Lilly
60 Days
This is a story as story about two people. The world they saw around
them and how they placed themselves in the centre of the world. There
are no villains and no special scenes happening about any place or
characters. There is only fate and misjudgments about silly human life
and wrong emotions centered in this plot.
The story is about two people from two different worlds and their love.
Let’s give them some names for reading purpose and for me to write. The
guy can be Gopu or he liked to be called as Gopu. Gopu was born and
bought up in a remote village somewhere in the hillside valleys of
southern part if India called as Kerala. During the same time The
Tonight show was on the starting season, Wayne Gretzky(Canadian Ice
hockey player) scored his 50th career goal, The season was the start of
Hezbollah movement against US, and Writings of Mrs. Caliban. Ingalls,
became famous after II world war from American born author novel
authors of 20th century. Queen Elizabeth II was reigning in power.
But all these were Gopu’s father who was a writer by profession and
Gopu never would have thought of all these things happening around him.
He was a spirited young child and the pet of the family. He was having
lots of friends at school and he loved going to school. But the best
part for Gopu going to school was after hours from school so that he
can go for a swim with his friends in a near by canal. He was a kid
with full of Imaginations and Illusions. He used to go running behind
bullock cart yelling at the bullocks as if he thought they are
listening to the sounds but not the beats from the cart rider. He loved
gazing lone in the rich and lush valleys filled with trees and bushes.
Gopu was so naughty as age grows by he heard one of his uncle say that,
but someone else also said he is naughty as well as good, he tried to
co-ordinate between both of these lines but it is of no use. So many
people so many comments he never understood how the world revolved with
so many people standing, he was not thinking about the Physics classes
but about the bare basics of human mind. He was more induced into
thoughts like that by his surroundings. There were temples, churches
and mosques nearby. There were so many festivals happening he loved
seeing the fire crackers, the decorations and his favorite elephants
standing with all its pride.
Same time some where in the North Indian village of Lucknow a girl
whose name is Akku had been through times of Gopu and she would have
known all what is happening since a difference of 7 years was there
between their births. She was a cute chubby girl in her family. Her mum
and dad celebrated her birthday along with the winter Olympics
happening in Germany and Mussolini’s treaty has to be avoided that was
the voice in Germany, and the Movie Eagle has Landed was released,
these were the main happenings around the world.
Akku was a kid who was always obedient and affectionate to the people
who are less fortunate than hers, but her mum was never liked her
daughter to mingle with any other kids who were playing. She had that
orthodox attitude that the real charisma of girls should happen only
when they obey their parents and be at home. She had no one to play
with her. The room she played was her daddy’s room with lots of big
huge machines (as she called) and one big room with lots of books and
equipments. Equipments her father was a dentist by profession. This
made her childhood far distant, from others that she had to see other
children playing together through a window pane. She never liked her
mum forcing her to wash her hands and legs every time she does
anything. But she was surprised about the same pollution which her mum
says. She wanted to know will it be in the world outside as her mum
says. Akku seized every opportunity to look outside the window and when
going to the school to learn and understand how things where happening
in this beautiful world of flowers. She always loved flowers where ever
she goes her mum or dad use to gift her flowers and she will keep those
at her room.
Akku wanted freedom from her loneliness and friends to mingle with she
decided that on her after school days to college. She told her mum that
she had no intention to study more from home. Her mum fearing that her
daughter might have gone beyond than making fiends decided to teach her
from home. She kept private tuitions for her so that she could know her
timings and she was sure she won’t loose her to any other guy than her
elder brother’s son who was a almost similar age to hers. Akku knew her
mum had that Intention and she always wanted to project herself as a
low profiler in front of that guy. She had known from her friends that,
the Uncles son had bad habit of smoking and she never liked smoking or
people who are smokers.
She left her education in the middle after her senior schools and went
helping her dad as an apprentice for his dental nursing home. From the
days she was working with her dad she realized that the world is also
as ugly as it looks beautiful, she realized. She had some couple of not
so serious relationships with some couple of guys. She remembered one
guy even took her for a ride in his new motorcycle when he got it. She
never took those relationships so serious, since her first love.
Moreover according to her that was a request.
We will come back to Akku’s pending request for love in a short while.
Mean while we will have a look at our Gopu and what where happening
with him all these years as Akku is almost in her first year of
college. These times Gopu had been a pretty good and pretty naughty boy
among his loved friends and family. Gopu’s friend took him to distant
places and he was fond of roaming the places. He was not so brilliant
at the classes but was successfully completing all the courses which he
had taken for. Once when he went for a city in south India called the
garden city-Bangalore he visited the Airport over there and he was
inspired by the planes in a whole. He wished that he would have been a
pilot but he took his majors in literature, hence Gopu decided to
enquire about other opportunities to become a regular industry observer
and to get into the airliners world.
