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“Kuchho nahi be. Axle ki jo hai bachpan main shaadi ho
gayi hai. Child marriage, agar hum by definition jaye to.
Untees use samjhane ki koshish kar raha tha ki woh sab
bakwaas hai.”
“Abe hum yeh nahi keh rahe hai ki woh sab bakwaas
hai. Mera point sirf itna tha ki woh realize kare ki
whatever he did was a part of an extremely outdated
tradition and if he feels it’s not working out for him then
he should think about getting out of it” Untees still
boiling.
“Nahi aayega woh uske bahar aur consider bhi nahi
karega” Vodka spoke matter of factly.
“It’s a matter of family pride, He won’t even consider it”
“Haan be Untees.mujhe bhi yahi lagta hai. Use rehne do
shaanti se. yeh wala topic unnecessarily mat lao, it’s not
worth it” Chashmish said calmly. Almost everyone on
the table seconded him. Untees didn’t agree but he had
no other choice. He decided to let it go.
May was almost over now and heat was hitting IITK like
a crazy ocean wave on rocks. Everyone did all they
could to make their life as cold as possible. Along that
lines Haddi spent a lot of time in Champak’s room (The
only room in the wing with a cooler), kaka in the
computer center (with its uber cool A/C) ogling and
typing away at sprint.bantu.com and everyone else in
the library which also happened to be very comfortable.
Mariyal had finally gotten out of his room and ventured
out into the wild wild west of books. If the library was
cold, the environment on one of its table was colder.
Untees and Axle hadn’t called truce after their heated
discussion in the mess and didn’t talk to each other. Fed
up with the cold stares and sarcastic comments
exchanged between the two, Mariyal and Chashmish
decided to move to the racks. Mariyal picked up a bound
journal of electrochemistry placed it under his head and
lied down on the nice and cold floor of library while