Dwikhondito..

Me-Where r u frm?
Princess-Delhi..tumi?
Me-Originally from Cal kintu ekhon Rajasthan e..
Me-So, what kind of music do you like?
Princess-Bollywood, BSP etc..u?


Me-Western classics and rock from the 60s and 70s and anything that is melodious..
Princess-Anything that is melodious..right
Princess-Fav actors and actresses?
Me-Al Pacino, Srk, Shabhana Azmi, Kajol..U??

Flips her cell and shows me atleast a 100 pics of OSO..especially one with Deepika in Srk's arms..which brought a smile to my face...

Me-Nice!

Princess-(smiles in a very sweet way)
Me-Cal e koto din thakchish?
Princess-20 days..
Me-Wow!
Princess-45 hoyar kotha chilo kintu friends der jonyo cut short..
Princess-How long r u staying?
Me- 2 months..
Princess-(makes a wow expression)
Me-Well i dont know when i shall be back again for this long again..may be 2 years..may be never again.
Princess-Oh!(Gestures why?)
Me-(laughs in a reconciled way) That's where i'll be headed..i may be out of the country forever in another 4 years...that's why i am enjoying this conversation...
Princess-y forever?
Me-Work and all will dictate a certain part of my life..unfortunatey
Me-Wot abt u?Wot do u want to do?
Princess-Mass Com
Me-(gestures damn good)
Me- i wanted to do Mass Com a lot kintu holo na..
Princess-keno?
Me- i was a good writer..and then one day i just lost it..i used to say that there is little difference in shitting and writing..jo cheez aap ko pareshan kar raha ho use aap nikaal do..its almost like i started having a mental constipation..and gave it up..when i regained my confidence it was too late..
Princess- HaHaHa
Me-Aar bol.. how's life in Delhi? Must be fun in certain ways..
Princess- Ya..its great fun..all the mischief and guyz hitting on girls..
Me-So, r u looking out for guyz?
Princess-(sort of surprised) May be..
Me-Uh huh
Princess-My god we just spent two hours chatting like this on the cell phone..
Me- I am going to remember this flashcard conversation for a really long time..
Princess- me too

Now the concept of this flashcard conversation is rather intriguing.It was 11 in the night and the Rajdhani express was Making its way towards Kolkata..the rest of the people were asleep.Just the two of us princess and me were awake..Amar train e kono din ghoom hoy na,(that's why i seldom travel by train),so i didnt know what to do.The 2 of us were on the opposite upper berths. And i started the conversation by typing the first line of what you are reading, in my cell's msg editor and flashed it towards her..and thus ensued the conversation..

Me-It seems that u value friends a lot..
Princess-Yes..

Princess- bcoz of my friends that i have a smile on my face..



Me-(turns his cell and hands it over to her to show the wall paper...silhouette figures of a man in a tuxedo and a woman in a sprawling gown dancing on the clouds with the moon in the background)
Princess-(smiles in a very sweet way) Nice!
Me-(laughs)our conversation reminds me of a Sinatra song 'Strangers in the night'...

Princess-oh

This time when i flashed my cell she opened her eyes, she wasnt waiting for it...so i understood that i had bored her enough :)

Then we exchanged e-mail id s and she went off to sleep saying that we would talk in the morning...I couldnt sleep for a reaaly long time almost 4 am.

Rajarshi says:-
flashcard conversation ta darun chilo...i think both of us will remember it as a fleeting vignette for a really long time...
somewhere in the distant and remote airways of my mind it will linger or rather we will linger like ghosts of a lost past.One day they will talk of me and my shadows...because was one day i was there and someday may be we will be too...