Line of Control by Mainak Dhar

Author:Mainak Dhar [Dhar, Mainak]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-22T00:00:00+00:00

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Chauhan was sitting all by himself in a corner of the mess, when Pooja walked in. She got her breakfast and walked over to him.

`Good morning.’

Pooja had long been the butt of sarcastic and cynical comments about how chirpy she could be in the morning, when everyone else was still cursing the fact that they had to get out of bed. She could see her efforts at cheering things up were having no effect on the Colonel, but she was not going to change her natural style for this clown.

`Mind if I join you?'

`No, not at all. So, what's your experience with army food been like?'

Pooja sat down with her plate of fruits.

`Pretty good, actually.'

She saw that Chauhan as usual was picking at his food, lost in thought. Her past experience with him also told her that the two sentences he had just spoken were likely to be only conversation she would get out of him unless she started talking.

`Well, Colonel, the exercises yesterday were really great- it was a completely new experience for us.'

`Good.'

Then silence.

Great, talk about a brilliant conversationalist.

Pooja continued watching Chauhan eat in utter silence. She wondered why it bothered her so much that he did not notice her. Perhaps it was just that he was so unlike any man she had met before. Also, if she were honest with herself, the fact that he showed no interest in her whatsoever was intriguing.

Chauhan abruptly got up and began to walk away.

`Miss Bhatnagar, we're doing our daily maintenance of the tanks. If you would like to watch, please come to the ground behind the firing range.'

Romantic guy, isn't he, mused Pooja as he walked away.

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