hi ppl... hmmm, i ve selected da first chapter about da female lead to be put up on the net, i have written it in great haste.. but pls do readit n post yr honstcomments abt it...
now, here it s....
She was thinking of the day before as she was brushing, looking at her clear face in the mirror.My god! Nobody can imagine to do things half as crazy as her
Shakthi was a twenty-year-old girl. She was extremely tall, around 5’8’, dark hair, . A lovely structure and a happy face. Anybody who looked at her face could not go without returning a smile. Always there was some kind of happiness or satisfaction in her face, a selfless look at the same time an egoistic arrogance. Difficult to interpret what it was. But nobody could say it was unfriendly. It was inviting. Nobody would find themselves hesitant to talk to her. But kiddish she was, people loved her for that.
.She llooked at the time, 7.20. gosh! When will she ever learn to be in time? She finished her brushing , took bath and got ready in a hurry.She hurried to the station.There were her friends waiting for her.
“ did you watch the latest trailer of the movie?,”
“amazing song”
there was some discussion about some movie going on.But shakthi s mind was not in it.She was very restless.She got into the train.She got down from the train, once she remembered something.Ya, Radhikha was not there. No matter how late she went, she never could leave Radhika and go.
Radhika came panting, “ oops, sorry shak.Late because of me again?’
“of course.I never thought god could ever create someone who is less punctual than me.”
“I am not going to say sorry. I ll come early next day.”
The next train came.they got into it.It started raining.”wow” said shakthi.
The next half an hour, shakthi and radhikha were in their own worlds.Talking and laughing like two crazy girls.They never ran out of topics.That was the beauty of friendship.There is nothing more beautiful in this world than having a real intimate friend, who can identify somethin is wrong with you just by looking at you, who can understand your every move.
They then switched on their radio in high volume and started singing in a high pitch.Radhikha had completely closed her eyes, Shakthi through the corner of her eyes saw, Mr.Ramakrishnan their electronics devices professor in the next station..She hit Radhikha hard on the shoulder.But Radhikha did not seem to notice it at all.Ramakrishnan was staring at them.Shakthi hit radhikha really hard after putting off the radio.Only after the radio was put off did Radhikha ever open her eyes.By the time they had crossed the station.Shakthi was now worried.”hey, we have electronics devices second hour today”said Radhika.
Seeing radhikha frightened, Shakthi got her courage..”don’t worry Radhi,what can he do max. now put your things inside the bag.our stop has come and we are late by 10 mins already to Nuts class.”
“ he wont say anything shak, lets go liesurly.”
“y take risk? Let us take an auto from the station. Already ramakrishnan saw us right?”
Their college, Engineering college of chennai , was a prestigious self financing engineering college of chennai.
Their class advisor, Mr.Natarajan welcomed them heartily.
“hullo madam”(twice to both).
“ do you realize you both are late by fifteen minutes for the third time in the week?”it was Wednesday and all three days they had come late.
“whats wrong with him , today?” whispered radhikha in shakthi’s ears.”shut up” said shakthi and stamped radhika’s foot.
“sir, today the train frequency was very less.So we caught a bus, but the bus broke down.Waited a long time in the bus stop sir, sorry sir. Last two days, I accept it was our fault.We came late, not today sir. Sorry sir.” Said shakthi.She could lie as easily as eating a chewing gum.
Natarajan gave a sly lok, gave a controlled smile and let them in.The next half an hour went blah blah on physics.Radhikha and shakthi from time to time made comments on Nuts shirt(nuts is the nickname given by radhikha to natarajan),is mannerisms and laughed within themselves.Nuts also got drowned into physics that he did not notice these girls.Jeeva their classmate also kept nuts busy by pouring questions non stop.
Shakthi atleast made an attempt to listen to the sophorific lecture from time to time, but Radhika was happily reading a novel underneath.
Shakthi looked at her and realized how much she loved her and how much close they had become in this small span of time.She told herself from time to time, if Radhikha was a guy she would definitely marry her
The bell rang.Nuts kept on continuing the classes.”shit, if he leaves the class late, rama and nuts will meet”, said radhi..
Shakthi just moved her hands towards the ceiling and said”all his work.”
Rama was waiting outside the class.Sometimes it becomes this pathetic.The first hour sir wants to continue classes for 10 mins and the second hour lecturer wants to start classes 10 mins before.They never do get a break in such cases.Nuts saw rama and got down from the dias.He hurried outside.Shakthi and Radhikha realized they need to give their attendance, they rushed outside.By that time, nuts and rama were talking something.
“hello girls.So had fun singing your heart out?”it was Rama.
Rama then narrated the entire incident to Nuts.Nuts looked at them both and gave a harsh look and said”come and meet me in the lunch,”
The other classes were uneventful with assignments and boring lectures.
Lunch break came and they both went to the class after all the enquires their classmates had done.
