A Little North Of Normality

Radhika and Rishab knew nothing about love. Both carefree and simple, believed that love was for the losers. Career,  marks,  success is what you love,  how can you love a person? Love was just a four letter word for them. It meant nothing more than any other four letter word. It was when Radhika left for UK,  that Rishab realised the true meaning of love. He realised that it was real and after a point nothing else matters but the person who you want to be with,  nothing smells sweeter than the hair,  more refreshing than the touch,  more inspiring than those words... Time went on and with days Rishab and Radhika found success.... 18 years later... At Delhi Airport they met again,  Radhika was with a young girl,  she was still very beautiful,  at least that wouldn't change for Rishab ever,  but age did catch up. The pink had been replaced with a sombre green,  the kohl now a couple of shades lighter,  the shades were sleeker than the round and hippy ones,  the hair much m

Derek never smoked again. That was one promise he had to keep. If there was anything Ellen hated more was a cigarette. It was for the first time that someone could convince him that smoking was bad. Actually to be very honest, he didn't care about the bad but Ellen s scowl was definitely not worth a thousand puffs of smoke. Its been years, he faintly remembers how Ellen looked like... Years of existence, struggle, glory, joy and above all Ann had made him forget the bitterness of the parting. It took him a couple of years, but eventually he realised that not all was lost,  in fact nothing was. Derek is a grandfather now. His grandson graduated last month. He was a man who had played his part, all he wanted in life was a happy and peaceful death.. Meanwhile Ellen in another part of the world had also crossed the barrier of grandmotherhood. Her grandson was still in high school. Ellen s daughter , April, had a huge business to handle. Her fathers business empire was growing