While I was in london this summer I asked my friends to play a game on mails called story-telling where each would pick up a story where the other left and so on.
This turned out to be so much fun, so I just thought of posting it here for nostalgia (but only is comments section as it was quite long :)
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Hey!
I was thinking of starting a mail-game called story-telling!!!
As the name suggests its a simple game with simple rules and needless to say simply fun...
- Everyday one of us will write a piece of a story, just a para or two(and not few lines!)
- Next day someone else will pick up the thread and continue the story...
- Each day a minimum of one mail should be posted except holidays
- Though you'll write in english, you are free to use lingo, hindi, punjabi etc
- you can make the story tragic, romantic, scary, funny whatever you want - its your story afterall
- you can always comment on anyone's posts but would get a chance to post only once a cycle
that's what I have in mind, please feel free to comment or suggest your views...
Now, send me a mail by tmrw noon confirming whether you want to be part of the game or not! (now that India is out of world-cup I except everyone would be eager to play this exciting and fun game rather than watch tv)
Hoping for your yes's and I'll start the game by writing the first thread tmrw!!
Cheers, D
As promised - here's the first post:-
Those were the days!!! we were a group of 5 in 12th standard. We were teenagers and our dreams touching sky. Everything around us was just fun and enjoyment. We were free like birds and used to enjoy a lot. The group of 5 , a very naughty group. Me, Sonu, Gauri, kajal and Amit.
Five of us were bullies. We were very proud rather over proud of our group.
Now, Gauri had a friend Anjali (or Angii as I like to call her) . She was in our class. A cute and sweet girl. I did not know her much. She was quite tall and with above average looks. Her way of talking and way of conduct was charming. I knew that she was there in class but except that I didn't knew anything about her. One thing more Amit-the-dabbu has huge crush on her. So he was our target whenever we couldn't find anybody to bully.
We all were in non medical section. There is one subject that has choice like psychology and Physical Education. In my group it was only me who had taken fine arts rest all were in Phy Ed.
One day when I came after attending my psychology class I saw my group laughing like anything and making fun of Dabbu. It was ourr break time. I asked "Hey guys whats happening?". I was really jealous of this part, as I missed lot of fun my group use to have in Phy Ed class. Then I was told that Anjali has told Dabbu to talk alone as he wanted to discuss someting. "oooooooo......wwww........." was my reaction. Dabbu was so nervous. We all were so excited.
PART - 2 (Rens)
And, Dabbu seemed to be terrified . He was shivering like anything and was scared much as if Angii has asked him to directly jump into fire . But guys , tell you one secret here . I was also jealous of him then. Imagine Amit – the real Dabbu and Anjali – The pretty girl . No match. Anways , she missed a chance to be with a smart hunk . Who ? Me Yaar , who else . Joking :) .
I know Grapes were sour for me at that time.
Hey , forgot to tell you about me. My name is Rahul and I study rather enjoy in Somerville Public School here in the beautiful Shimla . Its is among the best schools in India. All of my group mates except Dabbu are from Shimla only .I ,Sonu and gauri are together in this school from Nursery Day 1. Dabbu joined us in Class IV th .and Kaajal in V th .You know , non – shimlains were not allowed in our group as a part of our group’s rules chart. Now , how came this Dabbu ? what is this Rules Chart? etc. etc. that’s also a interesting story . You will know more about us as I open more pages of my story. So guys, lets walk together into my amazing world and enjoy!!
- RENS
Part -3 (San)
Dabbu is in dilemma of either going to meet Angii or not,so after getting alot of encouragment from us and lessons how to respond in different situations,he is now ready to meet her in the evening at RIDGE in front of Christ Church.
Fist let me describe about Dabbu,Why he is in our group against the rules and then abt what happens in the Shimla Summit as we name it.Have Some Patience
Dabbu is a shy person and hesitate or i say he has some fear to say his ideas.He is good in studies and having very child looks.He has not many friends either u find him with us or alone.In our group he is the one who is always at the receiving end.But still he laughs a lot and i have not seen him getting irritated.
He is in school Cricket team because of his hard hitting and poor fielding.One more thing about he is my best friend during exam days as i depends fully on his notes to clear papers.
- San
Part -4 (Naren)
Hey my uncle's niece Vinee is Sajjus best friend. Vinee have been sajju's best mate since his 5th birthday. Sajju, commonly known as SAJ to everybody, has got a bicycle on his 5th birthday. He was not knowing riding the bi-cycle and hit vinee directly. Vinee was new to this Shimla. Since then they have enjoyed the every ride together.
