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Sir, where are you from? Madras

What’s your name?

Sir, my name is Amanullah Khan.

Sir, what’s your name?

Nair...George Nair.

Excuse me, I am here to see Malathy Chandran.

She’s in a meeting. Please be seated.

- OK, where’s your restroom? - That way - Could I leave my bag with you? - Sure.

Malathy, Malathy Chandran.

Is this your first trip to Pune? Yes.

So I am the first person you met? Well, actuallythere was...there was one Amanullah Khan.

So, I am the second. Come, the conference room is this way.

It has network and phone so you won’t have a problem.

I received your budgets, annual reports and job profiles...

I could make some initial calculations… I can give you a scratch plan of what can be done by today evening.

Great, come.

You can ask the receptionist for anything you may want… stationery, supplies etc.

Excuse me...

Where are you? Mom, I am in Pune.

Pune...for how long? A week at least, I will try be back on Friday.

You need to come home this weekend. There is something important.

Why, what happened?

Don't you know if I call you during the day what it will be about?

OK, OK. I will come home. Look I am at work. I will call you this evening.

Don't forget!

Let's discuss this over dinner. I'll see you this evening.

Sounds good.

Sorry I don't meant to keep you waiting.

Its is just this is the only way I know to do a cost restructuring.

Don't reimburse yourself.

Without efficiency experts like you this is all people like us can do.

Excuse me.

Where are you?

Amma, I am not at the hotel. -I need to send you something. You have to read it.

Could we have done this after I got back home?

No. It is important.

Just a minute...

Malathy, I don't have the office address.

Give her my address. She can send it here.

The address Amme, is Malathy Chandran, Vice President...

Fountain Head, Mayfair Towers, Pune 04.

OK, I will talk to you later.

Thanks.

Sorry, I didn't mean to overhear.

That's Okay.

Listen...could we skip dinner?

Please take us to the hotel where he's staying.

So, tell me...how long have you been living here?

All my life. Born and bought up here. Did school and college here.

And what about your previous jobs?

I didn't have any this is the only one.

I started eight years ago right after college.

That's a long time for a single job. .

Yeah...I guess so.

Started off as a designer.

You know, most of the people with me in my department have been with me over five years.

So you can understand any kind of restructuring is going to be very painful.

Oh...you are better off.

I once knew a manager who had to lay off twenty... of his co-workers and finally had to lay off himself.

Yes, well...

It's slightly different when your co-workers... are like your family.

What you have is my report for stage one. I have identified persons to be retrenched.

Why PR?

Rafey is an excellent PR manager. Why are you cutting on PR?

Well, PR can be outsourced.

Rafey's wife and daughter are very close to me. They are like family.

Look I suggest you keep aside personal relations...

it would be a lose-lose situation.

But for now, to keep your department alive and want you to stop from losing your job I suggest you should make these cuts.

My experience is that either you do it... or someone else will.

So we just point fingers... and executions begin.

That is one way of looking at it.

Your mother shipped it overnight.

So how's work going?

You will have to make some very tough decisions.

Who else has to go?

There wont be many left.

Malathy...

There's an issue.

Issue? What issue?

It is the end of the day and I was expecting... your first set of recommendations after your... discussions with George.

I'm really sorry, Zaid. But we're still finalizing things.

Do you have ten minutes?

-Yes, I do. -So why don't we have a quick meeting?

-What, now? -Yes, right now.

So George, how's your work progressing?

Well, we've identified some positions.

Could you give me some more details?

As you can see, I am looking for ways... to accommodate existing personnel.

Wait a minute.

Are you trying to tell me that we can restructure... this company without laying personnel lay off?

-That would be my suggestion. -Sorry.

That would be my suggestion.

Look, Rafey in PR and he is good at it...

...I know at this point PR can be outsourced. But in the long run it will be beneficial to keep... employees like him.

Excuse me.

Hello...

-Did you get what I sent?

-Yes, I got it a few minutes ago. -Call me as soon as you read it.

What if there is no organization?

-George...give us a minute. -Sure

Malathy...

-Why a sudden a change in plan? -He is an expert.... I just though he might have some new ideas.

Anways I was exploring the possibilities. What's wrong with that?

Do you honestly think you that you could... affect budget cuts without affecting layoffs?

I don't know... but there is no harm in giving it a shot.

-Anyway why are you so keen on layoffs? -Why am I so keen on layoffs? -Never mind.

Look I am leaving this entire thing to you.

