Advika : Linen
Khadi Saree pressed and kept on bed,
Earrings and carry bag kept by its side.
Flip Flops checked,
This is the perfume I will wear today,
Should I keep my hair open or make a bun,
Who I am kidding! I have a pixie cut !
I will just wear a pink buckle; I hope it
won’t be loud,
Oh forget it! They won’t even notice as I
have pink dyed my hair, which will get camouflaged,
Then
why wear the buckle in the first place? There is no use of it,
Right!
I will just fix it with pins,
Lipstick,
Naah! A lip balm would do!
(Singing) Baby lips I have oh yeah! Yeah!
Ambassador
will be arriving in an hour,
Let me take bath and get ready,
Dev Ji
would have prepared breakfast by now !
Should I
eat it before bathing ?
(singing) Let’s eat
before we meet, the world is in need... I am a woman with heat... (Pauses
and utters ) How cheesy is that !
......
Advika: Phirni
Please start the car,
Oh wait, I forgot my sunglasses, Phirni bring them, they are
near bedside table,
Let’s see what I have in speech,
Ok we are lambasting about bad road conditions,
Poor rural development and how people are shifting to urban
lands because of that,
Criticizing opposing party, even if their schemes are good!
Damn ! The same speech again and again!
Let me see what this new intern has written,
(Reading in mind)
“I am not here to say
what’s wrong or right, courts are for that, I am here to work, work for you,
Work with you. But
what should we work on, your problems! Our Problems ! and what are they ?
Food ? law ? education
?, do we need help of government in this, do I need to say that, you give me
votes and then I will do this and that, Sorry my friends I am not going to do
that, Here is the deal Let’s crowd fund, find sponsors and solve our problems
together, if your current representative is not doing it, you and I will do it,
what say ? I have some contacts, you must be having some, let’s fund it and get
started, and if we succeed together, then you give me votes and we will
continue to succeed together “
(Yells out ) Who the hell is this intern, I need to talk to
him, what a crap has he written, asking money from people, asking them to work
and help government instead of using the psychology of just raising problems,
how can we propose a solution... No, no!
This guy knows nothing about politics... Politics is such,
because people are such! They wan’t to continue living in potholes, they are coward
and don’t want to work..
I should stay away from such thoughts, People are brave,
people don’t have time, they are unlucky, they can’t do anything except one
thing, they can vote me...
Vote me... Press the button next to Pink Beard symbol.
Phirni increase AC man!
.......
Huzaifa : So you
wanted to meet me..
Advika : What’s
your name ?
The man replies Huzaifa
Advika : What ?
Hoo jayfa ?
Huzaifa :No, Hu- Zay- faah
Advika : Ok
Huzayfah.. Whatever
Huzayfa Huzayfa... Anyways, what does it mean?
Huzaifa : “Some
say its companion of god, others say its gift of god”
Advika : And whom
do you believe in, some or others ?
Huzaifa : None
I believe in myself! (He looks straight into her eyes while
saying that)
After a long pause
Huzaifa : I
believe it to be just a name kept by my parents, and nothing more!
Name tells nothing about a person
Advika: Indeed
that’s why I wanted to meet you in person.
Huzaifa: What is
it about ?
Advika: How much
ice ?
Huzaifa : I don’t
drink...
Advika : be a
man!
Huzaifa: I will
have tea
Advika : No one
drinks tea here this late in night
Huzaifa: then I
will have nothing
Advika: No no, we
can have it made, specially for you
Huzaifa: So, your
speech went well !
Advika: Do you
want me to compliment you ?
Huzaifa: you
called me here
Advika : and do
you think it was for compliments ?
(Huzaifa is puzzled,
They stare each other for a while)
Advika: You stare
a lot
Huzaifa: You too
Advika: Do you
realize who are you talking to ?
Huzaifa: A
daughter of an erstwhile politician, fighting hard to find her place
Advika: I am not
fighting hard, it is an easy battle for me, didn’t you see today’s news,
People are with me, and it is not her place, his place, my
father’s
Huzaifa: You are
a brave girl in love with her father.
Advika: Thank you
for the speech, I had not selected to give it, but I forgot the other one in my
car, and yours was the only one I had...So I had to give it.
