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It's now 6 years since I have left school. In the meanwhile, I have completed both my graduation and post graduation. I am currently working in an MNC with a reasonably good salary for the past few months.
At my work place my boss kind of sucks and the clients drives us up the wall. My female colleagues are bitchy while the male ones want personal favour in return for any kind of help they render. But I love my job inspite of all this since it gives me a sense of freedom and independence. I am the type of girl who likes planning for her own finances and investments. It gives me a sense of achievement to be able to see my money grow.
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One evening when I came back home after a grueling day in office, I got a call from one of my closest friend Dia.
" Hey Dia! what's up? Long time ...huh?"
" Hey am doing fine. How are things at your end?"
"Fine"
"So when are you coming to kolkata for a visit? Ask those struck-up bosses of yours to give you a few days leave. Then we'll have a total Dhamal just like old times!"
"Am already in town dear. My mum called up a few days back and asked me to take leave for atleast 2 weeks"
" What??? When did you come? And how come you didn't call me and tell me earlier? Is everything OK at home?"
"Yes. Everything's fine. Mum just wanted me to come and check out a few potential guys for marriage thats all."
"Oh! Oh!Poor You...It must have been a really scary experience"
"Well to be honest, the idea about meeting guys had initially freaked me out...But the moment I met Deepak, I somehow felt this instant attraction. And he made me feel so comfortable when I was groping around for the right things to say....We ended up chatting for hours and we had the same kind of opinions in almost all the topics....it was like kismat connection ...you know?"
" Bitch! You are telling me all this now? How long has this rendezvous been going on?"
"Umm...for a week!"
"Kutti!Give me the minutest details of this guy OK?And remember you cant marry him unless I approve...Got that?"
"Arey baba....Thats why I called you. I want you to meet him this weekend.So keep yourself free"
"Sure. Now Shoot!"
"Well Deepak is an MCA from Gurgaon. He loves Sushi and Chinese food. He is currently working in Anubhav Technologies Ltd in Mumbai and has his own flat as well. He is the only son of his parents who live in Kolkata. His sister has married a doctor and living in Bangaluru presently. His salary is good and the feedback we received about him from some common friends has also turned out to be great."
"Hmm...So far he sounds just perfect! Does he dance?"
"Yes but he's not that great....Oops his call is in waiting....talk to ya later!"
"Arey wait..." The phone had hung up.
My mum comes from the kitchen with my masala chai and enquires who was calling.
"It was Dia. Looks like her marriage has been fixed...and she sounded smitten. She Couldn't finish the call though as her would be fiancé was calling up."
"Wow! Thats good news. I must call up Mrs. Sanyal and congratulate her", said my mother.
"But I am still in shock. It was so sudden. Am not sure how I am feeling about the entire thing," I complained to my mother.
My sister who can be quite a pest at times suddenly piped up, "Ma, don't you think it's high time we started thinking about getting Didi married off as well?"
I could have killed Anisha ( my sister) at that moment!
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