All I can only say this is no time for indecision.

And don't forget that every minute of... this consultant is expensive. We have to get rid of him fast.

-Well. -We need to accommodate existing employees. I need them.

I can try.

How can we keep Rafey? What can he be given?

That's going to be tough.

Whatever! At this point I am prepared for anything.

Look...you don't know how tough that's is going to be.

How tough it can be? It's not like we have to kill somebody?

Just a minute.

Well from his experience I can recommend... only one position for him.

He will have to be VP.

Okay...

-What are you doing tomorrow? -Work, what else?

It is a company holiday. It is the founders death anniversary.

-Oh...does that mean the office is shut? -Yes.

Ah, let's discuss this outside. Are you up for a climb?

-A climb? -Lets go to Sinhagad fort.

-How many times have you climbed this fort? -Quite often. Specially of late.

Whenever I have to make cruel decisions... the climb is very therapeutic.

-Do you smoke? -Sometimes. -It killed your stamina.

-Have you thought about PR? -No. And let's not talk about business.

Come, come...

The big one, see the top...

Do you want to give a try?

What are you doing?

-Hello... -George, did you read it. -Yes, I got it.

-But did you read it?

No, I haven't read it yet. I was very tired after work and I went to sleep.

-I will read it today. -But do it. -Mom, I will call you later.

Mama's boy...

I think I owe you an explanation.

Those phone calls were....for my brother.

-Oh. -He disappeared about a year ago.

I am sorry. I didn't know that.

That's OK. I should have been more prudent.

Where could he have gone?

We searched...searched everywhere.

He didn't have that many friends. He may return.

-What was your brother like? -Well he used to go for this long trips... without telling anyone.

-We never suspected anything. -Strange.

-George...

Ah...my head.

Can't you see I'm looking at the engine?

-Why worry? There is nothing in your head.

How much did this cost you?

One lakh...second hand.

One lakh! What you win some lottery or rob some bank or something?

No...I did a project. New battery, new tyres, new paint...new soul.

Well, now you know everything?

I know everything about your brother, what about you?

What do you want to know? My job is making enemies... and yesterday I made new ones.

Tell me, what do you apart from being a VP?

What do I do apart from being a VP? Well, my job takes up hundred percent of my time.

As you know to get these kind of perks... one has to work very hard.

Come...let's take a walk.

You know when I was a kid I never liked... this fort or the climb.

Which other places did you like?

-Mulshi lake.

A friend of mine used to say... that's a poor man's Manasarovar.

Run George, run ...

Why...

It'll give you positive energy.

Are you sure?

Yes, I am sure.

Let blood run through those pampered corporate veins.

All right then...

Who is more corporate... You or me?

Well, soon I am going to be the monster... who's going to fire all the close friends...

So I think I pretty much be the epitome... of corporate-hood.

I don't think women are meant for restructuring.

I don't think it has to do anything with men or women.

It's just an attitude.

I just don't have the strength in me to do it.

You know if I had known that my job entails...

something like this I don't know... if I would have opted for this job.

Well at least women make good yoghurt.

George...

Yes...

How can you be so unemotional about your job?

You know I don't have a choice... Do I?

If I don't it, someone else will take my place.

Why did your mother call you?

She is trying to recreate my brothers life.

So every time she finds some information... that relates to him she calls me.

But anyway enough about me let's talk about you.

Why didn't you never get married?

Never found the right guy?

Don't you have anything else to ask me?

What's your ideal woman?

My ideal woman? Well, let's see well...

She should be a combination of Silk Smita...

Pamela Anderson, and a little bit of Mother Teresa thrown in for compassion.

It is hard to find out a woman like that nowadays you know.

Actually it's not that hard.

Think about trying to find a woman who's a combination of Silk Smitha...

...and Julia Roberts.

-Now that's hard to find! -Why?

They both have different

-One is 63... -And the other is 36.

You know I'm amazed that someone ...of your background never got married.

Well, my father was very keen to get me married.

And he even put an ad in the papers a couple of years ago.

I got some interesting replies.

But nothing much came of it.

And now I am officially above the marriageable age for Indian woman.

Well, its good to know at least you are not against it.

No, I am not against it.

So, tell me about this people you met for for this advertisement.

There were two guys I wrote to...

One was a corporate drone like you. But we didn't communicate at all...

And the other... ...he communicated too much.

Ironically enough I met him a year later.

Hello, this is in reply for an advertisement ...for your daughter, daughter of Pune settled doctors...

