It was winter season. There was cold air outside my room, but it was not cool as Dilli ki Sardi. Anyhow I could open my eyes. I had set alarm in my both mobile and kept beside my pillow.My room partner came to me and said, 'Rajesh, get up. Your both alarm are buzzing.'
I put up my both mobile and stopped the alarm. It was around 6.00 am and 10.05 am was my flight departure schedule from INDORE to DELHI. It was too early to get up for me. Actually, when you get back to your home from your office around 1.00 or 2.00 am and go to bed around 3.00 am, so it's hard nut to crack open your sleepy eyes after three hours.
After few minutes, my mobile buzzed. I picked it up and saw on the screen. It was unknown number. I received it.
'Hello.', I said.
'Sir, I have come at Atal Dwar. How far and in which direction I'll have to come for you home?', cab driver asked me.
It was cab driver's call. I called him last night to drop me at airport.
After taking direction from me, finally cab driver had reached at my home, where I lived on rent.
'Brother, you will have to wait for 30 minutes. I am getting ready', I said to cab driver standing at my balcony.
'OK', cab driver replied.
Still, I was fighting with my eyes. Without having bathed, I just washed my mouth, dressed, picked the bag and headed to the cab.
'How much?', I asked about fare to cab driver.
'200 bugs Sir', driver replied seeing me through the mirror, which was fitted near him.
I reached at airport one hour before check-in time. I was too early. After entering from the departure gate, I went to coffee shop. Still I was resisting with my sleepy eyes. Besides it, I was feeling hungry, because I could not have breakfast.
'Give me a hot coffee', I said to the boy, which was standing in the coffee shop.
'50 bugs', he said to me.
I paid him, took the coffee and went back to the chair to enjoy the coffee.
After few minutes, IndiGo employee came to me and said, 'Sir, has your boarding pass been done?'
'No.', I replied.
She asked my again about my ticket.
'Will window seat be available?', I asked to the smart lady with pink lips after showing my ticket.
'Sir, I'll have to check.', she said to me with a killing smile.
'Yes sir, window seat is available.', she said.
I took boarding pass from her. After giving me a killing smile again, she turned to another travellers.
Tum ho sath mere...sath mere ho tum yun.... the song was set as my one mobile ringtone started buzzing.
'I have rung you many times. Where are you?', I shouted at my friend after receiving my mobile.
'Sorry, I was sleeping, so I couldn't pay attention at your call.', she replied me in sleepy voice.
Actually, there was a marriage in my female friend's relative family. My female friend's relative family was not closed to me. On the invitation of my female friend, I was going there to attend the marriage. They live in Rohini in New Delhi. But I did't know where they live in Rohini exactly.
'OK, give me your relative family address', I said to my friend.
She sent me address of her relative through the message, where the marriage ceremony was going to be held. I finished my coffee and moved for security checking.
'Hello, are you going Delhi?', a person came to me and asked.
I was passed through security check and sitting in the lounge. He was unknown for me.
'Yes', I replied with fake smile.
At that time I was reading newspaper.
'OK. Are you from Delhi?', he fired one more question upon me.
Irritatingly, I replied, 'NO'
To quote my final words in the conversation, I turned my eyes towards him and replied, 'Actually, I am from KHURJA which is near to DELHI.'
Till than, he spoiled my all attention of newspaper.
'Hello, myself.... I am from Indore', he said to me.
'But, your language doesn't belongs to INDORE', I marked a question mark on his face.
'Actually, basically I am from BIHAR and I have been living in PITHAMPUR for years', he replied removing that question mark. PITHAMPUR is near to INDORE.
To keep the conversation more intact he said, 'My flight schedule was around 8.30 am, but I missed it, because I couldn't get up on the right time'.
'Oh no, it's so bad', I condoled him.
'There is my meeting schedule in GURGAON at 12.00 pm. Now it is not possible to reach there on right time.', he said again.
'Ya, I know. After reaching in Delhi at 11.30, it will not be possible to reach at GURGAON.', I replied him
'Bye-the-way, what you do?', I asked him again.
'I have my own business for which I have to travel many cities frequently.', he said proudly.
In flight, he was sitting beside me. Our conversation was going on continuously.
'Give one masala potato stick and one masala tea for me and one masala tea for him.', I said to air hostess pointed to that person who was sitting beside me.
'Sorry sir, masala potato stick is not available. Will salted potato stick do?', air hostess asked me.
'Yes, it will do.', I replied with a normal smile.
Our destination was about to come. Few minutes were left. At that time I had finished my tea and kept the box of remained potato ticks in my bag.
Finally, our flight had touched the soil of Delhi airport.
As I switched on my both mobile, I received many massages one by one. I dialled one number of them.
'Have you come in Delhi?', my friend asked me from another side.
'Yes, I have come. My flight arrived just now. I will be at you within two hours.', I said her in one breath.
'OK Mr. Bharti, this is my visiting card. Call me for maintaining our friendship.', he said to me after leaving the airport.
Now, I was not feeling sleepy, because I was in the arms of my favourite city...Delhi.
Within two hours, I had reached at my friend's relative home. She was waiting for me at the main gate of her relative colony.
After spending whole day at her relative home with few known and few unknown person, now I was feeling tired. It was late evening and weather was more cold than Indore. I asked to my friend to bring a hot blanket. I told her that I have been tired and feeling sleepy.
'You can sleep here and nobody will disturb you.', after taking me on the top floor she told me pointed out to the one room.
'Thanks dear.', I replied taking a deep breath.
Not only me, even my eyes were also in relax condition. After laying on the bed I went to deep sleep and were not feeling sleepy...