Huzaifa: May be
destiny wanted us to meet.
Advika: Don’t
flirt it away!
Maid gives the tea
Huzaifa takes a sip of tea
Advika laughs
Advika : Its
strange
Huzaifa: Just
like you, wearing pink pixie cut hair on a khadi saree. You are a rage in youth
Advika: I am an
intelligent woman who likes to express her looks. Let the world think what it
has to, and in your words, we are here to work together and make world a better
place... that’s all matters, me and you are insignificant
Huzaifa: You have
seriously crammed them up
Advika : No! I
believe in them... I believe in you..... (Pauses)
Actually you are right..... (laughs off)
..........
(In one of the living room of CM House )
Advika : So here
we are, I am the new C.M. the youngest CM ever
Huzaifa: Yes,
your Dad’s dreams come true.
Advika: Well not
exactly his dream was to have my brother as a CM
Huzaifa: And your
dream was to...
Advika: to fulfil
his
Huzaifa: I like
your love for your father, your passion to help people, your rebellious streak
of expressing yourself, you are one honest woman.
Advika: It would
not have been possible without you. You are one intelligent man, I like intelligent
people. Why don’t you join politics, why you are going away again, to be a
corporate slave ? You can help people here.
Huzaifa:
Everybody has their destiny and dreams just like you...
Advika : You can
build your business in India, over here
Huzaifa: But why
? How does it matter
No one speaks for a moment, its like the depth of ocean has
been felt on its surface.
Advika: Yes it
doesn’t matter. You may leave. Why were you here in first place ?
Huzaifa leaves without answering.
Advika punches on the door, and cries out...
Then wipes her tears and wears her sunglasses. Sunglasses
hid her tears, like they did every time her speeches and public outings were welcomed
with abuses and hatred, except that one time and every time after that speech
she accidently gave or was it an accident?
.......
Aarush: So you
did the job
Huzaifa: Yup! Finally that stalking on social media and
little bit of courage helped. I wish I had developed it earlier. In college she
was so intimidating. Girl who would think so high of herself, dressed in elite clothes,
talked in elite manner. She had limited friends too. Then she had this
background...It’s all so tough for an average guy like me to approach her
directly. So I sent her a friend request and gradually followed up her every
other social media account.
Time is gone now. Thankfully she did that mistake of reading
my first speech I wrote for her.
Aarush: An
accident indeed. She knows your real name. Here is a mail we received yesterday
at our office on your fake id of Huzaifa
Huzaifa: What?
(He takes the paper handed over by Aarush and reads it,)
“ Dear Kabir, yes I
know you, I always did, We were in same college, I had liked you back then too,
but didn’t have courage to say. Thankfully you sent friend request to me back
in college. I wish you had approached me too. You see I didn’t have that
bravery to go upto a guy, I didn’t have back then, So all I did was follow you
on virtual world. In fact if you had noticed I liked your every post over
there...I thought you would recognize, but you didn’t. I shared and liked your
story about the angel Huzaifa too, about how he saved a princess and helped her
fight the world.
As world of responsibility
bogged me down, I tried to stay happy with whatever I had of you. I expressed
myself in the way you had always desired. You remember during an extempore
competition you had described about the women of your dreams. Wasn’t she
exactly like me, pixie cut, pink dyed hair, wearing saree and fighting the
world.
When my research team
said a new intern wanted to join our party, I instantly said yes when I heard
the name Huzaifa and saw your picture on your fake Resume. I knew why you were there,
I knew you had come for me.
We had feeling for
each other but we didn’t have nerves to face each other.”
Kabir: Give me
the phone
He dials her number
Kabir: We don’t
have courage even now.
Advika comes infront of him
Advika: Atleast I
do
Kabir: and me too
Advika moves towards him, stands infront of him.
They look in each other eyes for a long time
Aarush: Oh come
on do something you cowards
Kabir: I l....
Advika: I love
you..
Kabir hugs Advika...
Advika: I think
kiss would be a perfect end...
Kabir: and the
perfect beginning.....
While walking away after that kiss
Advika: That crap of a speech you had written, It was indeed an accident that I took your speech instead of other.
..........
