2 States The Story Of My Marriage

28 I spent the next three evenings in the company of Mr Swaminathan. The Bank of Baroda Egmore district business plan had become ...

‘Well, it is pretty business-like. But let’s just say, I saw him smile. I bit a whole chilli at dinner and ran to the kitchen. W ...

‘I don’t have time for her. Which is true, as I’m all over the district in meetings the entire day. Of course, she also feels sa ...

I left my office early to finish the presentation at uncle’s house. We had come to the end with only final formatting left. I pa ...

‘Yeah, my all-time favourite,’ I said as I kept the CDs in my bag and walked out of the shop. I reached Ananya’s place at 6.30. ...

I nodded. ‘Really good boy,’ he said. Uncle switched the stereo on. I gave him the heart shaped CD in my bag. Uncle turned it ar ...

The CD played itself over three times before I reached the halfway mark. We paused for dinner at ten. Uncle went to the kitchen ...

Uncle went to the stereo and increased the volume. ‘I gave you my heart,’ uncle sang in sync with the song and snapped his finge ...

‘Not as much as you. You sleep at ten, right?’ I said. ‘This has woken me up,’ uncle said, pointing me to his drink. ‘Want anoth ...

‘Oh, I don’t know. My boss is South Indian,’ I said. ‘Yes, but you have just started. Maybe he is right. We hate the limelight. ...

‘I’m sorry,’ I said, composing myself. ‘No, you are right. I am useless,’ he said, his voice quivering. I became worried he’d cr ...

“Will you leave the bank?’ ‘Not immediately. I’ll save for a couple of years first.’ ‘And after that? What about your parents? A ...

29 ‘Three lakh!’ Bala flipped during the concert steering committee meeting. Yes, one of the great value additions from Bala is ...

‘Has to be five-star,’ Bala said. ‘Who is the top singer of the three?’ I said. ‘Hariharan,’ said one agent. ‘No, it is S.P. Bal ...

We had come to Ratna Stores in T. Nagar to buy steel plates for my chummery. I needed four, this place had four million of them. ...

‘Never mind, hello aunty,’ I said as Chitra aunty came next to us. ‘Krish,’ Ananya said. ‘Colleague.’ ‘Really, what kind of coll ...

30 ‘Excellent presentation, that is what the board told Dad in Delhi. Now they’ve asked all zonal offices to make similar ones,’ ...

‘I didn’t do anything cheap.’ ‘Chitra is lying?’ ‘I gave him a little kiss.’ ‘Kissing!’ Ananya’s mother said as if Ananya had me ...

‘Radha Swaminathan, upcoming singer.’ ‘Really? Never heard of her,’ Bala said. ‘She is still in the underground scene. She has t ...

‘Finalising the singers, Hariharan, S.P. and the new talent Radha.’ ‘What will the agents say? We have a committee.’ ‘Everyone i ...