kaushikvikram
12-12-2010, 03:27 AM
Ram was walking out of the pub. As usual he was the last one to leave, it was then rick called him. Ram reluctantly turned and with a sigh asked him “What?” Rick told him that there is going to be a party the next night at his place and he would like Ram to join it. Ram just nodded his head and moved on silently saying to himself”yeah sure Rick”.
Ram knew it was Rick’s second anniversary the next day. Rick had told him earlier about it. Rick had been an intimate pal of Ram now for more than three years. Ram was taking the air all alone and was afloat. He had reached his house somehow and went in silently unlocking the door with his duplicate key.
It was ten in the morning when he got a call from the editor. He rose immediately in a sudden panic and answered the call. The editor spoke thus“Mr. Ram, I would like you to do an article for our February valentine edition.” Ram accepted it immediately and few minutes later ram was getting ready to start his job. He knew that love was his topic this time. But then suddenly he realized that it has always been a confusing topic for him.
He had started working on the article and it was around one he felt his tummy screaming. Immediately he just got down and had some breakfast and returned to his work.
After long hours of search he felt he has not conceived anything much as he thought he would. So he decided to get to some real life couples and interview them. He started preparing a list and as always Ananya topped this list too.
Ananya was a close friend of ram from his high school. She fell recently in love with an engineer and they got married too. So Ram thought she could give him some idea what really love is. He had reached Ananya’s house by evening. He started a friendly chat with her and later told her his problem regarding the article. She said as much as she knew it was a magical feeling. But later she asked him to read some books she had, so he could get some general idea about love if not an exact idea. And sometime later Ram started from her place still with some confusion.
That night ram started reading books on love and romance which he borrowed from Ananya. He was reading every book page by page. After finishing the sixth book in a row he had not still figured out what exactly was love. Many questions were running in his mind like is love trust or lust or just pure affection or attraction? He was very confused as he tried to generalize love. He then suddenly felt a soft breeze and he saw the aurora outside his window.
Ram just went and sat near the window gazing at his street. He saw a girl jogging out there in the streets.
He suddenly got keen about her and kept noticing her. Then when she was just out of his sight he was just slightly disappointed. He never knew why so just brushing it aside he again started off with his days work.
He was at the party by evening at Rick’s place. He was seeing Rick happily wandering here and there as a couple. Suddenly a thought struck his mind. He called both of them and asked how they are so happy? , Even after very frequent problems. He knew them as Rick had discussed it with him in the pub. She, Rick’s wife said that both love each other truly that they forgot all the fights and problems soon and get together easily. So he asked her immediately what love according to her his. She said it is just the feel for which we give up everything what we wish and
still remain happy.
He was puzzled and still he was confused what really love was. He got high there at the party and then started to his house with Rick’s consent.
As he was on his way back home Ram at the end of his street saw an intimate couple. He never liked people of that kind so he just went near them and stopped the bike. He got down and asked them what they were doing there at that time. They simply told that they were lovers and they both eloped from their house, and they are now confused where to go. He just laughed at them and started. Just as he moved few yards away from them he stopped and wished them a better future and moved away from there.
As usual he went in silently and crept into his bed. But he was not getting sleep. He was thinking of something and was thinking all over the night. Suddenly he got so irritated and took the phone and called his sister. She was the only one who always understood him.
Anita his sister got weird when she got a call from ram at two in the morning. She picked up her phone immediately and with a sense of panic asked him what’s wrong. He then told her his confusion and just asked for a clear idea regarding it.
Anita on hearing this started laughing and she said “Ram, Don’t confuse yourself. Love is like math it has various forms but still without it we can’t exist. And whatever feel, he thinks is pure and honest then it may be love. Only that which leads to marriage is not love but one that leads to any concord relation is love”. She saying thus convinced him and asked him to go back to bed without confusions.
Morning again Ram got up and dressed himself and took some file and moved out even before it was dawn. But on his way he saw the same girl whom he saw yesterday. He just stopped near her and got down from his bike. She was taken aback and her looks expressed her fear.
Ram instantly took a form out and started filling some details in it. He then asked her name and sharp came the reply “why do you want it?”Ram came closer to her asked her “What do you think about love?” She was taken aback by his question and lots of thought started running in her mind.
Asmita was puzzled and terrified at the same time. She just asked” Who are you? What do you want?” He then told her that he is a journalist at a famous weekly magazine and he is doing an article on love. And so he just thought she could give him some solid idea regarding this. He admitted that it might seem eccentric but if she could give some valuable points he would surely put her name on the article. He just tempted her of becoming famous. Fame created a ripple in her mind, as it does for every individual.
She, Asmita with a prevision of fame, gave some beautiful points. Then at last as it got late for Ram, he started after thanking Asmita for her valuable opinions.