Now Agnii, the sajjus long time girlfriend, has called up dabbu. Sajju is an year junior to dabbu and they have a cricket match between 11th and 12th standard. So yy agnii has called dabbu....you must be hearing soon .
- Naren
Part -5 (Rens)
Finally , big time is about to arrive . Dabbu is all set to meet Angii. He was wearing new blue shirt which we all gifted him on his birthday along with black trouser . He seemed to be nervous but still managed to look handsome. His words were breaking and he asked me -
Dabbu : Rolla Polla ( as he used to call me ) , I am horrified !!!! I just don't know how I will be able to utter a single word in front of Angii . I will be dead , man!!!
Me : Dabbu , don't look like a horror film . The day is yours and Angii would also be yours today ,my dabblu .
Dabbu : Rolla Polla , don't tease me . Okie , tell me what would happen to Saj then . He must be fuming on Angii. .
Me: Looks like, there is some tension going on between Angii and Saj , due to Vinee. As Vinee likes Saj a lot . I really don't know what Angii found out in Saj , her junior . She should have taken some thought . I think she has realised her blunder now and that's why she is coming to you . My Dabbu , now don't be a dabba in front of her .
Dabbu , sometimes back you liked Kajal also . Am I right ?
Dabbu - Yeah , I did . But ...
Me- What but ? Now Angii. What's that ?
Dabbu - Forget it . Okie Man , time for me to go .I should reach before her . You please pray for me .
Me - Yeah , I will . All the best !!!!
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Dabbu is there at RIDGE at 4: 30 pm , half an hour before the scheduled time. He is praying for everything to be fine and also waiting eagerly for Angii to come . Time is moving .
Its 5 : 15 pm , but there seems no signs of Angii..
Dabbu ( Thinking)- Seems like Angii is fooling me . Nahh .. she cann't . I have heard girls usually make guys to do a lot of wait .So she must be on the way .
Time moving .......
Hey , Dabbu can see Angii from a distance.
On my God , She looks fairy today . She has never looked so prettier . She is wearing Blue Jeans , the one she worn on Annual Day . Ah, I was surprised at my memory . Blue Jeans is finely matched with a Red top which is embroidered with a golden thread . Oh , she looked amazing in that outfit . I could see she has put a lot of stuff on her face , but just don't know what it was . Rolla Polla was always better with all these things :)
Angii - ( Screaming from a distance ) Hi Amit ..
Dabbu - Hi Angii ( His words were fluttering)..
- Rens
Part -6 (Me!)
Now, an intelligent baddie that I am! I had hidden myself just behind the bridge close to which Angii and Dabbu were meeting. How can I let such an opportunity to hear exciting stuff pass away! I knew dabbu wont tell us all the things that would happen between him and angii besides even though angii was sajji's gf, I still wanted to know everything about her. I could never understand it and probably never even tried to find out also.
From where I was standing, I could only see angii's feet. She was wearing black sandal with a small beautiful anklet chain in her left feet. God! She's has her own class! But, how stupid of me! I'm observing such things about girls. And suddenly, angii's sweet voice disturbed my self-pity chain of thoughts and I tuned my ears to their conversation.
Angii - Oh! Amit! You know how long I was trying to talk to you. I want to say some things to you. Please don't mind, I'm being so open to you. You always seem like a really really nice guy to me.
Dabbu - Oh!
I'm sure stupid dabbu must be having his mouth open at this point of time as well as his eye bulging out completely. I wished I could also see her speaking! When Angii speaks she makes a lot animated gestures with her hands and pulls back her hair from her forehand time to time, which looks lovely to say the least! But, what I was listening was super interesting, so had to remain in this hidden place.
Angii - well, how do I start? There are so many things I want to say to you. But, I want that you take everything in right way.
Dabbu - don't worry Angii! I'm your friend, I'm listening patiently.
(Whoa! This from our own dabbu, cant believe it. So, our teaching indeed had some effect on him, pretty decent effect! He's going great guns, I thought. )
Angii - thanks amit! I knew you'll be helpful. You are good guy, thats why I'm worried about you.
Dabbu - worried about me?
Angii - well, the thing is that you are having a cricket match tomorrow with sajji.
Dabbu - yeah! But, whts there to worry!
Anggi - hmm, sajji's been very upset with me lately and I'm sure he's going to vent out all his frustration on you. So, he might bowl some pretty nasty deliveries towards you for which I'm worried!
Dabbu - I don't understand it, why will he try to hit me.
Angii - you don't understand, amit!
