Abhay And His Flashes Of Love

This post is about a very dear friend of mine and his experiments and accidents(or should I call them crash landings :P) with love. Abhay and I go back almost seven years when fate made us co sufferers at National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur. As if that wasn’t enough luck ensured that we became room mates and then best of friends.
A little background about Abhay first.This is required to appreciate his reactions and actions towards ‘acquiring’ a girlfriend. Abhay is a super intelligent, girl wary, liquor loving fellow. Ideally should have graduated from IIT but with the kind of luck he has, he had to suffer in the company of lesser mortals like me. However, the phrase girl wary does not mean he doesn’t have a heart or indicate a hormonal deficiency [specifically testosterone]. A childhood incident regarding a pretty classmate [read crush] left a deep scar on his psyche.
Abhay and the pretty lady [the object of Abhay’s desires :P] were in standard 8 then. Yeah Abhay started quite early [he is way ahead of his times]. However, as is characteristic of the times we live in, there was stiff competition for the girl. One afternoon as Abhay was exiting school from the cycle stand, he saw the cute girl standing by the road side. What happened next absolutely broke Abhay’s heart. A guy [read competition] had supposedly trumped Abhay in expressing his feelings. Abhay saw him give a bunch of roses to the girl. Tears welled up in Abhay’s eyes. He felt so helpless. What happened next ensured Abhay stayed away from girls for a long long time. Suddenly a scooter pulled up close to where the girl was standing. An uncle, who later turned out to be the girl’s father, got down from the scooter and slapped competition so hard that Abhay could hear the slap from that distance. He did that twice. Next he picked up his pretty daughter and triumphantly sped away. That was when Abhay decided, he wouldn’t ever approach a girl with flowers. What added to the scar was that the girl’s father turned out to be a construction contractor [ not exactly the most scrupulous profession in Abhay’s opinion] and he religiously stayed away from that girl till the time she got married. So much so that he wouldn’t even send her Holi wishes on orkut[:P]. It was only after she had married a beetle chewing, unemployed guy who was once her tutor, did he deem it safe to wish her Holi. Love really is blind as the girl happens to be the bread winner for the family. The guy’s only achievement happens to be successfully negotiating with the girl’s short tempered father[He got the girl and will inherit the riches too!].
His friends at NIT [including myself :D] used to prod him to try for a girl. He used to refuse saying “Yaar meri height ki milti hi nahi koi.” [:P]. Yes Abhay is short and sweet. So we volunteered to find a suitable cute girl for him. It was a regular Wednesday and we were out on the streets of Bistupur trying to have some fun when our sights fell upon a group of young ladies. The girl in the centre of the group was just right for Abhay-short, very cute and not a primary school kid :P. After a bit of snooping around the group, we learnt that her name was Pooja. We turned towards Abhay and asked him to try his luck. Scarred by his childhood memories, Abhay’s instinctive reaction was “No”. However, we gave him some pep talk and Abhay’s heart beat picked up and he was ready for the challenge. However, there was a small problem. Kapil also liked the girl. A girl could not be allowed to come between two friends. It was decided that Abhay had the “right to first attempt” on the girl. In case he chickened out he would signal Kapil who would take over and try his luck! As Abhay was about to attempt this feat , some people from our gang suddenly vanished. They were fearing that Abhay would surely be slapped and they being his friends will get bashed up too. So as the girls passed us by Abhay in an uncharacteristic display of courage [:P] walked over to the girls and said a soft “Excuse me”. The wrong girl turned around. She was twice in volume with respect to Abhay. Abhay kept his cool and said “No, not you, your friend”. My friends believe in some of the most unconventional and useless pick up lines!. Pooja turned around and gave an expression like she would extract Abhay’s pounding heart from his body and trample it under her high heeled feet and said “Not interested”. Thus ended Abhay’s second effort at love. We all agreed it was worth doing and Ankur[he had come out of hiding by now :D]  much to the delight of everyone in the group exclaimed “Yaar ab se har Wednesday yeh karenge!”. But I guess Bistupur didn’t have enough Poojas for Ankur’s wishes to come true.
After this incident Abhay’s reticence towards girls only increased. However, we his friends, were determined to not let the spark die so easily. It was the 26th of January, 2006. My birthday had just gotten over and the customary last GPL of the day had just concluded. Abhay and I were walking around the hostel complex. Suddenly Abhay’s mobile phone lit up. It was a text message. Abhay read it and smiled. I sensed something and I asked him whom the message was from. Abhay smiled again and said it was from Neha[ 2 years our junior in college and from Lucknow, Abhay’s home town] and was a Republic Day message. I don’t question Abhay’s patriotism but seldom would an R Day wish make him smile. I took it for a one off thing and did not pursue it further. Five days later it was Abhay’s birthday. After the opening GPL at midnight , we were again on our rounds of the hostel complex when the mobile screen and Abhay’s face both lit up in quick succession. It turned out to be a birthday wish from Neha. Before I could ask, Abhay said there was nothing to be excited about! A fortnight passed and it was V Day. Normally, V Day is just another day for us[it still is :D]. However, I remembered Neha and the messages. I asked him to call her up. He said he wouldn’t as he didn’t have anything to say. After an hour of pushing he agreed. He called her up and told her that he wanted to speak to Kinshuk [ our dear friend] about some assignments but was unable to reach her on her phone. He requested Neha to connect him to Kinshuk. Neha said she was doing her laundry and would do that as soon as she is finished with it. I sometimes wonder where my friends get these wonderful ideas from. He discussed assignments and laundry with a girl he had called to wish V Day. Maybe that’s romance for geeks.
This was a quick and short roundup of Abhay’s romantic (mis)adventures. He is a great guy and friend I would give an arm and a foot for. Few people have the emotional depth and sense to be in a happy relationship than he has. However, luck gets in his way as it does for most of his friends [I can see the gang nodding in agreement :D]. Here’s wishing he does find love this V Day on his flight back home from Australia.

