KABAB ME HADDI
Romantic Fiction – A Story in Two Scenes
By
VIKRAM KARVE
Dramatis Personae
Aditya: 30, a bright young upwardly mobile executive.
Anjali: 27, Aditya’s wife, also a high flier executive, working in a different firm.
Nisha: 27, Anjali’s classmate and friend, just arrived in town, for a new job.
SCENE I – 3RD DECEMBER 2008. OFFICE HOURS.
Aditya calls up Anjali on her cell phone.
ADITYA: Hey, Anjoo, let’s drive down to Lakeview Gardens for dinner tonight.
ANJALI: Wow…the weather is lovely…it will be really amazing driving out there…let’s go to our favourite place…
ADITYA: Cupid’s Cove…?
ANJALI: Yeah…Cupid’s Cove…I love the ambience there… Okay, I’ll tell Nisha…
ADITYA: Nisha…? Why Nisha…? Why take her…? I thought just the two of us…a romantic evening together…Let’s not have kabab me haddi…!
ANJALI: Please Adi…try to understand…she is all alone…this place is so new to her…poor girl…she is so lonely and all at sea…Nisha has no friends except us…please let’s take her…
And so the three of them, Aditya, Anjali, and Nisha, drive down to Cupid’s Cove in Lakeview Gardens for an enjoyable dinner…
SCENE II – One Year Later. 3RD DECEMBER 2009. OFFICE HOURS.
Nisha calls up Aditya on his cell phone.
NISHA: Hey, Aditya, let’s drive down to Lakeview Gardens for dinner tonight.
ADITYA: Oh yeah…great idea…it is perfect weather for a lovely drive…it’ll be really amazing out there…let’s go to our favourite place…
NISHA: We’ll go to that lovely place…Cupid’s Cove…I love it out there…the atmosphere is so marvellous…
ADITYA: Okay…I’ll tell Anjali…
NISHA: Come on Aditya…why have kabab me haddi… let’s go…just the two of us…a romantic evening together…
ADITYA: What shall I tell Anjali…?
NISHA: The usual…working late…meetings…
ADITYA: Okay…I’ll ring her up…and I’ll pick you up at seven…the same place…
NISHA: I’ll be waiting for you…
And so the two of them, Aditya and Nisha, drive down to Cupid’s Cove in Lakeview Gardens for a romantic dinner…
KABAB ME HADDI
Romantic Fiction – A Story in Two Scenes
By
VIKRAM KARVE
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