(A hypothetical chat between a boy and a girl over social site. Boy prefers him calling a writer, girl prefers calling her colorful.)
colorful.90 is busy.
writer : hi!
Sent at 11:29 PM on Sunday
colorful.90: hello
writer : so you have installed gtalk
colorful.90: no was chking my mails...hav not installed it yet..
writer : :D okk
colorful.90: hmmm...hw r u doing btw??
writer: good. exam is from the 15th :(
colorful.90: ohhh...mine will b from then as well...whats ur dept?
writer: I.T.I don't like IT btw. ironic, isn't it?
colorful.90: y??
writer: i dont like the coding sort of thing...and there are several reasons
colorful.90: okkk...no idea do i hav ac2aly.
writer: ok, i understand.
colorful.90: hmmm...
writer: u r happy with english?
colorful.90: yeah...i guess...actually its never lyk wht i xpected...bt m happy...
writer: so u never wanted to get into an iit or something?
colorful.90: iit??? r u in d verge of insulting me or something...dont pull my leg!! :(
writer: ahh, i was jst asking if u had any urge to go for the enggn thing. sorry. did u mind?
colorful.90: no...no...y do i mind? i tried for jee n aieee bt not fr myself bt for my dad...!! n dd tremendously bad!
writer: i guess ur heart was into these literature things
colorful.90: alwaz...it helps me xpress...since m a big introvert...
writer: trust me, any guy, or girl, from any missionary school is an introvert.......has to be
colorful.90: y??? dont kno ac2ally! all ur frnds from missionaries r lyk ds,i guess...
so d impression??
writer: I myself am from ramkrishna mission, it applies for me too :)
colorful.90: okkk...i do c....
Sent at 11:45 PM on Sunday
colorful.90: gone???
writer: no. i m here
Sent at 11:49 PM on Sunday
colorful.90: den?? blogging??
writer: :) nopes. do u think i always blog? :O
colorful.90: noo...jst lyk dat...u need to concentrate whn u write...
writer: ok i get it. you read novels a lot right?
colorful.90: have to..rather forced to..hehe..
writer: do u have any favs? like fav writer, or fav novel
colorful.90: mmmm....not as such...like jane austen...
writer: any indian writer?
colorful.90: may b jhumpa lahiri...bt dont ask me nything abt her...i dont kno much...read Namesake...
n some of her short stories...
writer: i haven't read a single of JL
colorful.90: u read sidney sheldon??
writer: a long time ago. he is good. have u?
colorful.90: yeah...writes raw...i hav read only 1 of his..
writer: yeah, dat's what i was gonna say :) well anyway, every raw material does have an inner meaning within itself.
colorful.90: r u into films???
writer: yup, not in a serious way though
colorful.90: serious way bole toh??? jst watch it for fun...
writer: yeah dat's what it is
colorful.90: u dwld??
writer: nopes. not films. don't have dat enthu
colorful.90: okkk...y??? dwld from torrent..its fast...1day for 1..i toh alwaz keep on dwlding...
writer: ok, so what are you dloading now a days
colorful.90: if u evr get a chance...do watch stendhal syndrome...i m dwldin pyaasa..well, its included in my course tho..
writer: gurudutt?
colorful.90: yeah...
Sent at 12:15 AM on Monday
writer: so why did you tell me that u are introvert? u are not one
colorful.90: not here...bt meet me sometym n u'll kno...
writer: are you kind of a shy person?
colorful.90: yeah kinda...bt i hav developed a bad habit...
writer: what is dat
colorful.90: whn m depressed or ovrjoyed...i seem to tell it to every1 dat asks me...its not since late...
i cry in front of dem...its jst ridicullous...i hv nevr bn lyk ds...all i used to share was wid my mum n sisters n nevr wid strangers! whr r u??
writer: i am here. i am listening
colorful.90: seeking for an answer?? its a good thing for me to share with a stranger...
writer: if ur problem is dat u cry, den i must say it is not a problem at all.........everyone cries
colorful.90: i kno...bt bad whn ppl turn them into laughables. i m so prone to it..
writer: try to control ur nerve in those situations.............
colorful.90: dats whr it lies...d matter is i cannt control my emotions!
writer: just remind of ur parents in those situations and how u would not let them down in any way....u will become a strong person, i can tell u dat.
colorful.90: hmmmm....thanx 4 dat...
writer: anytime:)
colorful.90: so y do u think u r an introvert?
writer: do u really wanna know
colorful.90: ya...
writer: because i fear myself
colorful.90: what?? bt y?? u dont trust urself??? lack of confidence??
writer: :) ha ha. nopes. u wont understand. leave it
colorful.90: no i will. tell me. plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Sent at 12:36 AM on Monday
writer: ok ok. see people who write stories and other things have a good and a bad within themselves.....and the good has to suppress the evil, so that whenever the evil wants to come out, the good suppresses it making the bad person unavailable from the real world........so that the evil resides in the virtual world, wandering in the dark corners of the city, writing stories and other things, or may be seducing girls at times..... :P
colorful.90: okk..i guess i got u...smtyms u kno a complx wrks for me2 to keep me shut up... inferior do i feel...i really m..