Gold medalist of Pune university, employed ...in a major publishing house in Pune.

My parents forwarded this ad to me and I thought of writing to you and introducing myself.

-What's up? -Oho.

I am Ravi.

My full name is Ravi Roy.

Today I turned 30.

I am the son of Ravi Nair and Mary Roy.

As you can understand from the names my father is a Hindu and mother a Christian.

We are from a small village called Kumarakom.

Probably the most beautiful village ...in our country.

Even our Prime Minister came here to rest his tired knees.

I don't think he got any better.

I have a younger brother. He's doing his MBA.

I am a post graduate in Environmental Engineering.

I do short projects for a living. And the rest of the time I travel.

I make a comfortable living. I am also a writer.

I drink, I smoke and I am a good cook.

I am not including my photo.

If you feel my education, professional qualifications and my family background...

makes me "qualified"...

...then write to me. - Ravi Roy.

Hello Ravi,

My name is Malathy.

The girl, or should I say one of the girls

...for whom an ad was placed.

I am writing this in response to your reply.

I live and work in Pune.

Both my parents are doctors.

I graduated with a BFA and currently I am a graphic designer working in a publishing house.

I am told that I am 'soooo nice'

And you know what they say Nice girls always finish last.

Well, I am working on that.

I am not very religious either. But I do feel going to a temple helps me put things in perspective sometimes.

I have a variety of friends.

Though they only amount to a handful in total.

Honestly I prefer having a few close friends whom I can trust.

I like to cook. And I am pretty good at it. But I am just too lazy.

I love this city. And I forgot to add...

I like to take long walks along the lake at night. And romantic dinners by the candlelight.

Just kidding. Sorry if I sounded like a personals ad.

Can you send me a photo? I can send you mine.

I hope you are well. Sincerely, Malathy Chandran.

Mr Nair

How was your sleep?

How long did I sleep?

About an hour.

Oh god.

You know...the Spanish sleep in the afternoons.

Really? They say its very productive.

Too bad the Indians don't believe in it. I think Goans also sleep in the afternoons.

They are usually the most happy.

Who do you think are the most unhappy?

I think probably the Gujaratis. They make the most money.

So, what were you up to?

You made me think of some people I have met. Long time ago.

What's your plan for dinner?

Nothing much. What do you want to do?

Anything. Don't care.

What do you want to eat? Anything edible.

That's easy. I will make you something.

Smells good.

Rarely do I come across... chicken curry cooked in coconut milk.

Where did you get the recipe from?

You know what... I really don't remember.

Do you cook?

Yes and no.

I wash the dishes after someone else cooks.

I want to burp.

I want to lick my fingers.

Don't waste food.

I haven't. There is nothing left in my plate.

Never waste food. Especially in India.

I am curious.

Me too. About what?

I am curious to all your... arranged marriage flings.

And I am curious to know what's in that packet.

May be we can read it together?

But first. Tell me about that man you met.

That was a really long time ago.

But when I think about it almost feels like yesterday.

Where did you meet him?

I started writing to him on an arranged marriage ad. And we became really good friends.

And we met a year later.

Friends? How can you be friends with someone you met for an arranged marriage?

I don't know. I guess it just happened that way.

He called me... but it just didn't work out.

So we said lets stay friends.

I know I completely screwed up when you phoned me.

I have this propensity for shooting my mouth off which constantly lands me in trouble.

I hope you are not offended.

And I apologize if any of my remarks left a bad taste.

Have you read essays of Arundhati Roy?

Hey...can I call you 'Malathykutty'?

Don't worry too much about the phone call.

I haven't read any of Arundhati Roy's essays.

I don't think I even know what they are about.

But it would be interesting... especially after reading her novel.

I haven't been doing much reading recently.

No you cannot call me Malathykutty. We are just friends.

I apologize for suggesting to call you Malathykutty.

Saw your photograph and thought of calling you what characters of Basheer would do.

I am never in my life going to call Malathy Malathykutty.

Later when you get married to someone you like I will ask him to call you Malathykutty.

I am sorry its been so long since I wrote to you. But my work has kept me very busy.

By the way I am still in the process of reading those articles you sent.

Thank you for letting me know that I made a good impression.

It's nice to hear that.

In this world of arranged marriages no one is impressed by anything less than a doctor, engineer, MBA or a computer programmer.

You never pissed me off. Well may be a little bit with that Malathykutty thing I admit.

You are a bright guy with lots of interests. And someone who pursues those interests...

