It was a lovely Sunday morning. Our community does a noble deed of arranging for brunch every Sunday morning. And when you say free food, people from any caste, creed, culture get excited (even if they are serving you leftovers). As for me, I was happy too....after all, it was a no-cooking day for me! We were the last ones in the long line for brunch. While people in front of the line were trying to fit food in their plates, others were trying their hand at small talk, even if their eyes were on the food and only the food :-)
Just then, cops came near the club house. They stood right behind us. "Everybody, clear the line and go back to your houses, NOW! This is for your safety. A person on a bike is running people over...", they announced. "There goes my brunch and my Sunday.", That was the first thought I had. Then of course, I was scared and like all others, we started running in a mad panic! We climbed up the stairs. Nobody however seemed to go home. All of us stuck together to see who this person was. We were all hiding on a terrace.
There, the action starts....We see a person wearing a helmet on a bike rushing through the gates into the parking lot. He doesn't slow down. He runs over a person (all draped in white), right in front of us. Splash! There is a pool of blood right there. In a typical bollywood style, the wihte drape goes off and only the man's face is seen. And to my horror, it was none other than Salman Khan!!!! (It is Karma playing its role I guess :P). I was horrified to the core. I did not expect to see Salman Khan in my life...and not like this for sure! All of us held hands at this point. Nobody moved.
I then happened to figure out who the biker was....(Yes, it is my dream...I can identify people behind masks, helmets, whatever!) There came a second jolt! The biker was my friend Raj!! I was petrified now. I know Raj for so long. How can he do such a thing?! He is such a jovial person. I have never seen him get angry in my life. How could he just take a bike and use it as a weapon? I didn't even think he could ride a bike in the first place. He looks more like a car-guy. Why is he doing this?!
There he was, another cop to break my chain of thoughts. Had he waited a little longer, I would have solved the mystery of why Raj was doing all this. Anyways, the cop said all of us had to "uninhabitat" the place right now as it was getting dangerous. (Oh yeah, uninhabitat! Don't you get such weird words in your dreams and they mean a whole lot....Well, here the cop just meant that we had to evacuate the premises.). "Uninhabitat people, uninhabitat NOW! Move it...".
"Uninhabitat now...uninhabitat now...." It kept lingering in my mind....Raj was coming on to us next! Will he spare us if I talk to him as a friend?! Is it worth taking a chance at this point....I did not know. We just decided to do as others did. We went back to our house, trying to gather papers that we'd need to flee. I got my hand on the VISA papers. Chinmay was sitting there lazily on the couch. "Thud thud thud thud....", I could hear the sounds outside my house. All the people were running in the hallway. I asked him if the cop said we could take the car or just run. Chinmay seemed to be calm as ever. (Be it to catch a train on time or anything else....Chinmay is never in a hurry) My blood pressure was rising looking at him. He told me very calmly, "Look Reshma, you haven't had anything to eat. Do you want to wait here at home, while I go to Standard and get your favorite Jalebi?". As mouth-watering as it can get, I just couldn't imagine why he would think of jalebi when it was time to run, run for our lives!
Just then, cops came near the club house. They stood right behind us. "Everybody, clear the line and go back to your houses, NOW! This is for your safety. A person on a bike is running people over...", they announced. "There goes my brunch and my Sunday.", That was the first thought I had. Then of course, I was scared and like all others, we started running in a mad panic! We climbed up the stairs. Nobody however seemed to go home. All of us stuck together to see who this person was. We were all hiding on a terrace.
There, the action starts....We see a person wearing a helmet on a bike rushing through the gates into the parking lot. He doesn't slow down. He runs over a person (all draped in white), right in front of us. Splash! There is a pool of blood right there. In a typical bollywood style, the wihte drape goes off and only the man's face is seen. And to my horror, it was none other than Salman Khan!!!! (It is Karma playing its role I guess :P). I was horrified to the core. I did not expect to see Salman Khan in my life...and not like this for sure! All of us held hands at this point. Nobody moved.
I then happened to figure out who the biker was....(Yes, it is my dream...I can identify people behind masks, helmets, whatever!) There came a second jolt! The biker was my friend Raj!! I was petrified now. I know Raj for so long. How can he do such a thing?! He is such a jovial person. I have never seen him get angry in my life. How could he just take a bike and use it as a weapon? I didn't even think he could ride a bike in the first place. He looks more like a car-guy. Why is he doing this?!
There he was, another cop to break my chain of thoughts. Had he waited a little longer, I would have solved the mystery of why Raj was doing all this. Anyways, the cop said all of us had to "uninhabitat" the place right now as it was getting dangerous. (Oh yeah, uninhabitat! Don't you get such weird words in your dreams and they mean a whole lot....Well, here the cop just meant that we had to evacuate the premises.). "Uninhabitat people, uninhabitat NOW! Move it...".
"Uninhabitat now...uninhabitat now...." It kept lingering in my mind....Raj was coming on to us next! Will he spare us if I talk to him as a friend?! Is it worth taking a chance at this point....I did not know. We just decided to do as others did. We went back to our house, trying to gather papers that we'd need to flee. I got my hand on the VISA papers. Chinmay was sitting there lazily on the couch. "Thud thud thud thud....", I could hear the sounds outside my house. All the people were running in the hallway. I asked him if the cop said we could take the car or just run. Chinmay seemed to be calm as ever. (Be it to catch a train on time or anything else....Chinmay is never in a hurry) My blood pressure was rising looking at him. He told me very calmly, "Look Reshma, you haven't had anything to eat. Do you want to wait here at home, while I go to Standard and get your favorite Jalebi?". As mouth-watering as it can get, I just couldn't imagine why he would think of jalebi when it was time to run, run for our lives!
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