Juggi feels bad about his timing of calling off the plan, we make him feel guilty about it coz I, Chandra and Prachi are Juggi’s best friends in HRC. Komal is quiet but has a hope to have the plan on. Tyagi calls up and after initial 10 minutes of knowing about the plan turns the rest of the call to a *’zeher-nikalo‘ session . Aakriti still surfing the internet for a cheaper deal on flight and has started questioning her decision to tag along. We discover she is claustrophobic and avoids trains. Pooja has no idea what she triggered with one message (thought not her fault). Ankur is happily preparing for engagement and is hopeful about sab nalayak aa rahe hai and now…

Chapter 3: Commentary on rakhna bhai

The day at work went pretty smooth except for Prachi’s hopeful narrative on the hopeless nature of her team and that the weekend work may not be required. More than worrying about work, we (Me, Tyagi, Komal & Aakriti) akept doing a timely check with her on the minutes of every meeting she had with her team. The minutes turned into hours and the day turned to evening and the obvious question was – hum kal jaa rahe hai na?

Kal pe sawaal hai, Jeena filhaal hai – And the plan was living on the edge over a call with Prachi on one side and her Manager, well let’s call him *’Hari Sadu‘ – Yes! wohi H for (shhh..can’t take his name here) on the other. Hari Sadu – the character who turned the simple plan into a suspense, thriller cricket match going into the last over with 1 wicket remaining, the best batsman in the side facing and 20 runs to win. Mushkil to nahi keh sakte but aasan bhi nahi hoga.

The evening turned to dinner time and the four of us were edged onto our seats with whatsapp chat on. Prachi was still on the call and all Hari Sadu could manage is – ‘Prachi, I’m in this meeting. Will keep updating you real time’. Dinner hour was left behind 2 hours ago and we were into the last hour of the day. No positive response yet. From one whatsapp chat window to another, one call from Komal to messages from Tyagi to Prachi on the communicator. Amidst all this, Aakriti got furious and fasten her seat belts to book the flight after a frantic call with me. All I could manage was – Prachi call pe hai, tu thodi der aur theher jaa. And Aakriti said – Yaar, mera jana bahut jaruri hai iss shadi me – its very important to me.

Suspense, more suspense. What could be so much important to attend this wedding? Aakriti maintained the suspense and did not reveal on one hand and Hari Sadu on the other maintained his hopeless character and did not reveal either and we had almost twisted our fingers keeping them crossed. The train was at 6:30 am and it was hardly 7 hours left. We switched to a single whatsapp group and kept our fingers busy while crossed communicating with each other. It felt that the last over stretched on till eternity (much like the suspense here 😛 ) and then came a shock – Hari Sadu said yes to Prachi’s leave and no to weekend work. Hopeless turned to hopes and around midnight when the clock strikes 12, we the common people of HRC awaken to a brand new trip to Lucknow. We all were going. Phew!!!


Oh yes, while the Nawabs of Hyderabad were planning to visit the princely province of Lucknow, the Sultans of Delhi (and NCR) Ankita aka Chinkita (coz too many Ankita in HRC), Deepti & Amit were also getting ready to march their sultanate to Lucknow. They were kept in the dark about the cliffhanger. Prince Ankur also was kept away from the fact that his barati bros had almost called it off. Juggi was left wondering if Komal was still mad at him and Chandra made sure to remind Juggi about it, after our departure. Pooja – well as per IRCTC she was travelling to Lucknow as a ghost in the surat and shakal of Aakriti. 21st April 2016 was the day when the match was a thriller and we kept the commentary on with suspense all through-out.

Anyway, all craziness comes out with a story that involves train. Jab We Met showed it on silver screen, we were about to witness one the next day. Stay Tuned…

*zeher - when one cracks up such a pathetic joke that poison oozes out by itself. 
**HARI SADU - the manager who appeared in the monster.com job hunt advertisement. Any resemblance to any manager is purely co-incidental.