The Delhi Chapter : Page 25

We followed Bodhi like hypnotised soldiers in a march-past and entered one of the glass cages.

What a room (maan!), I thought.

Made of wood and black.

Comprising a giant table for 8.

A ledge, framing a concrete jungle (looking like a gigantic lego creation).

With a huge, grey water-balloon floating above it.  

Bodhi went and pulled a few strings here and there.

And the blinds folded up in tidy pleats.

Next, he jumped right onto the ledge and gazed out for a couple of seconds.

[ I can't lie I didn't also get a craving to do exactly that.]

But it was my first day, you know.

I was expected to behave.

So I quietly pulled a chair and sat down on the table.

Purnima pulled another one and sat on the chair across me.

Then without skipping a beat,

Bodhi looked at me and said,

"You toh, I know everything about.

So Purnima.. Tell me a little about yourself.."

A little stumped by his disclosure, I had no come back.
[ Very unusual for someone like me. ]

But then, I looked at the other new intern sitting before me.

And learnt everything she said...