Dabbu - yeah! I don't understand at all
(Neither do I understand anything! Angii had always seen like a perfectly sane girl to me so far! Lagta hai sajji ke saath rahkar uska dimag kharab ho gaya hai. I know, sajji is not the right guy for angii)
Angii - well, I think I'll have to tell you everything, besides I need your help also anyways. So, the thing is - I like your friend Rahul and I don't how it happened I said it once before sajji after which he's become kindov mad. And I think he might hit you coz you are a close friend of Rahul. And, If you don't mind, umm..can you please introduce me to Rahul!
(I cant believe what I just heard! ANGII LIKES ME!! Oh! Lord! This is unbelievable! I knew there was going to be some really exciting stuff in their meeting but had never imagined it could be this way! )
- DS
Part -7 (San)
I want to see the face expressions of both of them....
After hearing this from Angii,I lost in my ideas and then i dont know on what else they talk.When i get back from my ideas they are gone........No body is there ....
So I run back towards Hostel Room.I am now busy with future strategy as How i respond when tomorrow Dabbu tell me abt this ???What are going to be my expressions and reaction so that no body feels that i know it already....
At present My mind is full of thoughts,imaginations and feeling top of the world.But then a thought came in my mind and it makes me a little worried,thought abt Dabbu.How he is feeling at present,the girl he loves doeen't love him and more ironically she loves me...
Now i start feeling a little uncomfortable and start thinking is it right to accept Angii love???Am i not betraying my friend???What are effects on our group if i accepted her love????
So i am in a very confused what to do.In night pray to god,leave it upto god.
So it is a new morning and let see what the day brings for me today.I try to behave as this is a normal day and everything is cool.As soon as i enters the playground to watch the match Sonu came to me and tell that Dabbu wants to talk abt something to all now ,and all are waiting for me.So i and sonu go to him and rest all are already there.
- San
Part -8 (Naren)
I was trying to pretend normal...everyone in the group seemed to be so eager... and why they should not be . Our dear dabbu was going to tell about angiii , the current hot topic of our group!!!
Although i was pretending well but at times I overacted and tried to be too sympathetic to dabbu ...but noone seemed to notice either..as whole group was too excited to pay attention to anything other than dabbu..
And Dabbu was wearing a big smile on his face and was holding a polybag in one hand . He was wearing his track suit as he will be soon going to play match .
I was unable to understand how Dabbu is able to bear this shock and manage to smile . Poor Guy !!! but I wanted to do the least for him at this time.
I was so delighted with yesterday's episode that before dabbu would disclose anything, I ordered samosa and zehar(we used to call cold drink as zehar) for the group. Everybody was sitting in a circle centred at dabbu...having zehar cannes in their hand ....
Our dabbu finished his cold drink before any one else have managed to take more than two sips....and then he said
" Guys...I am in seventh heaven today .My throat is choking...I wanna to tell you everything but don't know where to start from?
I interrupted him and asked " ....so you met with your dream girl yesterday?
Dabbu...." ahhhhhhhhh....yesssss mannnn !!!! I met.her . You know I really got to see her ...guys, devil promise, she was looking brutally beautiful..."
This is the way dabbu used to tell his words....i do not know what the devil promise is...and shd it be kept..
Dabbu continued..."Frenz, she was dressed in red to kill me.... From 1 feet distance she looks awesome !!!! More beautiful than what we have seen her so far..Her smell can make anyone crazy.
Gauri and Kaajal seem to be little embarrassed with what Dabbu was describing.
And I was surprised and speechless and looking all the time at Dabbu as if he is speaking some foreign language.
Before he could go into more details , Gauri interrupted him ..." dabbu u have a match today...just be a bit fast n let us know what she said to you...."
"yes yes arnii..i really forgot about match" said dabbu. we used to say gaurii as arnii, because she is sooo thin that even Arnold can not dare to have one to one with her.
Dabbu continued - Yeah , I need to rush for our team meeting in another 15 mins....Hey , Angiii has said that she considers me a very good friend of her and wanna to have friendship with me...she wanna to be part of our group...and .. and she also told that sajj is going to target me in today's match as he is jealous of me.."
and then he showed that gift wrap(poly bag).....it was a perfume and a pink rose..." this is what she has presented me..i was such a stupid that i didnt take nything for her..." , Dabbu told breathlessly.
This all made me pretty much confused.... the zehar was looking almost a zehar to me....i was not able to swallow any sip of it...this was the bittermost shock of my life..i was confused that if i am dreaming now or i have dreamt yesterday..