Gopu went to Bangalore to explore more from where he found some friends working and
Applying for different software and IT companies which was the hottest
of the segments during that time. Gopu decided to join some industry
related courses or diploma for finding him some better placements in
the aviation industry. He joined was successful enough to find himself
place in the industry. Regarding the love life of Gopu you can call him
a lover boy or a lover’s boy. Like those tissues, which naughty girl’s
who throw away after each use and boys do love it. That was Gopu’s
perception of love people who know him lesser thought. He never wanted
to go behind any girl for any cause he mentions within his fiends that
whenever they are deeper into any relationship he says” also always
show the girl a door first and then invite her”. He had immense respect
for the people who he loved and the world is so beautiful according to
him. So he used to tell between his friends”never commit anything which
you can never accomplish” The reason he lived without a love or a
committing relation had a story behind it. But his close friends knew
his denial for love. He was having a long and everlasting relationship
(as he thought). With a girl with a melanin less brown eyes (he used to
tell her that in front of his friends).Actually she was his first
friend, A girlfriend, A lover and what ever. She was the best partner
he ever prayed for god. God ‘if there are any takers’ as he would refer
to God in conversation with his fiends. But life couldn’t control its
games on her she had committed suicide at a young age since her parents
relationship were too bad to go forward with the young girl. After the
days with out her he was more tormented and diminished without anyone
talk with. He felt so, but his friends found a better remedy to take
him away with them and make him settled in another city called
Bangalore. Gopu was left out wandering in the gazing fields of this
beautiful world once again. At times he felt so alone and left out in
what ever fun and activities he was volunteered in. He felt without
anyone beside him to open up his hearts content with. But his friends
never lost hope in him and that was his biggest blessing which he
realized lately.
The time came for Gopu for his next big assignment with his work.
Meantime our heroine of the story Akku had already been through the
rough rides of the world and she had started to build her dreams up
with a gifted youngster more over a year and a half difference with
her. Because of only that reason and Indian culture is very orthodox
and her parents wanted to save their faces from the community. They
decided to leave her alone for her fate with the guy she loved. The
reason for her parent’s denial was that he was of another caste and of
much younger age. She had to choose between her parents and her new
found love she opted for the latter part. And their combined dreams
were building around seven years and she opened doors for him after,
they decided to move in together. Fate is a magician where no one can
ever take chances with or without risking something precious, in ones
life.
Akku who has been in the city in Bangalore, according to her boyfriend
who decided to marry her the year following wanted her to come and stay
with him. So she left her join and was on search for a suitable job in
the garden city. Akku got a customer service job in a prestigious
airline and the training where supposed to happen in Germany. Even Gopu
who had been working with airline industry for quiet some years also
got the same training offer from Germany and he decided to join. Akku
and Gopu met for the first time in November when they where boarding
the flight to Germany from Bangalore. Gopu was surprised by the age of
a girl who is looking 25-28 according to him as a medium beauty of
someone resembling Small 5.2 packaged “gujju” (a typical north Indian
word for the people from Gujarat).He asked her while helping her out in
filling the immigration form at the counter. She smiled and told height
and looks doesn’t comes with the age. But then on the eyes of both were
set on each other even in the words actions and fun-parties they were
together in it took three days for them to come to each others room and
have a chit chat. They guy from Mumbai who was on his second training
schedule to Hamburg-Germany. They were good friends soon and they three
together started their evening dinners. It was actually a get together
after each day. Or a sort of meeting point for lovers to meet after
work. They were with their Gopu and most of the times when free went to
each others room and had talks with each other. Gopu liked the girls
helping nature to all those who are in fire-alarm. Gopu thought a girl
with such a disaster recovery management class should be born as fire
fighter. She liked his comments even without showing a little frowning
part in her smile. They friendship was growing out of bounds and Gopu
thought even if this is growing out of bound it will end up as all the
girls so far he has seen. He said to himself ‘I have seen nothing much
better or bigger is going to happen’. Time proved that this typical
north Indian girl has the fervor of likeness to the things which she
desired. It was not only a small desire of Lust or fondness or love or
what ever it grew as a blasphemy for the people she loved. The love and
affection in her words became as good as magic for Gopu was deciding to
ask her in one day. She soon became a factor of realization of his
forgone love for Gopu. But he was unsure what was happening with him in
this stage. He decided to keep quiet till he gets a final nod, to go
for anything freely with Akku. But time had its own different plan in
mind, the training got over for the Christmas holidays.