Nuts was about to open his lunch box when the two girls came in.
“hmmm. Been hearing a lot about you two girls.So what was that song you two girls could not resist singing?”
The two girls kept quiet.
“anyways, I just called you to create an impression that I was being strict with you people.Here after plan to do something mishchievous, please don’t do it such that other staff see it.”
The two girls looked at each other and they could not stop smiling.
“Great. I was more fun in my college days. Don’t ever miss this fun in life.You will never get it back in life.”
“sure sir”, they both said in chorus.They sped to class laughing all the way.lunch period and the other three hours went on as usual.Radhika finished her book, got caught once.Shakthi again managed by puttin the book she lent 4m library.
The last hour was over and Radhika had to go by bus cause she had to go attend a wedding.Shakthi got into the train as usual.
The train came to a halt; shakthi realized that her stop had come. She had been in her own world during the train journey.
As soon as she got down, it began to rain heavily. Shakthi was so happy, she got a chance to get drenched.
But, oh my god, father had put the umbrella into the bag in the morning, she said to herself.
But I will get drenched, what is he going to do, after all scold me. The rain was too heavy, but she went singing to herself and smiling to herself. Suddenly she realized that there were people around her. She tried to hide her smile, but it really didn’t work out.
Her dress was sticking to her, but still she didn’t care about it. It was she and the rain and she really wanted to enjoy the rain. Anything should be experienced at least once. She laughed at herself and she went on.
The raindrops were slowly coming to her forehead and erasing her bindi. A car was parked on the side of the road; she looked at its window and erased her bindi fully.
Then she started walking again. When she reached the corner of the street, she opened her umbrella and began walking again. She never realized that people around her were staring at her. She was in her own world.
Once she was home, her mom and dad fussed around her trying to dry her.Her mobile rang and she got into her room and closed it from behind.
14 comments:
Awesome post
it was gripping to read it fully.
Guess u are taking real life incidents .
Train bus college..
Good read.
what happens next ?
has a bridegroom come to see shakthi?
it may sound like mouna ragam.
but its a possiblilty ;)
wow nirmal.. s encouraging.. it s based on a real life incident of mine.. next???? i havent tot of it yet.. ya.. nw wen u say it does remind me of mouna ragam, but wen i wrote din have tat in mind...
thanks karthik.. i ve no idea who s on da fone.. but pretty important.. guys? who no comment on tis post.. tis is bad..:-(
wow!! did these words really sprout out of 'your' hands?no romance,no fantasy..hmm.neways,u've proven tat u can write somethin grippin in such areas too which 're not actually yr stronghold:)u also seem to ve evolved as a writer who can easily make the reader visualise the characters and scenes in their mindscreens.congrats!
u seem to watch a lot of movies and register them in yr mind forever.many descriptions reflect tat.will u ever try portrayin down-to-earth, normal characters whom v get to meet everyday?not all ppl 're beautiful,witty, and mischievous!!
well sra.. its really cool .. and u have a great gif of making people think wats next... good goin.. keep up the tempo..
its me sujatha..really gr8 sara.keep it up..btw am reminded of u when i read bout tat shakti
simple and lucid way of writing--thats the biggest plus... smooth narration... keep exploring more characters and ways of writing... gud luck!!!
Annamalai
This is ur stuff all the way up ur alley! the flow is very realistic and as of now, hasnt stagnated elsewhere. Thats the key wen u r gonna try to make everyday happenings interesting.. For eg.,the fear of getting caught, then the trepidation that accompanies wen these two enter the room and it finally turns out to be a damp squib.. that scene cud hav happened anywhere, so kudos to u..
And, who's on the phone?? if thats goin to b a twist, then it surely arrives at an opportune moment..
looks nice
lukin frwd to the next chapter.
The flow is good but you could divide it into more paras
sowbhaghya n durbhaghya, love u both as always..;-) n of course ill try 2 follow yr advise..,
elango i thought i d not write a ch following it but now all ppl ve assumed so will write think..,
arun deepak thanks;-)
wow suja , i m really touched that shakthi reminds u of me.. tat was intended...
annamalai, sure will do that n thanks again..
bhuvanesh, cant expect a better comment.. thanks..
nawaz, da geek of our class(past) says my story is good.. i m honoured..;-)
hai saranya, this is hemantha. ur short story is nice & it is a pakka screenplay! from comments i came to know tat it's a real incident. u have very gud presenting way tats really like a screenplay. do think of short stories with some core in it, so tat it expresses something to the reader. keep it up and post more gud short stories.
thank u hemantha.. its so encouraging.. wll write another soon....
Koushik here...
U sure are on the right track to become an adept story teller...But it will surely take time and lots more of such stories to get u there..Good for a starter though ur idea has resemblance to movies ppl have already seen..U shd try ur hand at stories with more depth soon...
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