"23.976" "New cd..." "I bought it from here" ""Never used it once, it's corrupt"" ""I told you, it'II be done, okay?"" ""When did you buy this cd?" " Some... four, five days ago"" "Got the purchase invoice?" ""Yes, I have it"" "That won't be necessary" "We don't stock this brand of cds" ""Vinod KambIi is back in the team." "Come on, Iet's watch cricket"" ""Come in, sit"" "Hey!" "A yogurt shake for the lady?" " No!" "Why haven't you delivered milk?" "Sorry." "The miIk-deIivery boy also takes my son to school... and..." ""now being exam-time, these 3 days..." " Not my problem." "You tell me..."" "when you'II resume the delivery." " That's what I'm trying to explain" "My son is taking exams." "For 3 days I've been escorting him to school... oh how can I tell you how much trouble it is." "But keep the faith..." ""tomorrow onwards, I'II organize something." "You have my word"" "MiIkman..." " Yes son?" "You got a problem I can solve." " How so...?" "I'II deliver that lady's milk." " You ought to be studying instead" "Go to school!" "Damn milk deliveries" "Get me a yogurt shake" "Aditya..." "Abhinav has written" "What's this K-L-D?" " K-L-D is a secret code we use" ""He says he has topped his form in "Marketing"" "Nice... he's going wherever he wanted to go in life" ""What will you do, son?" " Haven't given it a thought yet"" "After graduating... will you go to your parents...?" "To the USA?" "Or will you stay here in India...?" ""Don't know, Dadi (Dadi :" "Grandmother)"" "No idea when Abhinav will come back" ""After his 2-year management course, he will take up a job..."" "and where might the job take him...?" ""Son, why don't you stay on with me?"" ""Son, won't you stay with me?"" "There's a gas leak in my house" ""smells foul... it's hissing inside the kitchen." "cylinder pipe, maybe"" "please send someone quickly" "Abhinav writes that..." "last weekend... he took out a bengali girl to watch a movie" "I wonder what kind of a movie" "Aditya... do you have a girlfriend?" "No" "shall I tell you something?" "Perhaps you don't know... girls nowadays are too casual" "They go out on dates with boys." "And a kiss or two... is no big deal for them." "But... this is no good." "A few sweet words..." ""spoken with emotion, lovingly, is what gives joy..."" ""like it was in olden times." "Aditya, son..."" ""if you wish to bring a girl home, don't be shy." "No problem, son"" ""Dadi, I can bring a girlfriend home only if I have one"" ""For God's sake, listen to me..." "I was away at work"" ""Work, my foot!" " It's nothing of the sort"" ""It's true, I've been at work." " Try to fool someone else"" "IncorrigibIe" ""Aditya, you aren't in bed yet?"" ""Can't sleep?" "Come, come here"" ""What is the matter, son?" "Any tension?"" ""Dadi, why do people cry?"" "The death of someone dear make people cry" "unbearable pain makes them cry" ""Yes, when one's cup of woes flows over, one cries"" ""When one is completely helpless, one cries"" "And one can do nothing about it?" " Once Abhinav had a toothache" "He wept bitterly." "And do you know what he did afterwards?" "What...?" " He took a a hot iron... and he pressed it on his cheek." "The toothache was forgotten" "I bought this cd from here" "What's this daily melodrama about replacing cds?" ""Have you nothing else to do?" "Every day, you're here"" "Is this what I'm supposed to do?" "He comes every day asking for a replacement." "I don't know... what he's looking for!" " So what's the problem about?" "Listen..." "What do you want now?" "Nothing" "I shouldn't have done that." " Done what...?" "The melodrama about asking for cd replacements" "I wanted to see you" "Wanted to see me...?" ""Last night you cried, didn't you?"" "What did you say?" "How come you know?" "How come you know?" "I saw... out of my bedroom window" ""Stay away from me, okay?"" "Look..." ""at the count of three, if you haven't spoken..."" "you've had it" "One" "Two" "Are you watching me?" " Yes" "Swine!" "Peeping Tom!" "You think no one's going to find out?" "Come down" "will you come down or do I come up?" "You've had your peep-show." "Now come on" "Do I...?" "You fancy peeping into bedrooms?" "Put up your hands" "Up those arms... up" ""No peeping into bedrooms ever again, get it?"" "I knew it was going to be you" "Like to come in?" "Is everything all right?" "Minor bruise." "But you wear it well" "Don't you even know how to fight?" "Why are you doing this?" "Because I Iove you" "Love?" "What do you want from me?" "I don't know" "would you Iike to kiss me?" "No" "Want to take me out?" "To Goa?" "To the beaches... somewhere?" "No" "Then what is it that you want?" "Nothing" "Nothing...?" "Nothing