Tag: South Delhi tales
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED EPISODE 10
ACCIDENTALLY REAL VEER It has been three days since Anaya asked me to think not just about the deal but everything else. It looked like I had been breaking my own rules a lot now. I started thinking about decisions before my morning coffee which was cold and untouched. I don’t know what was about…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED — EPISODE 9
THE FOURTH MEETING VEER I have a rule about mornings. No calls before eight. No meetings before nine. No decisions made before the first coffee has finished doing whatever coffee is supposed to do to a person who hasn’t slept properly in four days. I broke all three rules before 7 AM. The deal terms…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED — EPISODE 8
TERMS AND CONDITIONS ANAYA There are three kinds of bad mornings. One — you wake up late. Two — you wake up to bad news. Three — you wake up, and the bad news has been sitting in a group chat since 4 PM yesterday, and everyone assumed you already knew, because you’re supposedly engaged…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED — EPISODE 7
THE FIRST TEST ANAYA I woke up to forty-seven notifications. Forty-seven. Not because something had gone wrong. Because something had gone right. Which was somehow worse. I stared at the ceiling for a full minute before picking up my phone. A mistake. The photograph was everywhere. Instagram. WhatsApp. Family groups. Three separate aunties. Someone’s mother.…
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ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED EPISODE -6
DAMAGE CONTROL ANAYA I knew my life was over the moment the auntie smiled. Not a normal smile. Not a friendly smile. The smile of a woman who had just discovered enough gossip to survive the next six months. Interesting. No. Not interesting. Catastrophic. My mother looked between me and Veer. Then smiled. His mother…