Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Ammani Asked, I Wrote- 6

What happened last Tuesday when Rajamanickam had gone to the bank to deposit a cheque?
Tuesday is the wrong day to go to the bank, his mother had warned him. Our branch closes on Mondays, and on Tuesdays there will be considerable rush. But Rajamanickam had had no choice. His Economics project had Wednesday as deadline and he had to submit a report on how to encash a cheque and take a DD from a bank. True he should have done it during the weekend, but with the India- Australia match in the offing, who would risk going out?
He stood in the long queue, waiting impatiently for his turn. Just as the lady ahead of him finished with her business, a young woman sporting huge sun glasses just gate-crashed in front of him in the queue. Before he could protest, the woman dropped her purse down and bent down to pick it up. I don’t know if it was the sight of the expanse between her jeans and her top, or the way she turned and smiled at him, Rajamanickam, made way for her, gulping down the heart that had jumped into his mouth.
He doesn’t exactly remember what happened next…. As she took out a grenade and pulled the pin with her teeth, Rajamanickam had the presence of mind to first run towards the exit…. Well……! His Economics project did not meet the deadline, but Boy! He got an A+ for his creative writing assignment that week!

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