...whether its reading, writing, travelling. That's impressive I think.

Thank you.

Thank you for wishing me well in a married life. Who knows when that will come for me?

I wish you the same.

You are doing a lot. Replying to my letters, being nice to everyone. Looking for someone to love...what a list!

You need a hug Malathy.

Life is what happens to you... when you are busy making other decisions.

I look forward to every letter you write. Yours, Ravi.

Dear Malathy...

Here's a secret recipe for a spicy but not hot chicken curry.

Resembles Thai cooking as it uses coconut milk.

Powder the following together.

Turmeric powder quarter teaspoon chilly powder half teaspoon coriander powder one teaspoon.

Cumin seed 1.5 teaspoons. Cloves five to six. Cardamom one.

Cinnamon sticks two to three. Clean the chicken pieces mix it with one table spoon of salt...

and two pieces of lime juice and keep it aside for half an hour.

Add the coconut milk and curry leaves heat oil in a thick bottomed vessel,

add chopped onion ginger garlic and green chillies and brown it. Add the powdered masala and fry it for a minute.

Add the chicken pieces and stir it till the juices from the pieces come out.

Cover and cook for about half an hour.

To impress ignoramuses you can garnish the otherwise fine curry with some leaves from the garden.

Malathy, if you visit me I can make you the above mentioned chicken curry and...

other exciting stuff like the oink oink pork curry where you marinate pork overnight.

Ravi.

So why did you not take it forward with this guy?

Somehow it wasn't possible to think of living with him.

But, I thought he made a good friend.

Hello. George. Did you read what I sent?

Amme I didnt get the time. I will read it tomorrow.

I want you to read something important. Its his will.

His will? Yes, give me your fax number.

I want to sent it to you.

Can't we do this after I come home?

No its important.

You read it right now.

OK, let me call you in one hour and I will give you my fax number.

My mother found his will.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

I don't know... I suppose people make wills all the time. Don't they?

My parents for instance have written and rewritten their wills may be twenty times.

The changes they make are small you know...

...like who should get the bicycle, text books the family albums etc.

Doesn't make any difference to me.

Look, I better go. I need to see what his will was.

Thank you.

Take care.

Hello George, this is Malathy. You seem to have left your packet here.

I was just wondering, do you mind if I read it?

Anyway, what are you going to do tomorrow?

Are you going meet your friend Amanullah Khan?

Driver saab, whats your name?

Sir, my name is Amanullah Khan

I am Ravi, Khanji

Sir, where are you from?

-Saab, my parents came from Kabul forty years back. -OK.

- So your family is here? - Yes sir. They are here.

Wife, two girls...

the eldest is 15 years and... the second is 12 years. Very naughty girls.

Tell me something... is married life good or bad?

Married life depends on your wife...

with whom you are sharing your life.

Did you feel anytime if you were not marrying it would have been better?

Even if I feel so for one moment...

the next second I remember the faces of my girls and I get very happy.

Do you want to meet them?

- Now? Will it take long? - No sir, only 10 minutes, we are very close.

If I go late the first day for work they may think I am not interested.

But thats ok...lets go.

Shehnaz...

- Abbajaan, can you buy me a pen? - I will bring you one evening. - Don't forget.

Accept, my child.

Please accept.

- Excuse me sir. - Yes.

- Do you work in this publishing house? - I do.

- Is the tie mandatory sir? - Unfortunately yes. Except on Fridays.

- Sir, can you help me out - Sure, no probs.

Do you know where this fellow Zaid Ahmed sits?

I am Zaid Ahmed.

- And you're? - I'm Ravi Roy, sir. - Aah...the editing consultant.

Well I do hope you don't find your work too knotty.

And...

finish it on time.

Yes...actually I had ....

Hello, Malathy Chandran speaking.

Hello Miss Malathy Chandran. How are you?

I am ok.

Can you recognize my voice?

Your voice sounds familiar but I am sorry I can't place it.

Yeah, it is quite sometime since we spoke.

I am Ravi, Ravi Roy.

- Ravi. How are you? - I am fine. Guess where I am?

I don't know.

I am close to you.

Close to me?

Yes, very close to you.

You are here. In this building? In this office.

Yes, divine intervention, act of god.

I'm on the fifth floor and you're in the sixth floor.

I arrived in the city today morning for a short project and realized that.

- So when are we meeting? - Today, for lunch.

Great, so what are we going to have for lunch?