That night at Rick’s pub she saw that gal again and he moved up to her and started a conversation. He never knew when he proposed to her but he had and she without a response moved out from there. He then sat there in the pub with only one thought reverberating in his mind.”I have it now, but still I don’t know what it is, Love.
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Ram knew it was Rick’s second anniversary the next day. Rick had told him earlier about it. Rick had been an intimate pal of Ram now for more than three years. Ram was taking the air all alone and was afloat. He had reached his house somehow and went in silently unlocking the door with his duplicate key.
It was ten in the morning when he got a call from the editor. He rose immediately in a sudden panic and answered the call. The editor spoke thus“Mr. Ram, I would like you to do an article for our February valentine edition.” Ram accepted it immediately and few minutes later ram was getting ready to start his job. He knew that love was his topic this time. But then suddenly he realized that it has always been a confusing topic for him.
He had started working on the article and it was around one he felt his tummy screaming. Immediately he just got down and had some breakfast and returned to his work.
After long hours of search he felt he has not conceived anything much as he thought he would. So he decided to get to some real life couples and interview them. He started preparing a list and as always Ananya topped this list too.
Ananya was a close friend of ram from his high school. She fell recently in love with an engineer and they got married too. So Ram thought she could give him some idea what really love is. He had reached Ananya’s house by evening. He started a friendly chat with her and later told her his problem regarding the article. She said as much as she knew it was a magical feeling. But later she asked him to read some books she had, so he could get some general idea about love if not an exact idea. And sometime later Ram started from her place still with some confusion.
That night ram started reading books on love and romance which he borrowed from Ananya. He was reading every book page by page. After finishing the sixth book in a row he had not still figured out what exactly was love. Many questions were running in his mind like is love trust or lust or just pure affection or attraction? He was very confused as he tried to generalize love. He then suddenly felt a soft breeze and he saw the aurora outside his window.
Ram just went and sat near the window gazing at his street. He saw a girl jogging out there in the streets.
He suddenly got keen about her and kept noticing her. Then when she was just out of his sight he was just slightly disappointed. He never knew why so just brushing it aside he again started off with his days work.
He was at the party by evening at Rick’s place. He was seeing Rick happily wandering here and there as a couple. Suddenly a thought struck his mind. He called both of them and asked how they are so happy? , Even after very frequent problems. He knew them as Rick had discussed it with him in the pub. She, Rick’s wife said that both love each other truly that they forgot all the fights and problems soon and get together easily. So he asked her immediately what love according to her his. She said it is just the feel for which we give up everything what we wish and
still remain happy.
He was puzzled and still he was confused what really love was. He got high there at the party and then started to his house with Rick’s consent.
As he was on his way back home Ram at the end of his street saw an intimate couple. He never liked people of that kind so he just went near them and stopped the bike. He got down and asked them what they were doing there at that time. They simply told that they were lovers and they both eloped from their house, and they are now confused where to go. He just laughed at them and started. Just as he moved few yards away from them he stopped and wished them a better future and moved away from there.
As usual he went in silently and crept into his bed. But he was not getting sleep. He was thinking of something and was thinking all over the night. Suddenly he got so irritated and took the phone and called his sister. She was the only one who always understood him.
Anita his sister got weird when she got a call from ram at two in the morning. She picked up her phone immediately and with a sense of panic asked him what’s wrong. He then told her his confusion and just asked for a clear idea regarding it.
Anita on hearing this started laughing and she said “Ram, Don’t confuse yourself. Love is like math it has various forms but still without it we can’t exist. And whatever feel, he thinks is pure and honest then it may be love. Only that which leads to marriage is not love but one that leads to any concord relation is love”. She saying thus convinced him and asked him to go back to bed without confusions.
Morning again Ram got up and dressed himself and took some file and moved out even before it was dawn. But on his way he saw the same girl whom he saw yesterday. He just stopped near her and got down from his bike. She was taken aback and her looks expressed her fear.
Ram instantly took a form out and started filling some details in it. He then asked her name and sharp came the reply “why do you want it?”Ram came closer to her asked her “What do you think about love?” She was taken aback by his question and lots of thought started running in her mind.
Asmita was puzzled and terrified at the same time. She just asked” Who are you? What do you want?” He then told her that he is a journalist at a famous weekly magazine and he is doing an article on love. And so he just thought she could give him some solid idea regarding this. He admitted that it might seem eccentric but if she could give some valuable points he would surely put her name on the article. He just tempted her of becoming famous. Fame created a ripple in her mind, as it does for every individual.
She, Asmita with a prevision of fame, gave some beautiful points. Then at last as it got late for Ram, he started after thanking Asmita for her valuable opinions.
That night at Rick’s pub she saw that gal again and he moved up to her and started a conversation. He never knew when he proposed to her but he had and she without a response moved out from there. He then sat there in the pub with only one thought reverberating in his mind.”I have it now, but still I don’t know what it is, Love.
For more stories please visit
http//myshortstories-kaushik.blogspot.com