2 States The Story Of My Marriage

‘I don’t like shopping.’ ‘Fine, you can save the money. Or travel to exotic places.’ Her face turned more thoughtful. ‘You OK?’ ...

‘Oh really, can you give me a time in the future when we can talk about the future?’ I kept quiet. ‘Forget it, I’m leaving,’ she ...

‘You have good grades and a passion for marketing. You are so HLL, I can see it on your face.’ ‘You have two more banks tomorrow ...

The HLL interviews were on in the room across me. Ananya had moved up all the rounds and now waited to be called one last time. ...

‘So, what happened?’ A girlfriend, fun-loving friends, alcohol, grass and crap profs happened, I wanted to say. But Ananya had t ...

‘It shows,’ I said. Rahul pushed back his chair and stood up. ‘Listen Krish, I like you. So between us, let me be honest. We are ...

8 I stepped out of the Citi interview room. I scanned the list of remaining companies on the notice board. Everyone else paid ha ...

‘I need to go inside,’ I said, ‘urgent.’ ‘There’s an inter....’ I forced my way inside. HLL was conducting its final interviews ...

Ananya’s mouth fell open. She alternated her glance between the panel and me. “Krish,’ she said. She tried hard but a tear slipp ...

9 ‘Wow, this feels special,’ Ananya said. She opened her HLL offer letter for the third time at Rambhai’s. I had collected mine ...

‘They’d have a problem with anyone I choose. And you are South Indian, which doesn’t help at all. OK, it’s not as bad as marryin ...

‘It’s peak hour rates.’ ‘I don’t care.’ We walked to the STD booth near Vijay Char Rasta. I called home. ‘Hi, mom, it is me.’ ‘K ...

‘We have no relationship, Ananya. Don’t try to fix it ever. OK?’ ‘What happened though?’ ‘I don’t want to talk about it.’ ‘Stand ...

‘I’m in college for five more days. Why so many sweets?’ I asked in the auto back to campus. ‘We will eat them, no? And we might ...

‘Stopping is extra, madam,’ the auto driver said, ignoring me along with every speed-breaker on the road. ‘What?’ my mother said ...

I ordered paneer pao-bhaji with extra butter and lassi on the side. Nothing soothes an upset Punjabi like dairy products. ‘Who i ...

10 The next morning, two hundred fresh MBA graduates and their insanely proud parents sat in the Louis Kahn Plaza lawns for the ...

‘Safety pin illa something something,’ her mother replied. Mother and daughter lapsed into Tamil. Ananya’s father took out his c ...

The chief guest started the diploma distribution. The audience broke into continuous applause for the initial students. Then the ...

‘Yes,’ I said and stood up. Gandhi Ashram would be a good start for the families. He stood for peace and national integration, m ...