an eventful night...

as all good tales must be, this too is set in a mystical land.. a place called new york... one arrives into this cocophony of life and is at once unsettled and elated by the sheer magnitde of it all.. the scale.. larger than life.. the big apple...

the story though, unravles thus... a dinner... filet mignon and brooks pinot noir.. one seamingly made for the other... a leisurely meal.. nostagia and updates... time flies.. a quick cab ride.. horus.. mint green tea and sheesha... more stories.. some bitching and an introspection of who we are and how happy we are to be with who we are... more sheesha... more conversation.. flowing like the old.. accustomed... familiar...

back home.. hospitalty and lucidity... more endless conversations about agartala...

a sudden realisation.. some panic.. to distanced yet.. not real..

check.. re check.. re re check.. hope.. pain... futility... not there...

a few frantic phonecalls.. not there...

a few more.. not there...

that difficult call.. admiting.. self blame.. why me... not again...

helplessness.. tears.. pain.. futlity... absolute disgust...

rethinking.. going over it again and again.. dsecting.. redisecting.. conjecturing...

hoping against hope.. against santiy.. this is new york... no way anyones gonna turn it in...

still hope...

sleepless nights.. playing on repeat.. in superslow motion..

agony.. exhaustion... seven am... sleep...

eight am.. call to action...

nypd.. 17th precinct.. 26 federal plaza... 86th st... helter skelter..

one innocuous call... a message..

more calls.. high connections...

the consuate...

a call.. yes we do.. yes you can.. ill b right there..

smile.. breathe... exhale.. finally... run.. cab.. pay... feet tapping.. heart racing.. in my hands...

absolute relief...

never again... never...

dark chocolate mocha and a conversation... peace...

and through it all her constanct support.. unshakeable...

anahat arora lost his passort on 27th and park and found it next morning... a series of very unfortunate events...

life goes on...