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Navneet Mehra
Exiting the metro station, I pause at the pedestrian crossing
to study the direction of the road on the big green board, which
tells me for Janpath I have to cross the road. Some people have a
sort of inbuilt GPS, a bit like pet dogs. You can drop them
anywhere and they will find their way home before you do. Not
me, I get lost whenever I go to any area after a gap of few
months.
I am stumped. Today, I neither had tea after work, nor I am
aware of the shop here. Looking up and down the street in
frustration, I gave up and asked myself “Who the hell told you to
come here?”
“Excuse me??”
I turned to see a fellow girl standing next to me, waiting to
cross. She looked at me quizzically. Oh my God, did I just say
that out loud?
‘Errrrr. .’ I was embarrassed. “Never cross a road while light
is red,” I said whatever came to my mind. She stared at me
“Sure,” she replied.
Feeling totally uncool, I look away and pray for the lights to
change quickly. “Oh, look, now we can cross,” I announced with
a relief, and shooting her with an awkward smile, I crossed the
road with the crowd.
Walking past some food outlets, I glance at the couple’s
cozying up together over a romantic meal. I move on quickly.
Once upon a time there was a princess of mine, but we didn’t
end up living happily ever after. Like I said I am fine with it. It
was a long time ago. I have moved on. In fact, since then I have
dated loads of different girls.
Well, perhaps not loads, but surely few. And some of them
were really nice. Like, my last girlfriend, Shreya. We met at a
party and dated for a couple of months, but it was never that
serious. I mean, she was good fun, and the enjoyment was not
bad. It’s just….
OK, I know this theory. Everyone dreams of finding their
soul-mate All over the world millions of people are looking for
their true love, that one special person with whom they will
spend the rest of their life. And I am no different.