14 comments to Abhay And His Flashes Of Love

  • Abhigya  says:

    @kinshuk-very true…however i doubt if a kangaroo would classify as a gift…it would more of a smuggled item [:P]

  • kinshuk  says:

    yahi hota hai when people dont bring gifts for their friends…….

  • Abhigya  says:

    @abhay- what did you expect? agal bagal models baithi hongi? serves you right…jitne paap kiye hai unka fal bhogo ab.i m delighted [:P]

  • Abhay  says:

    ye V day ab tak ka sabse bakwaas raha..flight mein agal bagal ki dono seats khaali thi(in both the flights)..and airhostess ki jagah ek patla chinki ladka (airhost) tha 🙁 🙁

  • Abhigya  says:

    @abhay- thats for you to write [:)]…and yeah khali haath mat lautna…friends will refuse to recognize you [:P]

  • kinshuk  says:

    oye online aa sakte ho kya, at least gmail check karo………..

  • Abhay  says:

    i am at Changi Airport (Singapore) – thodi shopping ho gayi hia and ab free ka net use kar raha huun..

  • Abhay  says:

    @Abhigya- after reading Ankur's V day fireworks, i was expecting one on me!!(and… one on Anshika)
    @Kinshuk- nahi ..ladka sharmaya nahi hia..uuper likhi post mein machane waale mai hi huun..

  • Abhigya  says:

    abhay sach se nahi sharmata :D…and there is nothing to be ashamed of in this post [:D]

  • kinshuk  says:

    yaar, m still waiti for abhay's reaction, ladka kahin sharma to nahi gaya 😀

  • Abhigya  says:

    @kins- khaini nahi paan bhi khata hai? just dat abhay always says khaini 😀
    you are welcome [:P]

  • kinshuk  says:

    m really waiting for abhay's reaction 😀
    btw u didnt had to convert 'khaini' into a sophisticated beetle chewing 😛

    n yess i know dat u didn't post everything. i truly acknowledge and appreciate your efforts 😛

  • Abhigya  says:

    @kins-trust me i didn't post everything[:D]

  • kinshuk  says:

    Comment before reading the blog

    Its huge………………

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