Big Boss 19: Daily Discussion Thread - Aug 29, 2025
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai - 29 Aug 2025 EDT
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Abhira : The self-respect queen
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Geetanjali Saree look
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Trailer - Do You Wanna Partner - Tamannaah Bhatia Diana Penty
Unseen bollywood pics
~ CHAPTER ELEVEN ~
And day 1 starts...
Nandini walked into the payroll department - a small, dingy room set up with two table and chairs. One for the Payroll Manager and the other for the Payroll Assistant.
Mr. Hashmi, the Payroll Manager, a clean shaven, short tempered guy in his mid-fifties glared up at her through his rimless spectacles. His jaw instantly tightened and throbbed on seeing her. For a fleeting moment, Nandini had this incessant urge to run away to the other side of the world. But she was stuck and had to sort things out. She had no choice. Lord, help me deal with this devil now.
"Yes?" he said in a surprisingly soft voice, "tell me."
"Actually sir," began Nandini as she drew closer to his table, "Mr. Malhotra asked me to get these cheques remade. So..."
"Which Malhotra? What cheques?" he asked curiously.
"The salary cheques for the workers on site," she replied.
"But that was already made last week," he replied with his eyebrows furrowed at the centre.
"Yes, but he asked me to do it again," Nandini was growing increasingly nervous by the minute. Why does this guy look more horrible than Manik? I wonder who the real monster is now!!
"Who asked you to do this? Is it Manik?" Hashmi's temper seemed to be flaring already.
"Y-yes sir," she was struggling to keep her voice stable. The more time she spent in this ridiculous department, the more she felt like she was in a morgue.
"What is this idiot up to," Hashmi muttered, put his phone on speaker mode and dialled Manik's extension.
Since the payroll and HR departments were close by, Nandini could hear Manik's phone ringing from where she stood.
As soon as Manik picked up the phone, Hashmi blasted out, "what's this man? Why have you sent this girl to me asking for the cheques to be remade? Have you lost it?"
"Hashmi, buddy, I'll be there in a minute. Hang on." Manik's voice was incredibly soft while he dealt with Hashmi. It was almost as if he wanted to tame a wild animal with his soothing, alluring voice.
Hashmi looked pissed off as he turned off the speakers. Big time!! Nandini felt so awkward that she simply looked around the room and took in its details. The filing cabinets, the large box files filled beyond its capacity, the payroll assistant...
One look at the assistant and Nandini got the creeps. The assistant, a girl in her late 20's gave her a tight-lipped smile. She looked like some of those creepy ghosts from Japanese horror flicks.
Just then, Manik came bustling into the cabin. "Hey," he smiled at Hashmi.
But Hashmi just shot him a dirty look. "What's this nonsense man? Why are we making the damn cheques again?"
Manik pulled out a chair and sat close to Hashmi. "I know you won't believe this," began Manik in a low voice, "but we just had a small accident with the cheques this morning. I'll explain what happened later. You know... when you cool down a bit."
"Just tell me what happened to the cheques!" he demanded.
Manik turned around to look at Nandini. "Can you give us a minute?" he asked quietly. Nandini takes his cue and steps outside the payroll department.
Though she tried hard to pick up the conversation, all what she could catch was Hashmi's violent blasting followed by hushed voices from Manik. She couldn't make out anything what he said. I'm sure if I were inside, this Hashmi monster would swallow me up in one piece.
"Are you kidding me!" came Hashmi's angry spat from inside the cabin, "five hundred cheques. Do you think that it's a joke? Are you asking me to do it all again!?? You think it's easy? Just filling out a silly cheque and it's done? Do you know how much time it consumes? Do you know how much information is needed? Do you really think that I have nothing else better to do? How can you be so bloody careless dammit?"
Nandini's skin lustred with a thin sheet of sweat. She felt so miserable and guilty. It's all my fault. All these problems now... I shouldn't have come here... Her chest began to hurt and felt really heavy.
"Fine! But I'm warning you, this better not happen again!" Hashmi's blare startled her out of her derogatory thoughts. "Send that girl here."
The creepy payroll assistant stepped out and grinned at her. "Nandini, sir is calling you."
Nandini gulped down the huge ball of tears that had begun to choke her throat and slowly shuffled her way inside. She felt like she was going to present herself before the judge for her death sentence to be passed.
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