Half Girlfriend

‘And in this backward Bihar is this extraordinary school. This school with seven hundred kids, three teachers, negligible fees, ...

teachers won’t come to a school without basic facilities. Students can’t be taught without proper classrooms. You can’t have a r ...

Students took over the stage again. They did a dance-drama about Lord Krishna, the naughty boy who stole butter. The shortest st ...

32 'May I have the mic?’ Phil said. I passed the mic to him. ‘Namaste,’ Phil addressed the audience. That one word in Hindi made ...

talk later, okay? I need to rush. I’ll call you.’ ‘Yes, thank you, Samantha.Thank you so much.’ 'Here's my card,’ Phil said as h ...

‘It’s okay. Now are we sharing it or what?’ he said. I looked at him and his slimy eyes. He saw my shocked expression. He burst ...

‘Many people are coming home for lunch to celebrate. Come, let’s go.’ ...

33 Our VIP guests had come to the haveli for lunch. ‘What a son you have,’ Kanta aunty, one of my mother’s childhood friends, sa ...

I asked you to stay back last night. I had no right to. I just felt greedy and selfish. I wanted more of your caring, while know ...

Bye, Madhav. Take care. Riya My eyes welled up. Tears rolled down my cheeks. My limbs felt weak. I struggled to stand.The letter ...

‘Where is that divorcee friend of yours?’ she said. ’Saree and what all she wore today.’ ‘Her name is Riya, Ma. Not divorcee fri ...

‘She said she didn’t care. She said the landlord could keep the deposit.’ He unlocked the apartment. We went in. Her furniture a ...

‘Sure, sir. Sir, I will move her items to a godown. I can wait for some time in case someone comes for them before selling them ...

34 Chetan Bhagat’s room, Chanakya Hotel, Patna ‘You okay?’ I said. He had paused to wipe his tears. I gave him time. He bit his ...

notice period.' ‘When did she resign?’ ‘A week before writing the letter to me.’ ‘So she knew she was leaving?’ I said. ‘Yes.Whe ...

His face fell. I could see he found this conversation difficult. ‘I tried for three months. I hoped she would call me one more t ...

‘Just take them,’ I said in a firm voice. He kept his hand on the notebooks in his lap. ‘I have marked out six legible entries. ...

Yeah, this journal does allow me to vent. Good night, journal. Legible entry #2 15 December 2005 It’s over. We are over. Madhav ...

the gifts that arrived from London every week. Louis Vuitton handbags, Chanel perfumes, Omega watches—Rohan sent them all, not j ...

Every night there is someone to meet. These guys are social, and how. I told her I should stay back because Rohan was not in tow ...