happy hours - tragicomedy, an act

Scene I - firangi sahibs in town, call meeting @ 17:00 hrs (expected to end in an hour) expectations are met (ironically) and meeting ends around 18:45 hrs. Love Letters stands cancelled.

J appears, reappears !

Plan is hatched.

Scene II - two adjacent booths. a single mother with two children in left booth. two men in right booth. they never interact. left booth in darkness.

snatches -

A - mohabbat ki baatien mat kar dost, how bout cricket?
J - Nirvana is accomplished when you unknowingly slip into it ... etc etc

...





A - kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayal aata hai,
... amaanat hai




phone rings, its H from mumbai, talks to J, J then gives phone to A ...

H (VO) - aap toh bambai aa rahe the
A - bhai, koi naukri to milley
H - aapke liye to prithvi kaafi hai
A - miyan, roti bhi to khaani hai!




etc etc.

profound !!

The end