Anti-story : Part Zero

Disclaimer: All charachers and events in this story are real, to each other, and all events are even more real, to the characters. So don't insult them by saying, how could this happen! The truth, they say, is stranger than fiction. Does that mean anything that is stranger than fiction true? Don't ask me, I never said that.

This is a story in five parts, unless, I decide to change that midway. The obvious intention behind making it five parts is to get higher HLS. In a world that is ruled by TRPs and HLSs, what does a sincere writer (for instance, myself) do? Do I sell myself to the lures of meaningless HLS competition? Or do I write for the sake of writing? Without hesitation, I chose the former!

And it shows!

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Part Zero: Con-text

"Surprise me", she said.

"What do you mean?", I blurted out, confused as a hell.

Oh, you'd want to know the context, I know! See, that's why I hate to write about these things! Before I even touch the pen to the paper (in a purely figurative manner -- I doubt anyone pens anything anymore!), I have to worry about this context business. Don't you think it's a bit overrated? (Or a byte-overrated, if there were such a term?

Afterall, do you really trust me to tell you the real context? Aren't you going to (have) be satisfied with whatever I say is the context? And since it is me who's telling the story, wouldn't that context be exactly what I need to reinforce my pov (point of view -- for the dummies); if I have one, that is? So, my first instinct is to refuse to let you guys be the victims of selective context-ing ...

But seriously, what is a story without context? eh? One gotta give at-least a minimal context, right? I hate to do this, but what can I do? So, let's begin somewhere at the middle, and go back and forth as and when we need. Because, you see, I'm dyslexic when it comes to reading my own memory, if you know what I mean. In simple words (well, why don't I tell you in simple words, in the first place, you ask? To be honest, I don't have much to tell, and I still want you to feel there just might be...), this so called chronology thing is (again), IMHO, highly overrated (since, I am obviously challenged in that respect). The only way I can approach this problem, is by the most trusted scientific method of all time: successive approximations. That's why I'm starting somewhere in the middle (which could well turn out to be a starting point, you figure all that out.. All you intelligent folks out there!)

It all begun(?) when I was pursuing my Engineering degree. Nothing really happened then, that is even remotely related to the actual story. But eh! You need context, right? Didn't you yourself ask for it, specifically?

Mrinalini was Abhishek's older sister. This Abhishek fella, is a really cool guy, if you ask me. Well, maybe I should say, was a cool guy; cos, that was before Hritisha dumped him. Why did she dump him? How the hell do I know! You think I'm a script-writer or something? This is a narration of a real-life story, and there are going to be many things in here that you'd never know. Hell, even I don't know many things, and do you think I'm going to tell you everything that I know?

Besides, look at it this way: have you ever been dumped? (No don't get defensive and all, this is NOT meant in an insensitive way, I'm just trying to make a point here). If yes, do you know (and I mean really know, not think you know) exactly why you were dumped? (Yes? Then you're double duped!) No? Then how would I know why my best friend was dumped by a girl (or a female, as we like to say), who I have met only thrice (that's again a successive approximation. When I was telling this same story to Rachana, I think I said four, which could be equally wrong; or equally right, unless, one of the two is right).

(For those people, who have never been dumped, don't lose heart! Your time will come too. Reread this part at that time, and you'll understand what I'm trying to say here...)

Meanwhile, I gotta stop now. Gotta get some work done. The real story will start from the next installment. Do come back to read it soon. ;-).

Next Part: Part 1 What's Love Got To Do With It!