In the Rain

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The day was not as eventful as I had thought and I had come home completely disheartened. I was expecting an appreciation from the client. But, not everyone is lucky to have the kind of boss that they want. He simply accepted the fault that was never ours resulting in client yelling at us both rather than provide the appreciation.
It was evening and the sun had set few minutes ago. The sky was purplish orange and very beautiful but I was in no mood to admire natures beauty. I was immersed in the tea that I was using to drain my frustration. I heard small and funny clip clop. I opened my window and put my hand outside to confirm the coming rain drops. Yes, it had started to rain. The first rain of the season.
This rain was teaching me a lesson. A lesson of transformation and continuity. Water evaporates and leaves the land barren. And the rivers dry. And then the same water drips down from the sky in the form of rain. Many times in our lives, we feel that our happiness has become dry like that river. But seasons do change and happiness eventually rains down on us. But at this time I am not admiring this rain because I am completely absorbed in my life’s tensions. Most of the times we do not realize that universe is raining down all the happiness on us. Because we always care for that which we haven’t got.
I am again looking out of the window. I quickly finish my tea and resolute not to fret on small things. My entire life and career does not depend on not getting a single client appreciation or ignorance of my boss. I open the door and step out to welcome the rain with open arms. Somewhere in the back of my mind I think that I would be able to wash my pain in the rain.

The Inky Blue Sky

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I look at the window

To watch the inky blue sky

Outside, there are clouds

With slight breeze that fly

I go back to those years

In the memory lane

And am back as small breeze

Steals inside and hits window pane

A small girl, I was then

Innocent and carefree

Running around in parks

And climbing up the guava tree

Now I see my hands

A small tear sits in peace

Heart once full of warm love

Softness now is at seize

I gently close my eyes

And try hard to memorize

The time was immensely precious

I possessed love as only prize

The sky has now turned grey

The sky that was once inky blue

The past that is now unreal

The time that is now true

24 Gerberas 1.4

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In the cafeteria the birthday celebration scene repeats in reality exactly in the same manner as I had predicted. People get a break from their work. Guys are amazed by the fact that their team holds so many hot girls. Females typically get to see the latest trend in the fashion that is being followed in their department. Eventually cake is cut. One of the girls takes people initiative to cut the cake into finite pieces and others help themselves with the snacks. I stay away from the cake as I am a strict vegan. If it’s a cake or any delicacy, it has to be an egg-less for me. Not even the ones made by incubated eggs would do. I take my wafers and coke and step aside to a table in a far corner. Rimi has seemed to be taken a liking towards me since the time we switched to this new assignment together. We both are seated on the either sides of the table and chatting. Frankly, it is not an ideal two way conversation and as usual, she’s the one speaking and I am the one listening to her in disinterested way.

A guy walking to us grabs my attention and I am brought back on this earth. He politely asks to join us and is gladly given the permission by Rimi. Not that I would have denied him otherwise. Not at least at office, but I rather feel uncomfortable in the company of new people. He doesn’t speak much fuelled by the fact that Rimi does not allow others to speak much in her company. Still he managed to tell me his name (Rimi already knew this guy), his professional experience, that he was native and that he was quite brand conscious from underwear to drinks, well I thought al least and deduced it that way but didn’t like the way he was all excited about price tags and brands.

24 Gerberas 1.3

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*****

  I do not consider myself being placed in any of the categories. Not that I am not a girl, I perfectly am. But I couldn’t place myself among any of these generic categories. I find very less human beings of my type, let alone girls. I am not a bomb shell, but I carry myself really well. And yes I do have some brains unlike all the beauties that rule the workplace. Also, I do worry about my pending reports, but am totally against biting slightest millimetre of my fingernails. I like it when guys compliment me, but would be the last person on this earth to crave for anyone’s attention.

As I click on send on my computer screen, I move my neck a bit, only to find Rimi walking up to me. I hate her but she is all sugar coated all the time that I trust I would never find a reason to assault her. She comes all smiling to me and announces a small team birthday celebration being held in our office’s cafeteria. A picture comes into my mind of mechanic tightening the nut on a bolt, which I shake away in nanoseconds time to see the system clock on the computer. A small sigh escapes my lips as I think about another hour that would go in vain because of this small celebration. And guess, what would happen there. You go all smiling and stand somewhere in the middle of people who sit next to you at office, but never actually bother to talk to you because of so called skill gaps or professional differences. A bunch of five or six people usually surround the cake and you pretend to feel excited and clap as one of them takes the ownership to cut that cake. And then the crowd disperses as these bay watchers collect their snacks and sit chattering with their own professionally equal groups.

At the second call of my name, Kim, (yes I am lovingly called by this name since I was born and it is not a nick name or short form of some elaborate name which my family could think of); I leave the chair and set to go to cafeteria.

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24 Gerberas 1.2

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*****

 There are three kind of girls at any workplace (exceptions off course). Category one, typical hot chick. They hate all kinds of numbers apart from the ones that get credited to their accounts due to their participating in so called people initiatives. They are eye-lid battering queens who can thrash any guy with their cold glance and leave that person praying for his existence in their eyes. Dress code never seems to apply to them as they are always so short of draperies. They never have to be a productive resource as their glitterati existence in front of clients ensures good packaging. And to top it all, they can certainly speak well.

The second category is just the opposite of the first one. Girls always immersed in their computer screen. Girls, who are always cribbing about some pending report while silently wishing that the guy across the cube would at least look at them. Girls sitting nervously during the client visit or biting their finger nails just before their appraisal discussion. Girls, always on the verge of tears. Partially because they cannot control them. Partially because they think some magic would happen and their boss’s heart would melt away.

The third category is not so common to find but complex to define. This category is mix and match of all types. Girls who were once, hot and desirable and now have lost their charm and are always trying hands at one or the other stints just to grab attention. Girls who would always try to trouble their boss for one thing or the other from complaining clients to perishing toilet paper (pun intended). Even this category doesn’t need to care much about the stats as they take their socializing responsibility as seriously as the right to vote. They seem to know everyone and impose themselves to be known in every social circle. What they cannot do from good looks, they do from their diplomatically sweet behaviour. They seriously work their ass off but in precisely the right direction. And Rimi is one such person.

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