And , then dabbu said..."Hey man !!! Big thanks to you.Without you, i couldnt have found my true love" ..he came and hugged me before leaving for his match....
- Naren
Part -9 (Priya)
The clock banged suddenly, it was midnight, a new day was about to begin
Mumma: Laadoo , u r still awake!!!!!!!! , go to sleep baby
Laadoo: Ma , let me finish off this novel, plsssssssssssss
Mumma: what !!!u r reading novel ??????ur exams are fast approaching and u r reading this foolish stuff, last time u showed poor result bcoz of this novel reading, and u r still stick to this habit of urs
Laadoo: ma , pls dont get annoyed, its an interesting Novel, story about friends , there twists an turns in life......................
Mumma: laadoo pls enough of it , do u know ur subjects ???, so u have crammed this novel instead of learning ur subjects
Laado: ma why dont u understand :-(((
Mumma: Look my child , its simply wastage of time, now go to bed , so no more arguments
Laadoo is forcibly made to sleep
Mumma is happy that her daughter will soon asleep
but whats going in laadoo's mind
lets check out:-))
Mumma: Good night laadoo
Laadoo: good night ma
The lights are switched off
and soon the room was dark
but somewhere a ray of hope still cherished in laadoo's heart
she was waiting for mumma to sleep, and the moment she can get back to her novel :-)
but u never know!!!!
ma is asleep, laadoo wakes up just to get back to her novel
but to her dismay , the novel is not on its place
Laadoo to herself : where the hell i have kept this novel !!!!!
soon the room is turned into mess
Poor laadoo realised it quite lately that her mumma had taken away the novel
and now there was no other way around but to mourn
It is already 1:00 in the morning
Laadoo: ok, no way out, chal laadoo so hi jaate hain
Laadoo on her bed , nahin nahin , she is in her dreams
thinking abt anggii, dabbu, gauri , what would have happened next , creating her own stories
lost in her world with those imaginative characters...............................................
finding herself admist those , who never existed ,but dreams are nobody's slave
so lets sail in Laadoo's dream :-)))
- Priya
Part -10 (Naren)
I was always narrating this story with a hope that sometime some laadoo( sweet one) will read to this and will go crazy on me...( My Fantasy)
As well said that dreams are no body's slave, my dreams have dared to dream me as a popular author..
Now again continuing with story
All set for the match between 11th standard and 12th standard...
the guys from the 12th standard has won the toss and elected to bat first( typical indian mentality)
So our dabbu is sitting in a tent and watching the openers batting...
in the mean time angii came...dressed to make any body retired hurt...and directly went to dabbu's camp..near to dabbu...n wispered in his ears..
sorry guys i can not hear that..i could have tried to read her lips but was in a shock to see her deadly beauty....
and then she went and sit near to me( means abt 30 meters from me).
no prizes for guessing that more students are looking at her than match..
she left after about half an hour....I havent seen any ball in this match till...and then I also left....
I came to my room and rest of our gang remained there and cheered dabbu..
In the evening (at abt 6:30) arnii came and said me "how are you now??"
I have come by saying that I am not feeling well.
"I am better now." I said..
"So our dabbu is enjoying his golden days ..." she said
"Yes I know..he has got his love finally"( although I was about to use the word "stolen")
"Not only this..he has got the man of the match award also and angii was always there cheering for him" arnii said..
"and come to jayjo restaurant at 7:30 today..he is going to treat us all.... see you there..."
and she left ....
-Naren
Part -11 (San)
I can't explain the feelings and emotions through which i am going.........Frankly i dont
want to go in the party ....
So without any excitement i leave for jayjo at 7:30....I donot understand how i react to this situation?I cant tell everyone that angii likes me and dabbu i dont think is going to
tell....so how everybody gets to know what angii thinks????Oh god!!!What to do??
Now i am abt to reach jayjo..take some deep breaths and enters jayjo,trying to find them.All of them are there at one corner.Gauri is the one first to see me.
Gauri:- Hi Amit...How r u feeling now???
Now every body is looking towards me and What is this??Angii is also here....sitting besides dabbu...
Me:- Hi everybody...I am feeling well(only i know how i am feeling)and Amit Congrats Sorry yaar i was not there to cheer u and see urs brilliant performance(hope u carry urs good performance here also and become man of day by telling everybody the truth...I dont give any attention towards angii).
Dabbu: Never mind..Amit we r all waiting for u...(and he ordered for Zeher)..
So now we all have zeher with us and discussing abt today brilliant performance of dabbu..I am least interested in all this and still hopes that some good thing happens...
And suddenly Angii calls me......
-San
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