enjoy life

day by day we are increasing the pace of our life. we never have time even to call up and say 'hi' to old friends.
life has reduced to 'travel to office- work- travel back- sleep'


in hospital.

"what do the reports say doc?"
"hmmm. "
"you dont have to hide anything doctor. just say it. each time i had a breakup my heart grew stronger. and i do not have the count of crushes/breakups i have had ;-) . so now my heart is strong enough. no stupid report of ours can break it or do it any harm. this i can voucher for. you can have 'vishvaas' in vishvaas"

"listen vishvaas, there have been lots of developments in the field of medicine. almost anything can be cured these days. of course some take time and patience and money too. treatments also depend on the way patient s body reacts to our medicines. there have been cases like your s. some have been cured and some not. and as you know it is always easy to mend a plant than a tree... we can start your treatment. we need your co-operation."

long silence.

"doc, be frank. what are the chances of the treatment being successful?"

"vishvaas, believe me if i could predict who survives and who wont, i would have been God and not doctor"

"but there certainly be some data atleast. please do not keep me in dark. and what treatment are you talking about? do i have to be admitted here?"

"yes. for sometime you need to be admitted. treatments are never painless. you knew me from such a long time. why did nt you tell me about this before. surely you would have got some indications."

"yes doc. but how was i supposed to know it would get so serious!!! will i survive the treatment??"

silence again.

"how much time do i have?"

"may be around 80 days"

silence

"around the world in 80 days" murmured vishvaas.

"what??"

"doc have you read around the world in 80 days?"

"vishvaas now stop calling me doc."

"ok Naina. have you read around the world in 80 days?"

Rishi enters.

R: "hi naina. what do the reports say? how s vishvaas?"
V: "man!! your wife has given me 80 days time"
R: "time for what? to start diet which you were planning for past few decades?"
V: "diet!!! what s wrong with you???. you know i have always wanted to travel like our hero does in 'around the world in 80 days. no fixed place to... just travel. have fun"
R: "what 80 days are you talking about. naina what do the reports say?"

naina almost in tears

V: "dude i have 80 days time. to pack my bag for an everlasting or ever-last journey"
N: " vishvaas dont say that. there still are chance of you being cured...."
V: "dont be emotional naina. this is not a movie where in heroin would run to the temple, dance for a devotional song and pray for me, and i suddenly get up from death bed. this is real life. and i would rather hunt death than staying here and waiting for death every moment"

V: "Rishi, Naina do you remember when we had just started earning we had a pact. that we would go on an outing atleast once in 2 months. then you both got married and happily forgot me and my pact. i too got too much involved in my work. never took any break. always wanted to be the best. 'best employee' 'best coder'. what crap!!!. it makes no sense now. i didnt marry whom i loved. of course i loved whom i married. but again work got in between us. we never had any proper picnic kind of thing. this stupid mobile always used to ring and divert my attention and she would get pissedoff... and then the kids. i never spent much time with them. i still remember my father teaching me how to ride bicycle. the number of times i fell, and patiently he 'the more you fall now the more perfect you become' each time i fell. i still remember how i felt when he bought me my first bi-cycle. he was always there to play badminton with me though i was pathetic. then his 2wheeler. he was afraid that i was not responsible enough to ride a 2 wheeler but still he taught me.... but me!!! i never knew when or how he learnt to ride bicycle and he knows to ride bike now!!! time has just slipped by. i have never spent much time with him"

V: "i have never spent time for myself for a long time. i do not remember which was the last novel i read. i do not remember when was the last time i laughed like the way we used to laugh when we were students. remember rishi the pj you made? only the two of us used to roll on the floor and laugh. i do not remember the last time i walked hand in hand with her on beach. i do not remember the last time i saw the sun set on a week day. i dont remember the last time i ever saw the sun rise. i do not remember where and when i lost the old fun loving vishvaas. now he has come back. and he ll live happily for the next few days he has. i hope that my wife and son ll be the 'young and energetic vishvaas'. he wants to live his life to the best in the next few days he has... he wants to hold her hand, and dance with her on her favorite tune.... there s alot he wants "

V: "i have met so many people. been friends with so many. but none other than you two whom i could count on.
. please do not keep me in this place naina. let me be a free traveler. do not bind me. let go of me. do not waste your time on me when you are sure that i have not much time. instead be with me for some time"

silence

V: "you know what!!! we can all go for a long trip for new year. what say? shall we renew the pact? we can go for 2 trips that way, before i go on my last one..."