A FILMY ONE

It was a fine Sunday morning I had finished my 5th SEM Engineering Exams the previous day. I had decided to take a longer nap. I woke up at 11:30 AM, I knew I was a dead man, I had to catch a bus back to Coorg; I had promised my mother that I will be attending a distant relative’s wedding reception with her. I rushed to the bathroom dressed up and hurried to the bus stand; somehow I was fortunate I was heading to Coorg by 12:30. I brought some biscuits when the bus had stopped for few minutes in between, missing lunch and breakfast was not new staying in the hostels.

It was 7:30, I was late I had informed I would be their by 6:30. My mom surprisingly didn’t make a fuss of it. I refreshed and was ready to leave by 8:00. We took an auto. The marriage hall was not far away we were their in minuets. As usual all the ladies had formed a group. I stood aside, I guess I was not even considered to be standing there. I looked around I saw a group of good looking girls, I wondered whether I would go behind them some how I told myself it would be very cheep of me to do that.

I couldn’t resist looking at those beautiful girls my eyes locked for a second with one of the best looking girl in that group; swiftly I pretended to be searching someone else. I realized those girls were hitting on me. Not very usual you see a group of girls looking at you. I personally felt all guys should be given training as to how to react to such a situation. I thanked god as I spotted someone like me, I started a conversation with him not a bad company. My mom came looking for me, we left to have dinner. Then the unexpected, the girl with whom I had made eye contact had bowed to touch my mother’s feet she said some connection. My mom responded with a hug
“How soon you have grown Shalini”
Shalini nice name I thought we left to have dinner together. My mom sat next to her and I sat on the other side of my mom. I kept quite and focused on my plate
“What do you do” she asked
“Engineering 5th SEM RV Bangalore” I replied. I scolded my self for not asking her what she was doing.
“I am doing my 1st year Engineering BMSCE Bangalore she responded” I wondered whether she could read my mind anyways first year perfect a silent happiness filled me.

“I didn’t get your name”
“Rohan” I replied, nice name she responded instantly.
We had finished our dinner and were about to leave, I shook my hand with Shalini to say goodbye. Rohan she called as I was walking back
“You dropped your handkerchief”
“Thank you” just then I realized it was not mine I turned back again she was walking back, she signaled call me. I knew it the instant when a girl says call me. I couldn’t stop blushing all the way home.

Next day morning I enquired about Shalini with my mom making sure she didn’t suspect me, I only understood that she was some 3rd or 4th distant relation of mine. I didn’t bother much. That afternoon I had decided to SMS her “Hi this is Rohan”. We chatted for some time. Days passed we were pretty close, and I knew it that it was a matter of time now. I had invited her for lunch and dinner a lot of times it was strange that she never agreed she gave me excuses; But today we had a date she had agreed to meet me and I was told I had a surprise. We were meeting in a Spanish restaurant down the blocks in Jayanagar.

I wore my best outfit. I didn’t want to be late for my first date I borrowed my friend’s bike. It was a dim restaurant, my first time here. I spotted her in a corner table as informed; she was wearing a brown frock.
“Hi Shalini”
“Hi Rohan” she replied with a smile.
“I am sorry I thought you as one of my friend” I apologized; I realized she had specified my name.
“How did you know my name?” I enquired. She asked me to sit down I couldn’t resist she was looking gorgeous. I stared at her as she spoke
“Hi my name is Sneha, Shalini is my friend” I wondered something must be wrong with her, she went on
“I was there in the wedding of your relatives. I liked you I couldn’t approach you then this was all Shalini’s idea I swear I wanted to tell you before, I am so sorry I was scared” I could see her eyes were beginning to fill up with tears, damn how quick they get it I thought
“I new this had to end” she concluded looking at me, she looked so cute. I was angry theirs no way anybody can show it on her she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen.

I realized she was waiting for my reply. “I said its Ok” I couldn’t get my eyes off her
“All these days was I speaking to you” I asked helplessly.
She nodded in reply. We had dinner together I still had not come out of the shock. Our conversation was limited. Somehow I loved it I dropped her and was returning back; I was fine now that was my first date I thought A Filmy One.


An article by

Prajwal K V
Dec 2009

When I Quit Smoking

Lines from a passionate smoker “I need a cigarette to think about quitting smoking”. Well at least this was true in my case. I guess 90 % of the smokers know that smoking is bad for health. In reality everybody would have in any case tried to quit smoking, some succeed, many fail, and many are still trying. I mean nobody would have thought they do get addicted to it.