Well, that depends. What do you want to eat?

I feel like having a roast camel stuffed with a roast goat stuffed with a roast chicken stuffed with boiled eggs.

What!

Yes. And I want an apple in the camel's mouth. You can have the apple if you want.

Thank you that's very generous. OK, I'll find a place.

- You want one more? - Not for me.

- Have you been to Mulshi Lake? - Yes, when I was very small.

- How about going now? - Now?

- Can't we go later? - See, I am here only for a week. Last days will be very tight.

So, I can escape only today.

What are you going to tell them at work?

I'll lie.

Will they believe you? They know I dont lie. So they will believe.

And how often do you lie?

I am very honest. I am very honest about my lying.

- So what are you doing here? - I'll tell you later.

I don't know whom I saw this morning. He or she is sure to get a vadapav and a tight hug.

Do you know something? I dont believe in god.

That will be a problem for my parents.

- What? - Never mind.

I think I might start believing.

Really? Why?

- This visit was so unexpected. - I had plans to go to Himalayas. - Himalayas? Why Himalayas?

A, because if we don't go now Indian government and the tourists from Europe and America will destroy the mountains.

B, either Pakistan or China will atom bomb it

and C, I wanted to be a Sanyasi for some time in this life of mine

A sanyasi. You? I can't believe it.

Tell me something... Why is it so important for you to see me?

Malathy, we decided to be friends.

The letter that you received was the first and last letter I ever wrote on response to an advertisement.

- Really? - Yeah.

We talked on the phone. I liked you.

But I have this tendency of shooting my mouth off and you decided to stop.

But still we remained friends.

I was saying in the back of my mind that I'll see you sometime.

And it so happened that someone from Pune called me to edit some environmental engineering books...

I arrived this city this morning realized you worked here.

- And so now I believe in this unknown spirit called god...seventy five percent. - Yes, well its a strange coincidence.

Yes, well its a strange coincidence.

Don't you see something more to it?

- Something more? Like what? - Never mind. You want to have some yoghurt?

- Yeah... - Come on

- How much for a pair? - Ten rupees.

- Oh. Wow. Super. - Thank you.

- It is strange a girl like you opted for arranged marriage. - Why?

Look at you, in this big city, with lots of friends, successful in job...

...and smart, educated, beautiful.

I dislike my job.

Infact I wish I could do something else but the options are just so limited.

I will have to study more, but... these pressures to get married.

- What's wrong your job? - Designing text books till I retire it is not exactly the most exciting prospect.

Why? You dont like being an artist?

Ravi, all designers are not artists.

I mean I could stay in my current job and climb up the corporate ladder become vice president or something, but...

I think about it I dont think... that's what I really want to do.

Then what do you want to do in your life?

I don't know. I need to find out.

But I certainly dont want to be this when I am thirty.

You know I hope I change something about my life by then.

Started to study more, move to a new city.

You know sometimes I work sixteen hours a day.

- I am lucky. I charge per hour. - How much do you make?

I dont work every day. So it varies. But I get free time. So I write.

Why dont you get married?

Yes, I should get married.

How old are you? I am twenty eight.

- That's ok, see I am 30 and not yet married. - Its different for men.

What's different for men?

- You know the clock? - What clock? - Biological clock.

What biological clock?

Once women reach the age of thirty their chances of screwing up their pregnancy increase.

Aah that clock!

No, you are wrong.

See my mother had me and my brother after she was thirty.

Of course we're screwed up. But this clock is not the reason for that.

Ravi, what are you doing?

I am going to take a bath.

You can't take a bath! Its prohibited over here. And look It's raining.

- So what. - Are you mad? Please stop it. Stop it right now.

- Come on, take a dip. - No.

It will change your life... you can be a new woman.

No.

Why? You dont know swimming?

Its easy. Come on I'll teach you.

Why do you say no to everything? Please say yes for a change.

I am saying No because I have nothing to change into.

Why? I'm swimming in my underwear. You have probably the same stuff plus a bra.

Learn swimming and wash away your sins.

We are in poor mans Manasarovar...

Are you shy?

- No, I am not shy. - Then what? - I just don't want to swim with you.

Do you hate me?

No.

Great. The you love me.

I am a new man now.

New men are always naked.

I am going to be naked, turn around.

- I am cold. - Who told you to jump into the lake?

- Do you know what James Bond will do now? - No.

He will say we have to share body warmth.

Please give me a hug. He will say we have to share body warmth.

Please give me a hug.

