Episode IV

Reference to the Reference!

March, 2008

Let’s say that we are able to travel in time and go to the March of the same year. APOGEE, technical festival of my college was going on. And as soon as I got the opportunity to head back some two thousand kilometers, the place where I wanted to be, Pune, I rushed back quickly. Sadly, I had no plan for how to find any damn stupid reason to meet Tanvi. And also, I was supposed to go to Kolhapur, a city in southern Maharashtra, first to meet my family. It was certainly where I wanted to be, I’ll say the best place to be. But right now all I could think about was Tanvi.

I got some intel from Adi as soon as I reached there. Tanvi, who is fond of, and very good at robotics, was going to participate in a robotics competition at PICT, Pune on the next day. That was my chance. But, how, where, when and what. I hated all these W’s in exams as well as in real life.

I quickly scanned my contact list for anyone in PICT. Sadly no one appeared in the list. Any friend in Pune who might be participating, but no one and I say no one was in the right place to help me out at that time. Any relative living close by, I asked myself. Again a no and again a roadblock.

I had to find a way and find a way fast. You see, these are the situations I love the most. Deadline approaching towards me as quickly as the lizard in my hostel room approaches tube light.

There was only one way I thought. To participate. To build a good looking racing bot in a night and go back to Pune in the morning as early as possible. Again, I called up the jinn, Adi, and told him to buy some material from some shops and head to Kolhapur as soon as possible. And this guy did exactly what I asked for. You see, when me and Adi work as a team we can make impossible possible. Vice versa is also true, but right now it doesn’t matter.

And of course, we did it. The bot was ready well within the deadline and we left for Pune very early in the morning. Very rare scene that was. Both of us awake at such a deep sleep hour.

Anyway, we reached there in time and I love my luck, I was going to spend a whole day with my angel, Tanvi. As usual, she was looking stunningly beautiful. Wearing a mild orange-pink top and light blue jeans, she was holding her team’s bot in her hands. Wow, I missed a beat of my heart certainly looking at her.

Then again, my brainwaves started working. I decided to complete a mission which I was trying to complete for a long time now. I told myself, “Whatever happens, I’m surely gonna click this angel today and keep her close to me forever.”

After talking of here and there, topic was shifted to the bots. And from there, it was just a matter of time for me. Without giving her or anyone a moment to think, I opened my camera and asked her for a team photo. Without wasting a moment or without waiting for an answer, my cam had four to five of her pics.

You see, why I feel I’m so lucky. I was actually supposed to be in the deserts of Rajasthan right now, I had no plan of how to meet Tanvi, I had no chance to spend a whole day with her, I had no chance of getting her photo, and look at me now, looking at her pic and Tanvi herself one after another. And yes, if it is necessary to mention, this is how I got reference for my sketches.

TO BE CONTINUED . . .