Yahoo Christmas holidays about the holy church and the diocese that was
on Gopu’s mind while retuning to India, all of his friends celebrated
his arrival after training. He and his fiends went for swimming and
outing at some nearby county resorts .They had but noticed a small
change in Gopu’s talks and ways, but all was parallel related to the
calls which he was receiving from none other than Akku’s called him
when ever she found time. She told him that she is having a boyfriend
and she is planning to settle with him. But thinking of Gopu even she
thinks otherwise (to settle with him-might be).Gopu took it as a casual
talk. But what was on her mind and her intention was he never could
have thought of. Days passed but it was only a matter of ten days and
Gopu returned with his friends from a destination called Goa, the
coastal party paradise of south India. He was on time for his flight
back to Germany for training. He met all the others along with Akku,
then started the as sacred or as crucified game of love or lust any of
the readers may call(I got these parts from the diary scripts which he
left in Germany, In his apartments-some of them are edited and some are
actual).
They were all waiting for the boarding time of the plane. Gopu was
checking some prices at the counters he bought some chocolates. Then
Akku joined him they started talking about their vacation stories. Gopu
told her about his parties and other happening from Goa, she in turn
once again repeated the stories of herself and her boyfriend and how
they enjoyed in Pondichery (another coastal town in, Tamil Nadu, IN-was
affected by Tsunami).They boarded the aircraft and she took a guy of
from the next seat of Gopu to sit with him in the plane. Gopu was
wondering why all of a sudden such an action. They continued their
talks about friends family and relationships they had or having. She
even gestured for that once he commented on a particular date of having
‘sex’ with her boy friend. Gopu continued with his gestures and felt
sleepy. He asked her and went to sleep went to sleep. But he could
sleep only for a while woke up saw there was no dinner served to both
of them. Stupid flight attendants, he murmured. After that hunger
strike both of them couldn’t find sleep properly. He ordered some
snacks and they served him. Then they again went on talking about
worldly things which are of no use-during conversation Gopu had kept
his hand as open as if Akku could hold his hand. Akku took his hand and
was feeling cozy. Their talks slowed down and without any thwarting
factor she rested her head on Gopu’s shoulder and they again went to
sleep till flight reached Frankfurt airport. The story of their love
was happening so the enmities and friendship between any of them on
sight should be talked about (that was the hidden message in what ever
they did-as lovers do).
Then there were only stories only stories which no one could never
imagined cupid stuck the romantic couple of Gopu and Akku and they
never bothered what they world around will think about their actions
mischievous. The day was on a January winter evening when they were
returning from work. They both talked a lot as usual over the phone
mail.
The U-bahn’s and the S-bahn’s (trains and busses-Deutschland) provided
them enough time and space for them to take up decision on day to day
activities and that of future planning. But confusion aroused on terms
of future planning and Akku wanted enough time to settle down with
things As she used to say to him that things are not small as they
seems to be we both loved and we both will.’ Our love was the true one
but not a drop of anger o frustration in it’. She told him things will
all fall back and we will be together forever as she wished to be. She
demanded with tears on her eyes not ever to leave her hand. She told
him when he leaves he hand’ it feels like “world is not with her” She
used to tell him things can’t be readily available as sex. This is life
you have to understand. But Gopu’s opinion was about informing him, her
boyfriend so further avoiding any such impeccable actions from anyone.
For a speedster like Gopu never liked the idea of using much time to
concentrate on good things. Akku was of the opinion of staying back
from her current relationship for quiet couple of months and come and
marry Gopu. Gopu wanted the stories of Love and lust between them to be
told to her boyfriend at the earliest. But whenever that topic came she
just avoided the topics at ease. Their shopping, the time they spend at
the movies and the time when ever they meet at the office and way back
home-all were noted by colleagues of them. Some friends of Gopu even
advised to stay back after having fun and not to indulge too much in a
relationship like this. They were of the opinion that a girl who had
been in love with some one since new millennium, and found a lover /
true love after 8 years can never be trust worthy. Someone even avoided
Gopu in their parties and discussion .Bu t all these actions created a
positive vibe for Gopu and Akku. She never let Gopu down for his words.
They both cried because of happiness in their love.
The days of love and kisses and sex will wind up soon as in any
relationship. Gopu’s well wishers and friends and his parents back home
thought all were knowing the facts and figures of happening there in
Germany. But something when started are never meant for a change. So
was the love between both of them what ever examples time showed they
stood against and fought back. But there was day when things went out
of control and Gopu virtually thrashed something she cared for the most
her memories embodied in her laptop. Bu t it was not for the laptop and
it was for some other acts he did. Topics were raised and questions to
be answered became the scenario then. All was in the peak time of the
frustration part from their love. But the Co. decided to gave Gopu a
warning and send him back home .She cried for the next two. Days all
were disappointed by the co. decision but Gopu knew it was on their
company’s money they were doing the love and fun and romance part of
life. He thought of the beautiful ‘sixty days’ that he spent with Akku
and how suddenly things became a stand still because of his actions.