at all?" "No" "Can I take you out for dinner?" "How long have you been watching me?" "About... a year" "What did you tell me this morning?" "Love means nothing" ""tell me, apart from being in love with me..."" "apart from visiting the store everyday replacing cds... what else do you do?" ""I study in St Andrew's college." "First year, junior college"" "And..." " And..." ""Which languages do you know?" " Chinese, Japanese, French..."" "Spanish and now I'm learning Portuguese" "I got a very sharp memory" "Do you remember this slim guy who used to visit my place?" "He used to bring you pizzas and burgers everyday" "But..." "I haven't seen him these last six months" "Ran off to australia" "He was a nice guy." " How would you know that?" "You've been stalking me for a whole year!" "You're stealing my mail!" "You're ruining my relationships...?" "Are you crazy?" "What are you doing?" "Don't you have any friends?" "Just one." "Abhinav" ""ReIationship-wise, he's my uncle." "But, we're good friends"" ""I Iive in his place, with my Dadi"" "He's the one who showed me your windows" "He gave me his binoculars before leaving" "We even devised a code-word nicknaming you." "K-L-D" ""Come on, what does it mean?" "What does K-L-D mean?"" "Speak up" "tell me" "Free for all" "See them?" "Have you ever noticed me doing that before?" ""No, never before"" "I got no routine in my Iife" "What's this?" " I brought it." "Gift for you" ""You know, I'm not the right girl for you"" "Doesn't bother me" "What else have you been watching?" "What happens when my boyfriend comes?" "But I don't watch that anymore" ""What you see is sex, not love"" "And what do you see me doing?" "First... you take off your clothes" "Then... his" "Then... sometimes in bed" "Or on the floor" "Sometimes you go into the kitchen" "You shut your eyes you lift your arms... slowly..." ""till they are above your head, then you clasp your hands"" "Show me" "You've seen it all." "So tell me... what's different with me after I've had a bath?" "You wear nothing under the gown" "Have you had any experiences?" "Have you had sex...?" "Have you made love to a girl?" "Do you know...?" "That's all?" "So soon?" "That's all there is to all your euphemisms about love" "Two minutes' pleasure" "Love doesn't mean anything." "I've seen it all" "As I told you before" "Go" "Kid" ""Go, clean yourself up inside the bathroom"" "Go on" "Go to the bathroom." "Wash up" "I don't want to see you" "Sorry if I'm disturbing you so late at night" "Were you asleep?" " No" "He left his jacket" "Put it there" "Isn't he at home?" "Has he gone out somewhere?" ""Yes, hospital"" "He isn't serious." "He's going to be discharged in a day or two" "I..." "I'd Iike to meet him" ""Yesterday, he came to my place." " I know"" "Maybe he felt bad about something I said" "In which hospital is he?" "You needn't go to the hospital." "He will be back in a day or two" "Maybe you don't know... he..." "loved you dearly" "He used to watch you through this" ""Before this, he used binoculars"" "He would set the alarm for 8:30 every evening" "would that be the time when you get home?" "He fell for the wrong girl" "Don't you think it's rather late in the night?" "May I get to know his progress over the phone?" ""No, we don't have a telephone"" "What's... his name?" "Aditya" "Excuse me..." " Yes?" "Where's the boy who was delivering my milk?" "You don't know?" " What...?" "Everyone in the neighborhood knows and you say you don't?" ""Here's a boy, not quite broken his miIk-teeth..."" "and he goes romancing!" "fell for some girl" "Then he went and cut his wrists and now he's in hospital..." ""counting his last days." "You tell me, what justice is this?"" "So tell me... hey lady you got nothing to say?" ""If you don't trust me, check it out for yourself"" "No one named Aditya studies biology here" "One minute... which year is this Aditya in?" "I don't know" ""You don't which year, which section, which subjects..."" "then why are you wasting your time and mine?" ""Aditya, I even went to your college looking for you, I Iooked everywhere"" "But I couldn't find you anywhere." "I called up all the hospitals" ""But you were nowhere to be found." "I know, my mistake"" "I didn't even know your name" "Now I know." "Aditya" "AII I want... to tell you..." ""is, you're right." "only I wasn't right for you"" "How do I explain...?" "Can you give me a train timing?" " One minute... one minute..." "Were you the one who called just now?" " How strange!" "Are you raving?" ""Were you the one who called just now?" " Oh yes, I did that"" "Dadi..." "Is Aditya back home?" "No" "I'II only..."