THE FINAL PIECE(CHAPTER
ONE-PART ONE)
THE DAY WAS VERY LONG FOR ME.ONCE AGAIN A JOBLESS DAY.NOW I
AM 25.STILL JOBLESS.STUDING WITHOUT ANY REASON.IN WORD A COMPLETE FAILURE AMONG
MY FRIENDS,RELATIVES,AND OTHER SO CALLED WELL WISHERS.ACTUALLY THEY DON’T HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH ME THAT I AM NOT GETTING A JOB.THEY HAVE PROBLEMS BECAUSE I AM
NOT KNEELING DOWN IN FRONT OF THEM ,NOT RAISING MY HANDS FOR BEGGING.AND
CERTAINLY NOT ASKING LIKE A CRY BABY”OH MY MESSIAH,PLEASE GIVE ME A JOB”.WELL.LET
THEM SAY.I DON’T REALLY HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THEM.IF I HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH
ANYONE.THAT IS WITH MYSELF.
OH SORRY,ACTUALLY BEFORE STARTING TO DISTURBING YOU WITH MY
BIG BIG PROBLEMS.LET ME TELL YOU WHO I AM.WELL FIRST OF ALL I AM A NO ONE.BUT
STILL THIS NO ONE HAS A NAME.A SMALL FAMILY,A COMPLICATED LOVE LIFE AND
CERTAINLY.A BIG PROBLEM WITH A VERY UNSETTLED FUTURE.LETS ASSUME MY NAME IS SOME.I
AM AN INDIAN.MORE TO SAY A BENGALI.AND IN OUR BENGALI DIALECT ‘SOME’ DOESNOT
MEAN SOMETHING,IT MEANS THE MOON.AND AS LIKE MONN THIS SOME DON’T HAVE AN EARTH
TO ROTATE AROUND.MEANS,THERE IS NO BIG BACKING AVAILABLE FOR ME.SO EVEN AFTER
QUALIFIENG FOR THE FINAL STAGES IN DIFFERENT JOBS,I HAVE FAILED.
I KNOW,YOU ARE GETTING BORED.SO WAS I TILL TODAY.BUT
SUDDENLY EVERYTHING CHANGED.THIS IS WHERE OUR STORY BEGAN.I AM A RESIDENT OF A
SMALL TOWN IN WEST BENGAL.BUT YESTERDAY I HAD COME TO KOLKATA,THE METROPLITAN
CITY OF WEST BENGAL.FOR ANOTHER INTERVIEW WHICH AS USUAL I HAVE FAILED.SO IT
WAS THE TIME TO BACK HOME.I TOOK THE LAST BUS FROM KARUNAMOYEE BUS STAND
STRAIGHT BACK TO BANKURA.MY HOME TOWN.IT WAS AROUND 5 O’CLOCK IN THE EVENING
AND BECAUSE THE SEASON WAS WINTER NOT A BIG CROWD WAS IN THE BUS.ACTUALLY THERE
IS A TRADITION IN WEST BENGAL TRANSPORTATION TO HAVE BIG RUSH IN THE
LAST BUS OR TRAIN.BUT FORTUNATELY THE BUS WAS ALMOST EMPTY.HARDLY TEN TO
FIFTEEN PASSANGERS WAS IN THE BUS WAITING FOR THE JOURNEY TO BE STARTED.I TOOK
MY TICKET FROM THE COUNTER,GET ON THE BUS.THE BACKSEATS WERE EMPTY.SO I TOOK A
BACK WINDOW SEAT AND RELAXED A BIT AFTER A LONG HECTIC DAY.
THOUGH IT WAS WINTER STILL I OPENED THE GLASS WINDOW A BIT
TO HAVE SOME FRESH AIR.THERE WAS NO ONE SITTING ASIDE ME SO I NEED NOT TO
EXPLAIN THE CAUSE OF WINDOW OPENING.AND ALSO THERE WAS NO ONE WHO CAN SHOUT AT
ME.BUS STARTED,WITH A PLEASANT JERKING I WAS IN SLEEPY MOOD.IT WAS 15 TO 20
MINUTES SINCE WE LEFT KOLKATA,SUDDENLY THE BUS BRAKED VERY HARD.A SUDDEN RUSH
OF ADRENALINE CAME FROM THE SPINAL CHORD.I WAKE UP.AND JUST THEN I MSAW A MAN SITING ASIDE ME.HE WAS IN
BLACK JACKET.WARING A BLACK CAP.AND A HANKY WAS TIGHTLY BOUND WITH HIS
MOUTH.THE ONLY THING THAT WAS VISIBLE WAS THE PAIR OF GREENISH EYE.THE MAN WAS
STARING AT ME.AND THEN HE SAID IN A UNCANNY VOICE”OH HELLO SOME,GLAD YOU WAKE
UP.”[TO BE CONTINUED….]
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