AMEETHYST

Chapter 9: Attitude Adjustments I was living in a world of my own where I thought everything I ever had was all as easy as writing prose and poetry. The day I fall sick and let myself be dependent on my mother even for getting a glass of water, is the worst of all times. Sakshi also did everything she could and brought me back to my normal self. After a long list of unworthy link-ups and break-ups I had, Sakshi is the one who has been an ideal girl in my life. To mention a few criterion points, (a) She madly loves me and does everything to make me happy. (b) Our horoscopes match. (c) She’s of the same caste (very much necessary for my family) and many others like these . “Abhi. It’s been a long time we haven’t been to Murudeshwar. Shall we go next week?” Sakshi asked while we all were having lunch. Murudeshwar is a beach town, one of the Jyotirlings and the place that has been very special to me. The 123-feet tall Shiva statue is world’s second tallest Shiva statue, bat...

Chapter 8: Life on a deathbed I was momentarily having my great time with two healthy girls over my sleek fleshless body, but the pain post the pleasure session was getting intolerable. I wasn’t able to sleep on my back. One full day I laid on my belly, and my mom seemed tensed. “Do you want me to call Kulkarni Doctor?” she brushed my hair with her fingers. God! I wish I was a kid sleeping in her lap rocking to her lullabies and sleeping peacefully. “Yes Maa. Please call.” I said with a broken voice and maybe a couple of broken bones. Dr. Madhav Kulkarni is our family doctor and has been with us since my mother was a child. At 65 years of age, he still goes to his clinic on his old Hero Honda CD100 . Not to mention, he is a punctuality freak and expects everything to happen on time. Just like his ideal marriage that was a paradox in itself. He wished to go for love marriage, but ended up in an arranged marriage, and he wished for one daughter and he had three hat-tr...

Chapter 7: The Ultramodern Pleasures Maybe Sakshi wasn’t that much of a drunkard, but when I drove her home from Shrushti’s place, Sakshi still had the hangover. All I wished was, she held me tight until we reached her home which was just two blocks away. “Here we are.” I said, after reaching her home. “I’ll see you in the evening. Just rest for some time and I’ll pick you up at 5.” I accompanied her till her room and made sure she hit the bed. On a lazy Sunday morning, I couldn’t believe that I woke up at 6 in the morning, and had to wait till Sakshi woke up yet again and bring her back to the normal world. While I was resting in my home, stretching my legs on my sofa and watching TV, my phone rung, and it was Shrushti. “Abhinav???” she sounded very furious. “What the hell were you doing in my house last night?” she started yelling on top of her voice. “Calm down Shrushti.” I tried to pacify her, “I’d come to pick Sakshi up from your place, but she was totally waste...

Chapter 6: The Parody of Love Most of Sakshi’s friends never believed that she could fall in love with someone like me. They were of the opinion that she was a very self-contained girl who loved to be alone, but Sakshi proved everyone wrong and got ready to spend her life with me. For a traditional girl like her, Sakshi was way too heretic for her kind. Being a South Indian typical Brahmin , she once tried whiskey and was in love with it. Though her eggetarian source didn’t have any value, she liked to keep her identity as a vegan. “You guys suit each other.” Shrushti was telling Sakshi looking at Sakshi and my photograph, while they were having a drink together at Shrushti’s place. It is usually very rare that these two girls get time to be like this. Sakshi will be alone most of the times, but Shrushti has to find time from her careless boyfriend whom she loves blindly, and from her rich family who hardly cares what their daughter is up to. “I know Shrushti. Abhi is ver...

Chapter 5: The family synergy Getting Sakshi on board to Karanth family was my mom’s decision. If it wasn’t for her, Sakshi would just be a girl of my dreams who’d be forgotten in a day or two. The decision had been so unanimous with everyone in my family; there was no doubt that she had any chance to escape. She too had completely accepted me and my family with all her heart and we were just waiting for that auspicious occasion to come so that we’d exchange the rings. Sakshi was going through an “internship” as of now and she’s doing pretty well. “Ma, can I go out with Abhi this evening?” Sakshi asked with a hesitant voice. “He’s all yours.” My mom said, “Just make sure you don’t distract him from his work.” She added. While I was in my office, my Whatsapp beeped and it was Sakshi. Movie at 7:30 tonight, Meenakshi mall – it read. Not sure babe. Im quite occupied. Will let u knw... brb – I replied. L L L - She was bit disappointed. How could I ever disappoint ...

Chapter 4: The Beautiful Aftermath While I was driving on my way back home, I was still under the so called “ Depression ” of what I experienced back at Vikram’s place. I couldn’t fathom the fact that Anusha was really so much into action and Vikram was still trying to recover from his family loss. During all the arguments and discussions I had with Anusha in those gruesome ten minutes, I’d kind of developed a soft corner for her. I reached home and had a sound sleep, courtesy Anusha and her discerning dinner. I had one week to recollect myself and get back to my senses before I could meet the couple once again. In the meanwhile next morning, I had a very pleasant day waking up with a glass of steaming hot Boost , and homemade Upma , my favourite. My mother was asking me to bring Sakshi home this weekend. Yes! The mission of my life, the reason I came to Bangalore and the only girl with whom I’ll be spending the rest of my life. “Amma. I think so Sakshi won’t be able to co...