3rd February,2008
"...and so I'm a little confused about what to do. I mean, he loves me, I know, but he cheated on me, for God's sake..yeah yeah, hes still in college.Our age only. Xavier's.."
Sympathy, Time,Pressure, Attention.
22nd February,2008
"...and I feel so LOW! I'm not even sure if I'll make it through this year..the doctor says I might not..maybe chemotherapy is an option..dont worry, okay? You guys are already have it upto here with Sheila's chronic depression and all..I know you guys are with me.."
Sympathy,Time,One upmanship,Attention.
10th April,2008
"...and the car just CRASHED! I'm in the hospital now, I think I've got broken bones..nai, dont bother coming to see me,I dont think I'll be allowed visitors yet..I'll be fine..All good"
Attention,Sympathy,Time,Attention,Sympathy..
15th May,2008
"Dude. Hey, listen. I was talking to a friend in Xavier's, Bombay. I asked if he knows a Prashant Verma. He didn't. So I told him hes a friend's boyfriend, and that hes in his batch only..our age... Anyway, he called back today. Said it would interest me to know that there is no Prashant Verma in his batch, or the either of the two batches senior and junior to his..."
"Are you kidding me? Her boyfriend doesn't exist? That is inSANE. Shes been lying to us? Attention seeking bitch, man. We need to avoid her. And tell the rest, too.. dude..shes been putting all of us through all that emotional shit for nothing? I dont think I'll ever get over this."
"What? Seriously? Then she must've lied about everything else as well, right? You know..her bloody cancer and that accident she'd had and all that jazz. Thats why she doesn't want us to visit her. How can we trust her now?"
"Yeahhh. I was wondering how anyone can be in the hospital for this long anyway. Its been a month, right? And she hasn't been in touch ever since. Must be afraid we'll want to visit her in the hospital. So shes been lying about everything. I've heard of this condition, you know. She must be a pathological liar. Dude. Creepy. Cant believe anything she says, I guess."
"Yeah, she hasn't called ever since. Ah..right..they do it for attention. Well, we wont give her any. It all fits, you know. I mean, Preeti broke up, so she broke up too. Sheila got diagnosed with depression, so she got cancer. And then she went and had an accident also. What shit, man. I was so worried about the stuff that kept happening to her. Its all crap."
"Im not taking her calls from now on, man, even if she does call. This is hell creepy."
22nd May, 2008
"Hi. um. Listen. We know you've been lying about everything. We asked Vibhor, your Prashant doesn't exist. Whatever, okay..dont give reasons..its over..just..lets not talk? Dont talk to any of us, okay? We haven't told anyone else, but when college reopens, we dont wanna hang out, yeah?"
25th May,2008
"...really sorry auntie..if theres anything we can do, please let us know..we're all here..time will heal, auntie.."
"...and so I'm a little confused about what to do. I mean, he loves me, I know, but he cheated on me, for God's sake..yeah yeah, hes still in college.Our age only. Xavier's.."
Sympathy, Time,Pressure, Attention.
22nd February,2008
"...and I feel so LOW! I'm not even sure if I'll make it through this year..the doctor says I might not..maybe chemotherapy is an option..dont worry, okay? You guys are already have it upto here with Sheila's chronic depression and all..I know you guys are with me.."
Sympathy,Time,One upmanship,Attention.
10th April,2008
"...and the car just CRASHED! I'm in the hospital now, I think I've got broken bones..nai, dont bother coming to see me,I dont think I'll be allowed visitors yet..I'll be fine..All good"
Attention,Sympathy,Time,Attention,Sympathy..
15th May,2008
"Dude. Hey, listen. I was talking to a friend in Xavier's, Bombay. I asked if he knows a Prashant Verma. He didn't. So I told him hes a friend's boyfriend, and that hes in his batch only..our age... Anyway, he called back today. Said it would interest me to know that there is no Prashant Verma in his batch, or the either of the two batches senior and junior to his..."
"Are you kidding me? Her boyfriend doesn't exist? That is inSANE. Shes been lying to us? Attention seeking bitch, man. We need to avoid her. And tell the rest, too.. dude..shes been putting all of us through all that emotional shit for nothing? I dont think I'll ever get over this."
"What? Seriously? Then she must've lied about everything else as well, right? You know..her bloody cancer and that accident she'd had and all that jazz. Thats why she doesn't want us to visit her. How can we trust her now?"
"Yeahhh. I was wondering how anyone can be in the hospital for this long anyway. Its been a month, right? And she hasn't been in touch ever since. Must be afraid we'll want to visit her in the hospital. So shes been lying about everything. I've heard of this condition, you know. She must be a pathological liar. Dude. Creepy. Cant believe anything she says, I guess."
"Yeah, she hasn't called ever since. Ah..right..they do it for attention. Well, we wont give her any. It all fits, you know. I mean, Preeti broke up, so she broke up too. Sheila got diagnosed with depression, so she got cancer. And then she went and had an accident also. What shit, man. I was so worried about the stuff that kept happening to her. Its all crap."
"Im not taking her calls from now on, man, even if she does call. This is hell creepy."
22nd May, 2008
"Hi. um. Listen. We know you've been lying about everything. We asked Vibhor, your Prashant doesn't exist. Whatever, okay..dont give reasons..its over..just..lets not talk? Dont talk to any of us, okay? We haven't told anyone else, but when college reopens, we dont wanna hang out, yeah?"
25th May,2008
"...really sorry auntie..if theres anything we can do, please let us know..we're all here..time will heal, auntie.."
"...doctor had warned us, beta..hamari galti hai..we were told the cancer diagnosis could make her take drastic steps.. she was only 19 after all.We didn't take care..still..thank you all for being with her..maybe if she had realised that you are all there she wouldn't have.. but after she broke up she was already mildly depressive, and then the accident..she was in a lot of pain.. anyway, maybe this is for the best, theres no pain where shes gone..bhagvaan ke saath hi hai meri beti -"
Silence.
Xavier's Kolkata..
