It was a Friday evening, the
start of the weekend. The weather was mellow, the winter was yet to begin. When
Praful got a call from his boss, when he was enjoying the evening with beer and
friends.
“Damn this guy, doesn’t give me a
moment’s peace” said Praful then pressed the answer button
“Yes sir, ................ No
sir, its ok tell me................ I have already sent the report
sir......................
Praful hung up the phone and took
a long sip of his beer “ guys am telling you this guy is a huge bore... he just
keeps repeating the same things over and over again........... I just wish that
there was mute button to his mouth so that I can just turn off his sound
whenever I want”
Ronit controlling his laugh
looked at his friend’s face saying “Ok ok we are sorry for laughing, but you
have to agree that this is funny... I mean come on mute button..... anyways if I
were you I would wish for a delete button in life so that I can just delete all
the people whom I don’t want with a single click rather than seeing them
everyday”
Gaurav while placing his hand on
Ronit’s shoulder asked “bro, are you alright, what happened??”
Ronit giving a charming smile
assured all “Nothing yaar, nothing at all”
“Well if I was wishing then I would
wish for a whole software of Photoshop in my life so that I can change my
outlook whenever I want...” said Gaurav, trying to bring the mood back to
humour. And he winked at Ronit saying “And change others too”
Praful warming up to the humour
now and letting go of his scowling mood added “Well in that way I wish that I
could have an option of upgrading the people
... like software upgrades with new versions... exactly like that new
versions of people, where all the old unwanted traits can be removed... like
Gaurav 2.0 and Ronit 3.2”
Ronit who was in playful mood,
got up and bowed to Gaurav telling “Jai ho Gaurav baba”.
“Very funny Ronit, by the way
Varun you haven’t spoken anything at all, what do you think of all this”
Three friends stared at their
friend Varun, who hadn’t spoken at all till now.
Varun who was sprawling on the
sofa sat up and told in a low but strong voice “Well I would like to have an
UNDO button in my life.”
Everybody understood the
implication and seriousness of this in Varun’s life. Nobody dared to make fun
of it or talk. To hide the awkwardness, everybody picked up their beers and took
a long long sip.
Ronit being Ronit changed the
topic to some office humour and by the time the evening ended, everybody had moved
on from the tense moment. Or so everybody thought.
As soon as they started their
drive back, all of them had the same thought on their minds... If only they had
an undo button.
Ronit who was the prankster among
them, thought when he would have used that button, he knew exactly when and
where he would use that button.
He
remembered the night he was so drunk and went home with that unknown strange
woman. When he got up in the bed with her the next morning and saw his longtime
girlfriend standing at the door with tears in her eyes, did he realize the
mistake. Then he realized how much he loved her and how big a mistake he made
by taking her for granted. When she left him, then he understood how empty his
world is without her and he had no way to make it right again. If only he had
an undo button he would have used it and got on one knee and begged her to
marry him before he even thought about a mistake like that. Maybe then he would
have been happy and not miserable like this.... If only....
Gaurav who was the most sensitive
among them was also thinking, he also knew where he would have used that
button.
He
had misunderstood a dear dear friend and behaved very badly with him. He had
brought money between friends. He had opened a part time business with his old
friend, with whom he had very good relations. But he didn’t know how to keep
business and friendship separately. He had fought with his friend for money and
when his friend had tried to convince the matter, he had accused him of
stealing. That day not only that business ended, a friendship also lost life.
Even today, thinking of that incident brought a gut wrenching feeling in Gaurav
because when he had got his temper in control and checked the facts, he had realized
that his friend was as he had known before, good and honest. If only he had an
UNDO button... he might still had his friend and who knows maybe his part time
business would have thrived to help both of them... if only......
Varun
had always been a busy man, very ambitious and very driven person. But he loved
his wife and daughter to pieces. He had always known that she was his soul mate
and he considered his daughter as a gift of god. That weekend he was supposed
to travel to his in-laws place, where his wife and daughter had already gone to
spend the holidays. He was supposed to enjoy the weekend with them and return
with his wife and daughter. But then the client he was struggling to set up
meeting with for months had agreed for a meet up on Monday morning. He had to
travel till Hyderabad for the meeting. He had convinced his wife to catch a
train and return home, he wanted to travel to Hyderabad a day early to get
ready for his meeting. He had promised her that he would be home by the time
she reaches home. He did reach home before her, because she never made it home.
His wife and daughter had met with an accident on the way and he never saw them
again. If only he had an UNDO button he would have still had his beautiful
family with him ...... if only...........
Very NICE :]
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Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteYeah!!!! An undo button so necessary, but alas, life doesn't give a second chance...
ReplyDeleteI agree with you.. we need a second chance.. if not third, fourth or fifth :D
DeleteA two letter word "if" is so small...but it can cover the whole "world" or rather universe with great aplomb. All the four people thinking about the past, and a regretting thoughts were really heart touching. Kudos Nivedita..yet at again you are at the bulls eye of the emotions.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words :)
DeleteVery nicely scripted post about varied emotions. One's action does have impact on their lives;some good and some bad and given a chance i am sure most people would want whole lots of buttons, :) I for one would surely love to have the undo button but then it is just wishful thinking.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind words :) i agree with you.. i sure want a undo button, maybe even a upgrade option :D
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