Raj looked at the cloudy sky, The cloudy sky that reminded him of the better days in his life. The life that he had lived for 14 years, until he left home for his higher education. Life seemed so harsh. Life seemed like a marshy swamp which was ready to engulf him. All the people around him seemed to be beasts. He thought himself to be different. He had assumed himself to be the supreme intellect. The super intellect who had no scene till 7^th class in school but after that the intellect returned with the bang. Then stood first in academics, when there were 16 students in the class and all the so called toppers had left the school for greener pastures. He had become the undisputed topper!! The reason? Well all his classmates who had stayed back were rich n didn’t need to study!

Then he left the school to join a new school after 10^th. Then he saw the real competition. He came to a new territory.. a new world… a new society.. He now got coaching for his entrance exams among the best students of Delhi. Delhi meant exposure to an ocean where you are the adsorbent as well as the absorbent. You were to decide whether  you care for the MMS case in XYZ school or care for the career. Well these things seemed so trivial to poor Raj. He didn’t know that life comes in flavours, and the flavours if not enjoyed can be painfull.

Suddenly a beautiful girl came down to him and said something in French, well Raj knew French and the poor girl had used the f**k slang in French, thinking Raj didn’t know French. The other day Rajesh had asked Raj to sit by his side. Payal as sitting on the othe side (that makes Rajesh sitting between Payal and Raj.) Then Raj noticed how both Payal’s and Rajesh’s hands were on each others thighs, rubbing. Raj was shocked at these incidents. Now he slowly understood that in Delhi you are either a geek or a rascal.

Then his visit to India-gate gave him a clear insight to what Delhi was. Young couples making out in open!! Then he knew that this phenomena was everywhere, a phenomena to rebel the oppressive society which seemed to take laws of nature unacceptable. The society that would eat you alive if you are not fit to struggle!! It was everywhere, an expression, taking form in wrong manner, secretly in the coaching and openly in the India gate!!

Now here was Raj neither a geek nor a rascal. God save Raj before the kingdom of his life his shattered!!

CONTINUED AT : http://arambhusal.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/05/life-in-a-metro-called-delhi-part-2.htm