| Biruwa |
Posted
on 21-Aug-02 03:04 PM
Dhurba was watching "Star movies". After all it was Friday. He was looking forward to 2 full days of weekend holiday.
His peers from the Office always made plans of going on picnics n' stuff every weekend. But he was not really into that kinda thing. On friday nights he liked to drink at home with a couple of friends. They used to play cards till the wee hours of saturday morning.
But this weekend was different. He had tried contacting R.T (officer with CIAA), one of his friends of convenience. But he was unavailable. His attempts at reaching other "friends" proved equally unfruitful. His wife and little children were asleep upstairs. So alone tonight, he made a Scotch for himself. Sitting all by himself, listening to old Nepali Songs took him back to his good Ol' days.
He had grown up in a village in mid-eastern region. He was an average kid in School. However his helpfulness towards fellow villagers had endeared him to them.
Then he had landed this gov. job as a 'Khardar'. Because of his easy going personality, he had made a lot of friends. As time progressed he slowly learned the tricks of the trade. His contact with his boss grew day by day. Being good with numbers his boss handed him full responsibility of commisions.
Even though he never understood why his boss never gave him a promotion he had been able to make some money for himself. He had built a nice little house in Kathmandu- every nepalis dream. And then he had met R.T, Bhagat and C.S. The nexus with these important players started playing out quite well. The fortune he had was able to accumulate was beyond his expectation.
Suddenly a sharp knock at the door brought him back to the present. He said to himself " Who the hell could it be at this time of night and why the fu** didn't they ring the bell"
Anyway he got up from his sofa and opened the door. A hefty guy pushed his way inside. He was followed by 2 policemen. One of the policement threw a punch at his arm. He couldn't understand what the heck was happening. Then the policement shoved him out of the house and sealed it. He saw some press people out side.
He thought :" R.T?"
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