“The burger is yummy, try it with coke!” she said, putting a small piece into my mouth as I had my hands behind the wheel.

“Yes, good…! Before you sleep tonight, take one spoonful of your dad’s brandy and you will be back up and kicking by morning,” I said, taking a sip of the coke that she was holding.

“In my college days, just to get that thrill of doing something illegal, I would slowly finish my dad’s brandy but would continue refilling it with water. One day, I heard my dad saying that the brandy was bland and must have expired,” I said and she smiled, but with unease.

Over these last three months, she had developed immense trust in me. I loved her.

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