The Permanent room-mate...1

Phone rings....it’s around 7-7.30 on Saturday morning......Siya receives call from Prajish.....

Prajish : "GM Siya, how are you? What you doing?"

Siya : "Pakode tal rahi hu"  "what's time Prajish?"

 She gets beet angry as he disturbed her in sleep.

Prajish : “tum abhi bhi oil khati ho, doc has said no to you right? " its 7.30  morning"

Siya : "it's in India, I am asking about US."

Prajish; Dear I said, its 7.30 morning.

Siya : Oh, shit!

It was shocking for her. She has not expected him to be there. He is meeting her right after 3 years.

Prajish and Siya both are extremely different people who are in long distance relationship since 3 years. After completing their graduation Prajish had left to US for job and working as financial analyst, whereas Siya is also working in MNC.  They met only once or twice before Prajish left India. Since then they are in great contact and in love with each.

Prajish, though he is talented and working in US and all, he has different angle to look at his relation with Siya.

He is little casual, person with can be done attitude. His expectations from Siya are same. That is the reason he has changed his job and came to India before one month of his date of joining.

Siya is also involved in relationship with Prajish but never thought of this. She was happy with long distance. She is aware that he has changed his job and planning to come in Mumbai not expected so suddenly. He has not made any arrangement for his stay in Mumbai as well so the only option he has is to stay with Siya. She is already sharing room with her college friend Nisha.

She cut the call and went to another room where Nisha is in deep sleep. She let her wake up,

Nisha : What? Let me sleep?

Siya : Nisha, Prajish is here in Mumbai and probably in our apartment.

Nisha: What are you talking? He is coming in next month? You must be in dream, either go and sleep or wake up.

Its ok actually, good he is here, he will find accommodation for him here.

Doorbell rings.

Nisha: forget about that, if I know him he must be here to propose for marriage. It’s him, outside this door, holding ring in his hand, down on his knees.

She opened the door and found nobody. Prajish was I floor down. Instead of knocking 801 he was on 7^th floor,

outside 701, down on his knees.

Prajish: hi Siya Jaiswal, will you marry me?

Unfortunately, as he is at wrong place, owner of that room had open the door and having small pot in hand to get milk delivery as it was early morning.

Uncle: (bit angry) hey stupid, what are you doing here?

Prajish: “ohh, sorry uncle, this is not for u.”

Uncle: I know bloody full.

Siya is watching that entire scenario by standing on steps. Guy with dustbin in hand is cleaning the floor where is on his knees. After looking at him nobody would have thought the guy had come from US.

Siya: Prajish (shouted).

Prajish: turned on same place on his knees and said; Siya Jaiswal, will you marry me?

Entire floor is watching at him and Siya. She is extremely embarrassed with all his innocent yet immature behavior. She is in shock as well. She is having no words to react to it. She is quiet for a while.

(In her room)

Prajish: so how was the surprise? You are so lucky yar.

He is talking as if she is extremely happy with because of surprise. She is disturbed and worried too. She doesn’t   want to hurt him at all. Therefor she is very careful.

Siya: Prajish, I want to talk.

Prajish: why you are in hurry? Will talk, relax. Nice flat by the way. You don’t waan offer even coffee to your fiancé?  (Her friend comes from another room) hey Saumya, how are you? Heard about you a lot?

Nisha: I am Nisha. (She said annoyingly)

Prajish: Ya, one and the same thing.

Nisha: Siya can I talk to you for a second.

Both went in other room.

Nisha:  (is little angry) are you gone tell him now.

Siya: Ya, wait. He has just come. Let him have some tea at least.

Nisha: you are gone have kids till he finishes his tea?

Prajish interrupts.

Nisha: Praj, everything is happening so fast.

Prajish: what fast, we have time. Let’s have lunch and then will move to see some sites. Let’s find our sweet home.

Nisha: Flat?

Prajish: Ya will get married and shift there so will have search now only.

Nisha: Prajish, no way (she gets angry, on fire).  I mean, how you can thing like that. How you can expect from me that I should come and search home for us with you. No way Prajish, I cannot do that. No  No No.

He feels bad and then…..they decided to visit some sites for there so called home.

To be continued……

Nisha want to give some time to this relation. She feels that they have to spend some time together so as to understand each other whereas Prajish feels that we know each other since 3 years. We have daily interaction on skype then what is harm in getting married. Nisha knows that he is good guy, he loves her but she need everything to be perfect in their relation. Will that happen?

Age...Generation....etc

Age does makes impact on what you think and what kind of perception you carry. This is something I am observing among all my friend and in me as well. "We were not like this" this statement we always tend to make when we see/observe these younger generation now a days.
We are very reluctant to imbibe the changes taking place around us. We have made some kind of comfort zone around us from which we don't want to come out, and I am damn sure the our parental generation must have felt the same at particular point of time and this younger generation will also think in a same way when they will be of our age.
Let us take a example, marriage. The hot topic of discussion every where ( extremely age specific statement). Now me and my friends are so bombarded by our parents that at any point of time we will  be getting married. This has to do with what each and every generation and there views about the same. Our parental generation thinks that marriage is extremely important in life. This has to be done at particular age, once you pass that age, you are gone, carrier and all comes later. You can manage that easily.
Now our generation feels that carrier is priority. You earn and then do marriage and all. Marriage is just a process and can be completed at any point of time. It has nothing to do with age, If you have enough bank balance , you can manage.
 One generation says it has science behind it. other says why to get married there is no science behind it. one generation says get married have child and let you parents enjoy there last innings. Other says why to have own child and even to have what is the need of getting married. One generation says if you get married at particular age and have your own child at certain age, it will be easy to plan the things. Other questions "What you got after doing all this?, you are still struggling to get money".

This is not only generation gap due to age. This is a gap between two different mentalities, two different ideologies. Which can be change if they can accept the change in world around them. Parental generation is not keen to accept that priorities and worries of this current generation are different. On other side our generation is not ready to accept that getting married at right age is important because you will have somebody. a better half of your life with you, who has same mentality, priority (may be) like yours. Nobody is ready to understand. All listen to each other to react on it rather to understand.

Lets us conclude........Can we?