Close Apart
Chapter-14
“Mayhem!”
Aditya woke up that morning just as usually as he would have been in any other day. And a phone call from Manish was the last thing he was expecting before leaving for his work.
“Hello, what’s it?”
“Turn on the television!”
“Would you tell me why?”
“Not everyday you get a chance to thank god for your decision to move to Delhi… just turn that damn thing on!!”
“O.K. I’m doing that”
“NDTV India it’s coming live…”
“What?”
And mayhem was waiting for him…
“The skyline of Ahmedabad is filled up with smoke and flames as buildings and shops have been set on fire by the rioting mob.
This is a direct retaliation for the 26 February 2002 fire which killed 58 Hindu Karsevaks and injured 43 in Godhra.”
The phone receiver fell of Aditya’s hand.
He could still hear Manish’s cracking sound of astonishment in between the deafening sounds of the helpless people coming out of his television.
“The riot is in its growing stage!! People belonging to both Hindu & Muslim community have been seriously attacked. There were attacks on Hindu & Muslim residents all over the city!
The places like Danilimda, Modasa, Himmatnagar, Bharuch, Sindhi Market, Bhanderi Pole, and other localities in the city of Ahmedabad have been almost burned down by rioting mobs.
But strangely still, no government interference is visible!”
“Where is it, where is it…”
Aditya was searching something in his mess, but I had a feeling that he was praying never to get hold of it
“it is… Bharuch!! Oh god! Its there! Didn’t you hear… its burned down…”
Aditya ran for the phone… his fingers were shivering when he was dialing those numbers from a piece of paper.
“It’s dead!! Freak! All those lines are dead!!”
Aditya smashed the receiver back in its place. Just then, the phone rang
“Hello!”
“Adi, it’s me!”
“Mom! Mom…”
“Don’t panic beta! We’re all safe, we are all now in Delhi, no one’s there!”
Aditya just could gather up the words to express that the one who is too much important for his life is there… Amrita is there!!
Ambiance Track:-
Simple Plan- Untitled
(http://www.smashitsusa.com/index.cfm?Page=Audio&SubPage=STFListen&TrackID=8980)
Chapter-14
“Mayhem!”
Aditya woke up that morning just as usually as he would have been in any other day. And a phone call from Manish was the last thing he was expecting before leaving for his work.
“Hello, what’s it?”
“Turn on the television!”
“Would you tell me why?”
“Not everyday you get a chance to thank god for your decision to move to Delhi… just turn that damn thing on!!”
“O.K. I’m doing that”
“NDTV India it’s coming live…”
“What?”
And mayhem was waiting for him…
“The skyline of Ahmedabad is filled up with smoke and flames as buildings and shops have been set on fire by the rioting mob.
This is a direct retaliation for the 26 February 2002 fire which killed 58 Hindu Karsevaks and injured 43 in Godhra.”
The phone receiver fell of Aditya’s hand.
He could still hear Manish’s cracking sound of astonishment in between the deafening sounds of the helpless people coming out of his television.
“The riot is in its growing stage!! People belonging to both Hindu & Muslim community have been seriously attacked. There were attacks on Hindu & Muslim residents all over the city!
The places like Danilimda, Modasa, Himmatnagar, Bharuch, Sindhi Market, Bhanderi Pole, and other localities in the city of Ahmedabad have been almost burned down by rioting mobs.
But strangely still, no government interference is visible!”
“Where is it, where is it…”
Aditya was searching something in his mess, but I had a feeling that he was praying never to get hold of it
“it is… Bharuch!! Oh god! Its there! Didn’t you hear… its burned down…”
Aditya ran for the phone… his fingers were shivering when he was dialing those numbers from a piece of paper.
“It’s dead!! Freak! All those lines are dead!!”
Aditya smashed the receiver back in its place. Just then, the phone rang
“Hello!”
“Adi, it’s me!”
“Mom! Mom…”
“Don’t panic beta! We’re all safe, we are all now in Delhi, no one’s there!”
Aditya just could gather up the words to express that the one who is too much important for his life is there… Amrita is there!!
Ambiance Track:-
Simple Plan- Untitled
(http://www.smashitsusa.com/index.cfm?Page=Audio&SubPage=STFListen&TrackID=8980)
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