- It will be the shortest hug in the history of mankind. Just ten seconds. - No.

What about a five second hug?

Forget it. You don't believe in James Bond. I'll be cold.

- Where do you stay? - The biggest hotel in the city.

Where do you live? Close to the university.

- You would be paying a high rent. - Sort of.

You pay a huge amount for a small apartment.

You dont have any savings.

So you cannot think of... not working for some time. Can you?

And you are too independent to milk your doctor parents.

But I like you.

Malathy. Run. Come on.

Come on Malathy. Run. Run.

Why?

Let the blood rush through your pampered corporate veins. Come on run!

No, I am not running.

Believe me it will give you lot of positive energy. Come on run.

Independent women dont run. They walk.

So soft her hair. What shampoo do you use?

Hey...what shampoo do you use?

The cheapest. The one that's on sale.

- Who cuts your hair? - My friend does that.

- Will your friend cut my hair? - No.

- Can I call you Malathykutty? - No, you may not.

I don't like you calling me names how many times I have told you that. Why do you keep calling me Malathykutty?

You are overreacting.

No, I am not overreacting. I dont like you calling me Malathykutty. Why don't you understand that?

Do you know wild Indian dance?

- What? - Do you know wild Indian dance?

Malathy, have you seen Ravi?

I don't know.

Ravi...

Hello Malathy.

What are you doing here? How did you find my place?

I've come with gifts. Finding your place is easy. It is on the internet.

- I can't accept these gifts. - Why?

I just can't. That's it.

See...you work on computers the whole day.

Your eyesight is getting affected. Goat is good. It gives fresh milk. Goat's milk is good for eyes.

And the parrot will give you company.

I don't need company.

- You stay alone. So parrot is welcome. And parrots dont need much food. - I don't need your parrot or your goat.

A small goat is easy to manage.

Ravi please. I don't want your gifts.

Hello, this is Malathy Chandran. I am unavailable right now. Please leave a message after the tone...

- and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Malathy this is Ravi. I want to meet you before I go tomorrow. Can you please call me.

Please call me. Thank you.

What happened to you? Why are you not calling me back?

Can I speak to Malathy Chandran please?

She's not in. May I take a message?

That will be great. Please tell her that Ravi Roy had called.

- Ravi Roy. - May I know who's on the line? - Rafey.

Hello Sir. How are you?

I am OK. Can I take a couple of minutes of your time?

Please go ahead.

And, how are things progressing Ravi?

Good. Quite good. There are lot of changes to be made.

So some chapters are going slow, some chapters are going fast.

Ravi I need to know are there any disturbances or problems for you here.

No

Well there is an issue about you.

Issue. About me sir?

Well, you do come very highly recommended.

We were told that you are the best person for the job.

And I do agree, I think you are the best.

Nice to hear that. I hope I lived up to those expectations.

But there has been complaints against you that you are too slow.

Too slow. See I am trying to work as fast as possible.

Ravi you've been here three days.

And you've given us twelve out of thirty chapters.

Let me remind you have only two days left and that includes today.

Mr Zaid, as I explained before some chapters go fast some chapters go slow.

The chapters I am working on now they require heavy corrections.

Rest of them are going to go really fast.

Well I just wanted to remind you that your contract expires tomorrow.

Any work left over you will have complete at your own cost.

We cannot afford to pay for more than five days expenses.

I know, you will get everything by tomorrow evening Sir.

I do hope so Ravi.

Ravi...what are you doing here?

I left messages on your machine you didnt call. I thought you were avoiding me.

I was in a meeting. I didnt really get any of your messages.

I didn't know that. Can we meet today sometime?

Ravi I am really busy. I don't think its going to be possible.

It's important I am leaving today.

OK. Just for a quick coffee in the evening.

I am sorry to come to your office like that.

Yeah, I was shocked.

And why did you leave that parrot? And why did you leave that parrot?

I thought of setting it free but then I took a chance.

Listen I lied.

You lied? About what?

I am not leaving today Its only day after.

Why did you do that?

I thought you won't see me.

You know what will my friends say if they knew I was seeing someone like you.

What will they say?

Give me your hand. I want to hold it.

No. I don't trust you.

You don't trust me? Why?

Just. I don't trust you.

OK. Forget that.

We met a year ago.

Yes. Time flies.

- You didn't get married to anyone. - True

I didn't get married.

True.

By twist of fate I ended up in the same building as you are.

Its not twist of fate

its divine intervention.

