Nishty
4. Home again
Hey... Hey.. Hey..Hey.. Dude. ..... Handle your self.. ... Nishith had to brake speeding train of thoughts. in front was a wax statue, a fairy.. . If both of them had not hit the brakes in time, there would have been an accident. After hitting the brakes, Nishith turned to the right, then the wax statue also turned to the same side ... If Nishith turned to the left, the same thing happened at the opposite end ... After three four such recurrences, she signaled Nishith to stop and made off her way. Nishith too rushed towards exit door of the office as he got his way cleared. The wax idol looked at the green, put the five fingers of the right hand together and rested it on the forehead, then spread it like a lotus flower while removing it from there ... which had only one meaning ... 'Buddhuram' .... idiot.. The wax idol means sweet. After giving the certificate of 'Buddhuram' to Nishith, she went to her table ... Nishith also saw this gesture of sweetness while leaving the office and smiled in response. However, in the real sense, Mishti was just an anonymous for him as he was still unaware of her name.
Leaving the office, Nishith enjoyed the taste of Mumbai's famous Vadapau from a neat looking food cart. Then he bought a bottle of mineral water ... sorry ... packaged drinking water, got in a rickshaw and left.
"Where to go, sir ?"
‘Borivali .... National Park ... Put a good song on the audio player ..’
" Mujhe AA gaya yakin sa ki yahi meri manjhi" (I'm sure this is my destination ...)
This was probably the first time Nishith was listening to this song .. Nishith was amazed to listen to this song. Quite matching with prevailing state of mind. He really enjoyed.'
Nishith didn't take the return ticket of the train, so he decided to go back to Ahmedabad by bus and that's why he took a rickshaw and reached the National Park. He got a Volvo bus ticket to Ahmedabad ... It was still two hours before the bus took off, so decided to spent in Borivali West. After returning, the time was up but the bus had not arrived yet. Nishit inquired from the travel agent and found out that the bus had already departed from Dahisar and would arrive shortly. After waiting for a while, the bus arrived and took off within few minutes. After having a home-made snacks, Nishith fell asleep after a long tiring day. While the bus was parked at the Highway Hotel, the bus conductor announced in an annoying way '20 minute break for dinner'. Even so, Nishith didn't like to dine at the Highway Hotel, so he relaxed a bit and enjoyed a feast of branded ice cream and went back to sleep in his seat.
After ten hours of sleep, When he opened eyes, he saw that the bus was speeding on the Baroda-Ahmedabad Express Highway. Until he came to Ahmedabad, he enjoyed the beauty of a rare morning never seen in the middle of the city. He realized that neither a measuring tape nor a tool to measure the depth of nature had been made.
When the bus reached CTM, Nishith got off the bus, took a rickshaw and reached Maninagar. On reaching home, took a quick bath, got ready, finished his breakfast, took a Tiffin and left for the factory. Wiping off yesterday's events from his mind, he returned to his work. As he was not here yesterday, got a full day's report from his assistant. Fortunately there was no major problem, Nishit breathed a sigh of relief.
Here comes Rajesh Joshi, Nishith's closest friend and accountant of the company. Rajesh is a person who is like everything for Nishith . Rajesh, the only person in the company with whom Nishith could talk about other than official work. Nishith used to be get warmed up in presence of Rajesh who was a taciturn or otherwise.
‘Hey boss ... enjoyed trip to Mumbai?’
‘What’s so funny about that?’ Nishith replied without showing much enthusiasm.
‘Where's the party?
"Party.. for what?"
‘Just ... just like that? Hiding from a special friend? '
‘Hey no man ... there’s nothing like that’
‘Then?’
‘Whatever happens, You'll be first one to know,’
‘OK .. OK ... All the Best’
‘Hmm ....’
"Won't you say thanks?"
"As you know .... these sorry and thanks are not in my dictionary ... especially for my friends ... don't love that formality"
"Yes, bro, I know ... I don't know how long we will be together.
"Even if we don't have it, we will be together, won't we?"
‘Yes .. yes .... ok ok ..’
‘Good good ..... get to work now ..’
