One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat

‘C 24 hampagne, sir, courtesy of Mr Marcos Sereno,’ Carlos said as he put a bottle of Dom Perignon in a chiller next to us. We s ...

made me feel comfortable, but I found it easy to talk to him. ‘You should come here with your wife,’ I said. ‘Huh?’ he said, sli ...

One month later ‘Whole-wheat toast. Faa sang zoeng mat,’ I said. I had finally learnt to order breakfast at the Goldman café. Ne ...

‘You are welcome. We don’t normally do it. But you are new. Maybe that’s why Neel wanted it.’ ‘Neel?’ ‘Yes, he told me to order ...

‘Solly. I thought La-dhika-san youl secle-taly. How can lady do dist-lessed debt?’ Arai continued to laugh. His minions also gri ...

‘Yeah. What douchebags.’ ‘You cancelled the deal?’ ‘Well, we can’t work with sexist people like that. They made you so uncomfort ...

‘H 25 One month later ere you go, whole-wheat toast with peanut butter and honey,’ Neel said and passed me my breakfast. I gestu ...

cooperation. Not to mention a global buyer who would keep his resorts alive. ‘That’s what we do. We close deals, Marcos,’ Neel s ...

‘See you in an hour for dinner,’ he said and ran ahead. Soon, he disappeared into the sand and green foliage of the island. I we ...

I 26 arrived at the restaurant before Neel. I sipped a glass of champagne as I watched the sunset. He arrived twenty minutes lat ...

‘Yeah, sure. It’s only my mind that’s beautiful,’ I said. I am a fisherwoman. I fish, fish, fish. ‘Of course not. But it isn’t a ...

York perhaps.’ ‘Wow,’ was all I could say, impressed and speechless at his observations. ‘A bit too frank?’ he said. ‘Yeah, ouch ...

He didn’t respond. He looked searchingly at me. ‘What makes you think I am not happy?’ he said slowly. ‘I feel you put on a mask ...

‘We will take this along,’ I said. ‘Kind of defeats.. .’ Neel said and I nudged him. ‘Come,’ I said. We walked barefoot on the s ...

stretched my legs. A wave touched my foot. I moved in reflex. As I did that, my ankle brushed against Neel’s. He turned his head ...

I didn’t respond. I couldn’t. I simply nodded. It wasn’t just good. It was divine, sublime, insane Philippines-exclusive-island- ...

T 27 he sun has a way of making everything visible, even your blunders. When dawn broke I opened my eyes. I blinked, trying to o ...

seaplane in an hour. I didn’t know how to face him. I didn’t want to. Could we go back on separate flights? Could I just go drow ...

‘Well, I have been thinking about it all day.’ Good, mister, at least it freaking matters. Go on, I said in my head as I continu ...

‘O 28 Two weeks later kay, enough. We do need to discuss what happened,’ Neel said. ‘Why?’ I said. Neel had called me to his off ...