But still, Anjali had a smile on her face. She had a very rough day. It started with arguments with her project
manager, that too because of someone else’s fault; then her friend didn’t turn
up for the lunch, then online order got delayed
and the worst part, now she had to
attend the marriage party this weekend, with her relatives. Not only the parties
but she never liked her relatives too.
She was working for a reputed media firm in Pune. After completing her masters in media management,
last year, she had joined this firm through campus placements. Her roommate was
Saira, a young, dynamic, college going girl. After taking dinner, while Anjali
was doing the dishes, her mobile beeped. Saira, who was watching “House”, looked
at the blinking light, on table and shouted, “Di, koi message aya hai!” She
always addressed Anjali with “Di”, which was, perhaps a shorter version of “Didi”.
Anjali, who was busy in her work, replied without bothering, “please, dekho
kiska hai.” Saira had already checked the message. Anjali’s ex-boyfriend had
been on a date today, with another girl. Saira, who was waiting for Anjali to
ask, replied, “Aapke X ka hai, shyad.”, pretending that she has not read that
message.
Apart from being roommates, Anjali and Saira were very good
friends too. They shared almost everything. Anjali was done with the dishes. She
came back while drying her hands with the towel and sat on sofa besides Saira.
Anjali was in a relationship for almost one year but recently they broke up
because her boyfriend was a drug addict and had “no more feelings” for her,
however, Anjali has not stopped talking to him, unlike he had expected. They were
now trying to treat each other as friends, normal friends. Saira always wanted
to ask Anjali and today, when she saw the fading smile on Anjali’s face, she couldn’t
resist herself and asked, “Di why do you still talk to him? Even after what he
has done to you.” Anjali looked into the eyes of Saira and smiled, with pain in
her eyes, “I never ignored any of my friend.”, Anjali replied. ”But he is not a good friend and so you need
to change this habit.” Saira was already prepared with her reply. Anjali thought
for a while and replied, “When he did not leave his bad habits for someone, who
truly loved him, why should I change a good habit of mine for someone, who doesn’t
even care about me?” said Anjali, while writing back to her ex.