I met you on an arranged marriage. I always wished I had met you otherwise.

Why?

When you meet someone for an arranged marriage it is bloody calculations without emotions.

You have to play the nicest guy around. No one speaks the truth.

It is your wealth, the share certificates, the number of cows.

You are right.

I know I should not hurry up on important matters like the one I am going to talk about now...

But since I am leaving there is no choice.

Can you rethink about the decision you made about me?

No

I don't want you to rush and and arrive to a conclusion.

But I want you to think.

I want you to give me a chance.

No Ravi. I can't.

I can't say 'Yes I'll think about it' and then say 'no' later.

I know this is not the way to do it.

But my life in this city is ending in couple of days.

I believed for a second you liked me and you could think of me as more than a friend.

I believed that the fact I met you after so many months was a sign

a sign for something good.

No Ravi.

I've made up my mind.

What are you planning to do?

Move on with my life I guess.

Why dont you try to learn more about me?

You ask me any questions. I will give you an honest answer.

Those answers will be honest from your perspective.

I know what you mean

I'll sugar-coat the answer to please you. But just ask.

No. This is not going to work.

What? What questions do you want me to ask you? Like you have mental illnesses in your family?

My family doesn't.

May be I do.

I am sorry.

Look, after all these years I have met someone with whom I can relate hundred percent.

I am not the nicest person around. But I am not the worst either.

I made a decision.

And in the past whenever I've given my decisions a second chance its always turned out to be a bad experience.

It cannot happen all the time. This time it will be different.

Yes.

What's troubling you? Is it something I did? Is it something I didn't do?

Do you have any idea what is going in my mind?

No I don't have an idea.

Where did I go wrong.

How can I be misguided?

I saw it in your eyes you liked me.

Its not going to work.

You know what

It took me eight months of friendship and

an outside chance of luck to meet you.

One or two words or something I did screwed everything.

Come on. Lets part.

What's the time? I don't know. It must be seven.

So at seven this day we become complete strangers again.

I wish you all the best.

Do you want it to be like that? I wish you all the best.

I wish you all the best.

He left the city for good. I didn't know whether I was feeling good or bad about him.

He probably loved me. But I just hope he understands that I didn't have the same feelings.

True we were friends for almost a year. True we met by a twist of fate.

But doesn't mean I have to fall in love with him.

You can't force yourself to fall in love with somebody.

He started to write. Long letters. Some were funny. The first few I read.

I dont have an idea you read these letters? But I do believe you read.

Personal sacrifices. Are they troubling you?

Are you worried over the insane amount of adjustments for living with someone?

Any type of adjustments for you will be zero. You do whatever you want, wherever you want, go for a job if you like it, don't go for a job if you don't like.

Why I wrote the above? Well, I remember you talking about the fact that you want to work even if you dont really like the work.

I would be very happy to keep home for a corporate high flying woman.

I can give good foot massages after you come home from board room battles with lame managers.

Why dont you study? I can easily make a living for both of us.

Study in east India, west India, south India, north India, North East India, Antartica - wherever you want.

Study computer science and go places. Study law, you can be a good lawyer.

Remember how you shot down my arguments for marrying me.

Study literature and read Tagore for me. Study animal husbandry. Then you can easily control me.

I've realized why I hopelessly pursue you.

Of all the wonderful women I met you were the most non-pretentious, real and straightforward.

True that I am glorifying all the positives to flatter you

but the positives far outweigh any negatives you may have.

How can I not fall in love

Ravi, I really don't know what to say.

I believe that what you feel for me Ravi is true in the sense that you truly feel it.

It may or may not be love. Not to sound too cliché but time really does heal all wounds.

Also, I am sure that you will find someone deserving of you.

I am not saying I deserve anyone or anything better or worse than you.

I just cant return your feeling.

I don't think we should keep contact for a while because I think that it is like sustaining an unhealthy feeling.

I wish you well in all you do now and always.

I don't think I should reply to any more.

I looked for Malathy everywhere. Wherever I went I looked for her face in the crowd. I looked for her smile.

My searches went futile. But one day I did find her.

- What's the name of the elephant? - Malathy.

A little bit fat Malathy with a dark complexion.

Not exactly like the one described in her father's advertisement. But of the same personality.

Someone who wants to be loved.

I told her to cut down on some of the food and exercise a little bit.

Malathy was strong.

She did have peculiar habits. She was a rebel.

She never cared for what people might think and peed and shat everywhere.

But I loved her.

