Mumbai Diaries - Part 4(The One in the Office)

Nauman and Gaurav walked into the office to see Karan and Atush already taking coffee in the pantry area.

"Dude, I told you to wait for us", Gaurav complained.

"Sorry bro, I have a call to attend, so had to rush early." Atush explained.

"And you?" Nauman asked pointing to Karan.

"Nothing, I have a KT call to attend to, so that means I am free as a bird. I will join you too. Grab your mugs." Karan replied winking.

"So, you are not liking your new project?", Gaurav inquired.

"I must say its incredibly boring. I feel like starting MBA preparations again."

"Well, as they say, 'Life is what happens, when you are busy making plans', I think instead of thinking, you better start doing something." Gaurav said.

Karan folds his hands in a praying motion. "Please spare me the lecture, and go get your mugs"

Nauman and Gaurav went to get their mugs. Atush also joins them to attend his call. Nauman and Gaurav worked in the same project. While Atush was gaining momentum in his projects working on proposals, Karan had recently joined this office and project. He was taking knowledge transfer(KT) sessions from individuals in his projects to familiarize himself with the work.

Karan started thinking about what Gaurav had said and started searching for inspirations in his mind. A lot of people came; Gates, Jobs, Elon etc. He had to stop his chain of thoughts when Mia also came to his mind.

Meanwhile, Nauman and Gaurav came back.

Then they saw Atush coming with his coffee mug again. Apparently his call got cancelled due to a mild earthquake in Kolkata region. The recurring earthquakes in east India, were making Atush's life difficult as the workload came to him in absence of the kolkata team. But this time, it returned to give Atush some much needed relief, that heightened his mood.

"Dude, I just saw two HR arm-wrestling over a holiday home." Atush came running into the pantry area.

"What? Seriously?", everyone asked puzzled.

"Nah re, just kidding. They were beat-boxing."

"Oh please shut up and lets talk about something real." Nauman said.

"Like?" Atush asked.

"Like" said Karan still thinking, "Did you call Akriti yet?"

"No bro, I don't want to seem so eager. You all saw how different she is. I won't be doing any standard thing here"

"This is why you should call her soon. Waiting for 3 days to call is the stereotype these days"

"But I don't want to look needy."

"Okay, making whole office think you and boss are a Romeo and Romero OR shattering those rumours by calling the girl?"

"I better call her." He proceeds to dial her number. "By the way, Romero? Really? Is that all you could think of?"

"Go get your gamer Juliet, who kicks your ass." Nauman was nearly shouting as Atush moves to a more private place to call.

Gaurav turns to Karan
"So, when is your MBA truck moving from thinking stage to doing stage?"

"The driver of the truck has abandoned the truck because of bad road conditions."

"Don't worry dude, ache din are coming. Your roads would be fine soon"

"Abe what can Modi do, when the truck is shit and...." Karan had to stop as Atush had returned.

He looked distraught and consternated.

Everyone asked him what had happened.

"Some boy answered the phone and said the number doesn't belong to any Akriti."

To Be Continued...

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