Wizard of Nonsense

I never believed in love at first sight, although I kept thinking it should happen to me. Someday, I’ll meet someone, someone I’ve never met and I’ll fall in love with her. How impractical. I totally agreed with my parents view about arranged marriage. Marriage! Have I been thinking about marriage? Shit!! Guys, this shows how much serious I am about this. To be truthful, I met this girl named Arpita and now I just keep thinking about her. I saw her and now I just see her face everywhere. Now if you want to know more of how I met her, keep on reading and if you think this is going to be boring story, you can stop as I can’t promise you a happy ending. Friday, 31st July 2009: I had an interview in Assam Professional Academy, Ulubari, for the post of a lecturer. It was usual hot summer day without the life-giving breeze. There were many of us, ‘you know who’ and one or two girls. I’ve been chit-chatting with one of my contemporaries when she came inside. She was wearing a white kurta with

A man makes his own destiny, but that’s not easy. I ain’t that strong and I had nothing to do but hold my horses and wait. God plays crazy games with us; I guess he likes it that way. Monday, 3 rd Aug: I had an interview for the post of computer teacher in a high school. Pritam, a friend of mine was accompanying me to the interview. We were talking about that girl on the way. I was narrating him my sad story while he was laughing at my miserable condition till we reached the school. We were told to wait outside and eat heat and drink water. Not even a chair to sit. I’m not exaggerating, it’s true and I’m thankful for that. I don’t know what they were doing to the candidates because they took around 45 minutes of their time and I’m thankful for that again. I was talking some bullshit with my friend when I saw her face through the window of the principal’s office. She was busy with the panel, she didn’t see me but I saw her. My eyes forgot to blink and I shouted, “Pritam! That’s her. I