It was Friday afternoon and the IT consultants had decided to support Anna on his crusade against corruption. Quite a few banners printed, hundreds of candles ordered and the whole team was all set to go to the freedom Park. As they were ready to leave, Rohit suddenly realized he forgot something and was getting restless. When Shweta (Rohit's best friend) inquired if there was a problem? He blurted out that they are short of banners, and asked Shweta to take some more Xerox (Very few Indians take a photocopy, they all take a Xerox. That is the power of Brand, it becomes a synonym. The new brand in the making is brand Anna; the country has already seen millions of followers of this new brand). The Xerox machine on 8th floor was not working so Shweta went to the 7th floor printer room and was taking her photocopies when she noticed an orphan printout lying there. Orphan print outs like bank statement, salary slips, offer letter are very attractive and you tend to take a peek at the contents. This printout was unique, it read "I am responsible for my death; I am taking this extreme step as I am not happy with my life. Friends and Family please forgive me. "
Shweta looked around; the support guy was busy on his phone. She ordered him to get off the phone and find out who fired the print out. Support staff played around with the history on the printer to get the details and accidentally deleted all history. Shweta's heart was pounding in horror, somebody is getting ready to end her/his life and she probably has an opportunity to save this person but had no clue how to go about. Shweta rushed out of the printer room, the whole office was deserted as most had left for Freedom Park. She scanned the office with suspicion; she looked at Santosh, Raj and Mani who were among the few still working on the floor. Santosh has recently got a new job, so it can't be him. Raj has received hell lot of appreciation for his good work and is anyway a happy personality so there is no way he can take this step. Mani was sitting with a grumpy expression on his face, could it be him thought Shweta? Mani was also Shweta's HR Manager; she was skeptical but still decided to talk to him and that is when she saw Rohit going towards the printer room. Shweta immediately rushed to tell Rohit what she found. When she entered the printer room, Rohit was shocked to see Shweta. He asked her what she was doing on 7th floor when she was suppose to take some Xerox ? Shweta was not listening; she immediately gave Rohit the print out or rather the suicide note and asked him what they should do. Rohit was trembling; he was not expecting his “suicide note” to be found by Shweta. Rohit's eyes said it all; he did not speak a word and started to move towards the exit.
Shweta pleaded Rohit to not do anything rash. Rohit hissed back and asked her to stay away from this. Shweta managed to stop him and insisted on knowing the reason; after all they were best friends. Rohit held Shweta's hand and said - Shweta I am in Love with you and I can’t think of a life without you but .....forget it ! Shweta burst into laughter; though Shweta was recently engaged to a family friend, she had the same feeling for Rohit but never told him as she thought this handsome dude never thought of her as anyone more than a friend. They hugged each other (lovers don’t care about locations!), tears flowed and then they both burst into laughter.
They decided to freshen up (yes lovers discuss and take decisions on even such trivial things). Rohit rushed to "His" and Shweta to "Her", it took Shweta good 15 minutes to apply all that can be applied on her face (after all tears had destroyed her make-up). When Shweta was about to come out of the restroom, her phone rang, the phone display said "Rohit's Mom". Shweta and Rohit's Mom had known each other, and they used to speak to each other once in a while. Shweta had a smile on her face and was feeling a bit shy; it was not her friend’s mom calling but her possible future Mother-in-law, Shweta picked up the call after the 4th ring. On the other end, Rohit's Mom was crying but still not mincing any words she came straight to the point and said Rohit was found dead in his bedroom the last night. Rohit's Mom kept talking, Rohit had told his Mom that he was planning to go to the freedom park the next day, etc etc etc but Shweta was not listening to anything neither she could make out anything. Tears started flowing down her cheeks in long streams, her heart was pounding at a rate that could break the ribs !
Shweta looked around; the support guy was busy on his phone. She ordered him to get off the phone and find out who fired the print out. Support staff played around with the history on the printer to get the details and accidentally deleted all history. Shweta's heart was pounding in horror, somebody is getting ready to end her/his life and she probably has an opportunity to save this person but had no clue how to go about. Shweta rushed out of the printer room, the whole office was deserted as most had left for Freedom Park. She scanned the office with suspicion; she looked at Santosh, Raj and Mani who were among the few still working on the floor. Santosh has recently got a new job, so it can't be him. Raj has received hell lot of appreciation for his good work and is anyway a happy personality so there is no way he can take this step. Mani was sitting with a grumpy expression on his face, could it be him thought Shweta? Mani was also Shweta's HR Manager; she was skeptical but still decided to talk to him and that is when she saw Rohit going towards the printer room. Shweta immediately rushed to tell Rohit what she found. When she entered the printer room, Rohit was shocked to see Shweta. He asked her what she was doing on 7th floor when she was suppose to take some Xerox ? Shweta was not listening; she immediately gave Rohit the print out or rather the suicide note and asked him what they should do. Rohit was trembling; he was not expecting his “suicide note” to be found by Shweta. Rohit's eyes said it all; he did not speak a word and started to move towards the exit.
Shweta pleaded Rohit to not do anything rash. Rohit hissed back and asked her to stay away from this. Shweta managed to stop him and insisted on knowing the reason; after all they were best friends. Rohit held Shweta's hand and said - Shweta I am in Love with you and I can’t think of a life without you but .....forget it ! Shweta burst into laughter; though Shweta was recently engaged to a family friend, she had the same feeling for Rohit but never told him as she thought this handsome dude never thought of her as anyone more than a friend. They hugged each other (lovers don’t care about locations!), tears flowed and then they both burst into laughter.
They decided to freshen up (yes lovers discuss and take decisions on even such trivial things). Rohit rushed to "His" and Shweta to "Her", it took Shweta good 15 minutes to apply all that can be applied on her face (after all tears had destroyed her make-up). When Shweta was about to come out of the restroom, her phone rang, the phone display said "Rohit's Mom". Shweta and Rohit's Mom had known each other, and they used to speak to each other once in a while. Shweta had a smile on her face and was feeling a bit shy; it was not her friend’s mom calling but her possible future Mother-in-law, Shweta picked up the call after the 4th ring. On the other end, Rohit's Mom was crying but still not mincing any words she came straight to the point and said Rohit was found dead in his bedroom the last night. Rohit's Mom kept talking, Rohit had told his Mom that he was planning to go to the freedom park the next day, etc etc etc but Shweta was not listening to anything neither she could make out anything. Tears started flowing down her cheeks in long streams, her heart was pounding at a rate that could break the ribs !