writer: well, i am sure dere's something at which you are special
colorful.90: dont kno...its so deppressing whn i c d ppl doing so much n me doing nothing...not evn half d thing..! dey kno so damn much...
writer: do you dance?
colorful.90: i do...bt its all sympathy dat i gain...
writer: dancing makes a person special, no matter whoever she is. read Paulo Coelho's ''The witch of portobello"
colorful.90: its all d same from a distanc...come closer n u c wht it is...its nevr so easy...
writer: life itself is not easy dear, that's why when we actually have something we keep thinking how lucky we are.
colorful.90: u dont kno hw it is whn suddenly after 18yrs of ur life,u r askd to chang ur perception...to c d wrld in a different light...bt i dont think i am lucky...i wish i got luckier...if not luckier den y m i placed here among d aristocrats whn i belong to a typical middle class family?? who knos no culture...no art....only buks...engineers...doctors....i wish....i guess i m getting u bored..
writer: i still keep saying you are someone special :)
colorful.90: dat brings a smile...bt y do u think so??? jst bcoz i dance??
writer: :D not at all. okay. tell me. what can I do to make you feel special? may be write a story about you?
colorful.90: about me??? bt u do not kno me much i guess...
a secret for u in ds regard...well...i write too...bt not much...
writer: I know dat. not much of a secret. so anyway are u willing to give me the permssion to write abt u
colorful.90: okkk...fine...lets c what u hv 2 say bout me...so do u alwaz refer to real life characters dere??
writer: mostly persons those are/were attached to me
colorful.90: hmmmm....i saw u wrote abt a gal...u may b ignored her or or somthing...
kinda...u hav / had a galfrnd?
writer: am i supposed to answer that? :)
colorful.90: no. u r not bound to!!! only if u wish...
writer: okay. the ans is yes :D but dont take too srsly.
colorful.90: u hav!! kewl...
writer: not have, it's had.
colorful.90: okkk....hmmmm...so is it...fine...leave itwe r kinda emotional ppl.
writer: yess. right
colorful.90: so lets not tok abt it!! m n emotional fool...wabbout u??
writer: ermotional saint may be.......... :P
colorful.90: ookkk. u said u kno AB... ryt???
writer: yup
colorful.90: hmmmm....hw is he...btw?? i find him vry sweet...smtyms stupid! wt u think?
writer: he's a nice guy actually
colorful.90: u were in skul na???
writer: yes
colorful.90: u kno we had a big chaos...whn he had his last gf...u kno abt her?
writer: no way...................why would I care about anyone's gf? anyway what was it about ?
colorful.90: come on...i jst said it lyk dat....no leave it...dats fine...i shud not b bothering u abt sm1 else... sorry!
writer: no it's fine.
hey can I ask you one thing. it's personal actually
colorful.90: wht?? if i hav a boyfrnd?
writer: no. I wont ask dat anyway.
colorful.90: okkk...say...
writer: who named you Colorful? is it a too personal ques to ask?
colorful.90: i dont think so...bt u kno...its difficult to get thru u guys...u r fine at tyms...n den suddenly...u jst burst...it gets me confused! fine...all apart...dats my mum...who gifted d sam
writer: I guessed it could be your father. anyway it's a nice name. dat's why i m asking
colorful.90: my dad is not into literature n arts at all...n ds was an inspiration..so my mum gav it...tell me smthing......dd i irritate u or smthing?
writer: nopes........why do u think so?
colorful.90: jst felt so....d way u reacted whn i askd abt AB's gf......was pretty odd! was lyk a shock to me...so changed!
writer: i am never irritated by anything u say but the thing is i don't want to talk about people's gfs in here and relationship in big cities are nothing....i don't have faith in it....so whenever people keep talking about gfs and bfs and all, I stay away.
colorful.90: yeah...i kno...i m not evn asking u to do so...u kno it cud hav bn polite...at least its smthing xpected from u...i was telling u an incident....not wht she was lyk or hw she was lyk....i myself is not interested...y to bother u?? my fault actually...
writer: sorry, i shouldn't have acted that way
colorful.90: u dont kno my xpressions when reading my lines...bt i guess i do....so it rose...
fine...not a prob....anyway i have to go back to my lonely life.
writer: hey i am really sorry for acting that way. just let it go please.
(The guy keeps pleading afterwards, and the girl settles in her shell once again. She takes an oath not to share anything with a guy ever after in her life over the social profile. She deletes the guy from her friend list just after the conversation gets over. As for the guy, after a no. of pleadings he gets confused and decides to drop the matter. He doesn't find the girl online afterwards as she had already deleted him from her list. The guy keeps on waiting for her and after a long time forgets completely the fact that the conversation stated above ever happened.)
-June '10