Life became a stand still for Gopu. Akku called Gopu and asked him to
be with her after office and the rest of the day. Gopu and Akku went
for a coffee and they spend hours sitting there. It was almost
nightfall and a little of rains. They couldn’t hold their hands
together those where the last days of February in winter in Hamburg.
After coffee they spent time together having some chocolates in her
room. She told him to be happy and be positive in life and wait for her
if she could come after these and things will get over and everything
will be fine. He went on asking her to be free and be with the team and
not to think about his fate. She urged him to be successful and she is
looking forward for that and she wanted to live as she wished. They had
a discreet time with some kisses and cries to be exchanged and both
said will never depart from each other what ever happens.
It was the time of flight next day morning till morning from midnight
Gopu and Akku was on the phone talking and talking. Gopu received his
friend with warm hands and told them never to cry for him that he was
sure / rather unsure about his future. His good fiend from Germany came
to drop him at the airport. Akku came downstairs to see him off. All
were having a shadow of what happened and what to be believed, but as
all says time is a magnificent healer for people who has got no grudges
to anyone, Gopu told to him self. Gopu hugged his friend and said good
bye to him at the airport. Gopu took the flight back home to India.
Diary Scripts from Gopu:-”I feel pain and sorrow in my sullen heart, I
feel now I live for nothing but for waiting her to comeback. I pray to
any belief which I believe to bring her back for that she loves me more
than anyone. She is only afraid of telling the stories to her boyfriend
who in turn may ham her, may even smash her face. She feared it- I have
to tell him about all what happened”. Gopu decided the first action of
his after the flight will be that. In the flight Gopu didn’t eat
anything rather than drinking water. Gopu cried some times as if his
tears will go unnoticed, but a gentleman seated beside him asked him
about his situation he told, everything is fine as they say in German
‘Alles Good’ (Am good ). But Gopu had a big black mark on his chest
which is deep enough to wound any human being, for eternity. His grief
knew no bounds that he became no more the same old spirited guy as he
used to be.
After the flight landed Gopu went out to collect his baggage. The
gentle man who was seated beside him introduced himself as a captain
and he introduced his family to him. Gopu was no more in a hurry for
any thing to be happening. Gopu went to his friends place all the while
thinking of drafting a mail and the comments for her boyfriend. His
friends were broken down seeing Gopu in such a way. They asked him not
to be sad and think good of the future. They asked him what they could
do to help him .he suggested nothing but the computer to mail a request
for a requisition of a certain product called his life. His friends
were astonished and annoyed at the same time for Gopu having still a
heart full for her. They argued with him and commented as bad as they
could so as to make Gopu understand of the scenario and trouble. They
all argued that girl is not worthy of Gopu and he in turn is not worthy
of having her. He did no comments for the questions or the problems
rose. Gopu drafted a letter detailing almost all action to be told and
not to be told to her boyfriend. Then followed the days for to act as
IT as a tool for resolving human problems. But the love and attachment
were overthrowing each jumbled line in the mails exchanged. Akku mailed
Gopu and asked him not to mail her boyfriend again and told him, ‘let
me settle down with the things and let me see my future for a while’.
Even after these there were chats mails and calls from Akku and Gopu.
Akku told that Gopu should find a job and get settled soon. And he was
ready to do anything for her request. He decided to jump into the
market again and search for better opportunity which can give them both
a survival instinct. All the days of March went on with mails chats and
conversation till 20th of March. The last conversation from Akku on his
phone was she is coming to India and let her settle in her own ways fro
the problems she is also equally responsible for and asked Gopu to be
patient and wait for her.
That communication ended the strands of hope in Gopu. Gopu did things
voluntarily. He never wanted to go for and get hose thing s he wanted
to he just wanted to wait for her till she comes. He wanted to live
simple; he never went outside his home. His friends got to know that
Gopu was there in the home town. They took Gopu out to the beach side
asked him to go for some beer and people who took the regular New Year
resolution of stop smoking and drinking wanted to join Gopu for a drink
or a smoke. Gopu avoided them as seemed purposely by his fiends. They
all wanted to know the reason behind it someone already got to know the
almost part gave the entire story to his friends who were annoyed in an
instance for his stupidity and mimicked him. He felt no pain and no
anger inside that his heart was no more a heart of beautiful and joyous
living. It was transmogrified in to a spit bowl in a dark dungeon. He
wanted to go out no more and nothing from any one more. But still some
couple of friends who never wanted to get the Gopu they always Gopu
like that decided to take Gopu regularly outside roaming leaving all
the others.
The there was no one more for Gopu requires as ever , his mind
fluctuated with in the stormy imaginations of having Akku beside him
and they both floating in the thin mist on the sky above and peeping
into the world beneath. As he looked he was noticing the movements of
the people and looking for his Akku or someone taking her along with.
He looked as if some one else alive is coming with the water called
life or Akku for him.
Fin.
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Govind K Menon
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