I still remember my first smoke, it was a chilly breezy winter night on the terrace of my hostel building, I was in my first year of engineering, and I stood their holding a golden but gorgeous drug the “Gold Flakes”. I was a mouth smoker then (a mouth smoker is a one who smokes with his mouth without taking the puff to his lungs), I guess all my smoking readers will know what I mean. It took me a month to really get into a proper smoking habit.

I never thought I do be smoking one day, but that day I at least knew why I was smoking. It was my girlfriend we broke-up in the beginning of my first year of engineering. I tried to move on but I needed a companion at that time away from home alone in the hostel my darling Ciggi was the one I fell in love with.

Three years passed, every night I dreamt about her. Her memories kept circulating around me, and then the pain. Until one day when I was sleeping I was woken up by soft wet lips of my girlfriend, I looked at her startled; I saw her bright watery eye. Three years it had been, and she was wearing a white top which I loved it on her I looked at her she looked so beautiful without any makeover. It was like I had conquered the ultimate happiness in the world. I woke up to wish her good morning, and then that smile the smile which took my heart away. She took my hand and kissed it gently, a tear rolled out from her eyes like a pearl it dropped on my hand. I hugged her and busted out in tears.

She’s not their in my arms is she…? I can see her, I looked at her confused she gave me a smile again and started walking towards me I stretched my hands to hug her when suddenly she passed through me as if she passed through the thin air and ran away…. she was crying.

I wondered how one can pass through another person, I thought I was dreaming I pinched myself ‘ouch it hurts’. I saw around I saw so many people outside I couldn’t figure out what was happening. I saw a boy in his 20s, young and smart he was dead, wait a minute he look exactly like me.

I had slept on a metal cot with white sheets with two bottles hanging on either sides of me. My mom had kissed me her lips were wet, I knew it was her tears, I pretended not noticing it. I said good night softly, just then the nurse came to give me a routine injection “the hospital” that’s where I had been sleeping the previous night I was diagnosed cancer final stage.

All characters in this article are fictional any resemblance to dead or alive persons is purely coincidental.

An article by

Prajwal K V

nov 2009

Mock the …. TV

‘Life is monotonous’, ‘life’s sucks man’, ‘I am pissed off’, we see people say this very often, that’s actually however beautiful their life is.

The point is everyone needs entertainment but somehow we have made the idiot box = entertainment.

The Idiot box, Gosh!!! Bloody hell who came up with that name, I mean that’s what I always feel. a…a…a… its past tense now . The television truly a genius who ever invented it. The sad thing is people got too damn lazy and made it TV, two letters I don’t think their can be anything shorter than this.

Lets face the truth the idiot box as we all know has so many channels and one of the leading network is the Star network. The star people apparently were a little more innovative and adventurous and so they started a TV show a competition for kids… result massive hit, millions of viewers were glued to the TV screens. It appears like the other networks behaved like the pre school children and copied the concept and so they started the new improved and modified TV show for kids and middle aged children that to in different languages Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, bla bla bla so on….

The tragic part was I go home switch on the TV right from 7pm all the channels I surf is either kids singing or dancing on top of that my mom “what talent children have got these days” the fact is 99% of the kids are their because of there parent pressure missing their child hood.

“Oooh my son’s on Z TV”

“Oooh my daughter Best dancing kid on sony TV ” vagara vagara vagara….

Okay I thought after two months these shows will get over

Two months passed, went home “Papapapaba season 2” oh my god people are still not out of this mood. Fine a year passed “ Papapapaba grand finale of the finale” a competition for all the finalist of different seasons.

Okay leaving the aunty shows aside

Six years ago MTV (the music TV) came up with a brilliant show MTV roadie every body knows how successful it is. Recently channel V must have gone under serious loss so the started this launch pad , decent earning for them but the craze continues MTV came up with new shows splits villa 2, Force India Fast and the furious, connected a reality show for twins, and now striped and desi launchpad and channel V with exhousted.

The awful part is when ever you turn to MTV one or the other repeat telecast of these reality shows keep running, Then why the hell Music TV man make it reality TV na…

God all these are idiotic. now I get it why its called the idiot box, because we the people are idiots watching other idiots perform no no no no ,. Overact no no no no, I think its show off.

An article by

Prajwal K V

Jully 2009