I realized I was not wrong when I told Malathy I might be mad.

Me, Ravi Roy, son of Ravi Nair and Mary Roy donates all the savings to Malathy of Guruvayoor temple.

So I request my family to sell the personal items of mine not useful for Malathy

and give her in form of bananas and sharkkara.

Ravi Roy

I am Ravi. My full name is Ravi Roy.

Yes. Yes, you've heard it right, Malathy. Malathy.

I liked the way she wrote.

She was neat, clean, meticulous.

She had send a photograph of hers.

She had a melancholic but a sweet smile.

Beautiful hands, folded. I wanted to hold those hands.

God she was...she was shapely!

I thought I better get in shape, just in case we meet.

So I started, started swimming everyday in the river next to my village.

One day I swam so much that I ended up in the village next to mine.

On my underwear.

I wrote her this. I took five full hours to write her a reply.

I attached a bank statement you know just for the effect.

I also wrote her that I've quit my job because my increments and my promotions were becoming more certain for last few years.

And you know certainty makes life stagnant.

She called me immediately after she received my letter

We spoke on the phone and it ended.

She should have at least met me once before she said no.

She didn't.

We remained friends though, as she wished.

We wrote to each other once in a while.

Days passed, months passed.

Then I decided to go to the Himalayas.

I always wanted to go to Manasarovar and disappear you know.

The day before I was to go I received

an offer for a small assignment.

I said no. They said it was good money, I said no.

They said all expenses paid. I said no.

They said it's for a publishing house in Pune, I said..what

Yes. I said yes.

Divine intervention, act of god.

I love you god.

I went to Pune. We met. We talked. We spoke to each other.

And Malathy, I knew I was in love.

Hi Malathy, I know what I am doing is wrong. I should not behave like this.

You politely told me you don't want to hear from me. I should have respected that. But I can't.

You were so happy till I told you I liked you.

I believed for a second you liked me.

Dear Malathy I have decided on where I have to be.

I am going to look for Indians.

I will travel all over the world. I will visit Macchu Picchu and dance with the Indians.

I will go to the Indians in North America. I am an Indian. I am their long lost cousin.

I will go back in time and hunt for white men who are coming to occupy us.

When I am tired I will settle in Manasarovar.

- Amme - Have you read it? - No I am just going to get it right now.

Why is it so important? Do you know any Malathy he is writing about?

No, I don't know any Malathy of Guruvayoor Dewaswom.

May I take a minute of your time? Sure. Please sit down.

And how's work your work progressing?

Good. I should be able to make a presentation this evening.

George, there is an issue.

An issue. About me?

No no. Not about you at all.

Henceforth you will report to me.

- But what about Malathy? - Malathy has sent in her resignation.

- Resigned? - She seemed to be very unhappy about the restructuring program we have for the organization.

- Did the two of you have any problems? - No. None whatsoever.

It was very professional.

- Any idea where she went? - She mentioned going to Manasarovar.

Do you know what that means?

No. No idea.

May be she went to meet an old friend or something.

Friend. In Manasarovar?

Highly unlikely. Its a lake up in the Himalaya.

Anyway, we had an emergency meeting.

We have decided to change the initial plan of restructuring.

- What changes? - The management has decided to scrap Malathy's department.

- Is there a problem? - No, no problem.

Good. If you need anything let me know.

I forgot to mention.

Malathy made a request that Rafey be made vice president.

But since we are scrapping the whole department I dont think her request needs to be entertained.

Do you want yoghurt?

I don't want.

What about one? Just one.

Where's your friend?

I am tempted.

If I were a Yakuza, I would be tempted to cut my little finger and present you as a token of friendship and loyalty.

I am tempted to send you a fax. That would be horrible.

Imagine getting a fax in the office with 'I Love You' statements all over.

I am tempted to ask when I get blank calls - Hey is it you?

I am tempted to bribe Indian politicians to pass a bill in the parliament to ban arranged marriages.

I am tempted to ask Bush to use weapons of mass destruction against, against god

The reason behind all this mess. Iraq and USA, terrorists, football hooligans, blank CDs, poverty, happiness, sadness...

You me.

I am tempted to believe in Buddhism to resist all the temptations.

That's a bad omen.

You make a wish if a stone falls just take another one and put it back on the top.

- Excuse me. - Yes.

Do you know where Manasarovar is?

Yes. Its far away.

But why do you want to go there?

I am looking for a friend.

People don't live there. Only souls do.