‘ Nishithbhai, had a great idea when you were on leave .. I have been living with you for so long, so that is why my brain also thinks likewise yours.. Just imagine .... both of our directors are sitting in their cabin .... not on a chair but on a table ... do you know what they are wearing? .... only diapers. ..... and At the same time, the office boy delivers an envelope ... What happens.. on opening the envelope and they see... Both of them are happy and start clapping and dancing .... New Purchase Order... Purchase Order... Imagine .......... Just Imagine ... !!! ’
For a while, Nishith thinks what rubbish Rajesh is thinking of.., but when he imagines Rajesh as described for a moment, he laughed out loudly. He laughs so loudly that he can't stop laughing despite his best efforts. Rajesh also joins the party. colleagues, used to see Nishit accustomed ever, shocked looki
ng him giggling uncontrollably.
Govind Mistry, the excise officer with whom Rajesh always feels unpleasant 9, calls Rajesh.
‘Rajeshbhai ..... just come to my cabin ...’ Rajesh goes to Mistry's cabin, gesturing to Nishith to stop for a while. Nishith now looks at programs during the current month as per his preventive maintenance schedule so as not to hinder the company's process flow.
‘Mistry ... Saheb, Rajesh reporting ...’ Rajesh asks Mistry as he enters his cabin.
‘Yesterday I went to the excise superintendent’s office. The superintendent called you few days back.. any idea ?. '
‘No .. I don’t know ..’
"Oh .. well ... that's it .. you don't know .... that's what the superintendent said for you, I'll talk to Mr. Shroff and you'll know ... right ?"
"No, I never got a call from him."
‘Really? Just try to recall..... '
‘To be honest .... I didn’t get a call’
‘Yes, I believe if you say ... you never say anything wrong !!!!!’ then he speaks in the same way as if he was talking on the phone ..
'Hello ..... hello .... who's there? ? ...... Hilo Hilo (move.. move..) ..... hello ........... well .... if you don't want to move, Will get it cut ... 'he says and pretends as he puts the recei
ver of the phone.'
‘Oh no ..... was it the superintendent’s phone? I received the call but there was no sound from the other end ... oh shit ... shit ... shit ... 'Rajesh got very nervous.
‘Yeah ... and the gentleman put the phone on speaker mode so I .... I heard all that with my own ears .... say what do you have to say now?’
‘Oh ..... then what was superintendent's reaction ?’
‘That’s what I’ll tell Mr. Shroff. Why to tell tell you? '
"Please tell ... what are you doing?"
"The superintendent has asked me to talk to Mr. Shroff only ... so I don't suppose to tell you anything."
Now Rajesh was quite tense. for sure will be remanded in the hot chamber today ... Due to Mr. Shroff's hot temper and his habit berating if anyone is at fault, Rajesh and Nishith used to call his cabin a hot chamber. He once again made a request to Govind Bhai.
‘Tell me ..... what did the superintendent say?
Govind Mistry felt that Rajesh would probably cry if he didn't say it now ... so he said slowly ...
"The superintendent has said, tell Mr. Shroff that ... the superintendent has said that the Rajesh Joshi in your office is absolutely ..."
‘What exactly? ...’
Govind Mistry started laughing loudly saying ‘yes ... Rajesh Joshi, in your office is very ..... funny guy’ .... Rajesh's got a breath of relief now ...
"I was just kidding Rajesh you can go now."
Rajesh arrives at his table in a relieved mood starts the computer asking the peon for a tea. Now the daily work of the office is slowly gaining momentum.
It is seven o'clock in the evening. All the staff have left for home. Nishith also arrives at the parking zone after a last glance for information about health of all the machines. What he sees that the tyre of bike has been punctured, he gets a little angry and kicks the tyre and moves out of the main gate.
Thinking that he would have to go home by bus, he walked to the bus stop. The bus arrives after a wait of about half an hour. Seeing that the bus is very crowded, he decided to let it go as he felt it difficult to get in to it.. After waiting ten to fifteen more minutes, another bus arrives. Now the bus is less crowded but the number of people getting on the bus were challenging... He rushes to the door of the bus, thinking, "I have to get in to this bus anyway." But as soon as he steps on to of the bus, feels something unusual in thief pocket of his pocket. Nishith feels that someone is trying to snatch the money out of his pocket. Nishith immediately grabs the man's hand from back his wrist and the man pulls his hand out of the pocket. Nishith immediately leaves the man's hand thinking that if the crowd find out, a poor man will be beaten up. But what is this???? Amidst Nishith's surprise, the man again puts his hand in the pocket ..........
to be continued..
