Dr. Priya , practising Orthodontist , finished attending to the patient, victim of a minor accident and ripped off her mask and sat down heavily in her chair. Again she felt nauseous and rushed to throw up in the adjoining bath room. God, she had already thrown up a couple of times and her assistant and the receptionist were giving her weird looks because of her unmarried status! To hell with them and their sick minds! She had one more patient for the day and as she waited for her, the patient herself called saying that she would not be coming, because she had suddenly become queasy and hoped Dr. Priya understood! As if she did not! Ever since TVPUR KI AWAAZ KRISHNA Baba's Pratigya had thrown up, TVNAGAR was rife with rumors of a possible pregnancy of their favourite bahu . The anticipation and anxiety about the outcome of the pregnancy test had almost resulted in an outbreak among a section of female viewers , making them woozy, not able to sustain the nail biting suspense! And Priya was no exception, being the show's hugest fan!
So Priya closed shop and retired to the house upstairs which she shared with her friend. As she slumped on the sofa, her eyes automatically shifted to the poster she had made of KRIYA and that royal messenger the SWAN who had played the cupid between NALA and Damayanti. She had KRIYA looking up eagerly with a big smile at the Swan carrying a message HAPPY PARENTHOOD' WITH THE PICTURE OF A CHERUBIC FACED BABY ! And the baby was so pink and adorable, Priya wanted to hug it. She had made it long ago when PRATZ had hinted to Baba about their baby. As she looked closely, it appeared that the SWAN looked a little strained and its neck sagged! Poor birdie, how long it had been carrying that weighty little bundle! And the heartless CVS were not yet in a mood to oblige. She wished she could report them to the Animal welfare organization! She went inside her room and brought out a cane basket and placed it under the poster and covered it with a warm blanket, ready for the tired birdie to place the message in it ! As she waited for her friend MONIKA, she prepared rotis and vegetable curry for dinner.
The door flew open and MONIKA stormed in. Monika was known as THE Monika in friends' circle and the nicknames bestowed on her by her close associates could fill up a book! Most of the times She was MOANIKA the un- crowned queen of whining! But then she was always full of herself and went on MOI, MOI to become an insufferable MOI-NIKA! What a MONO-POLY-KA she was at parties and functions! But Priya knew she was good at heart and meant no harm. She worked as a section head in an Office and today had come home early to prepare herself for Babu's news!
They both sat down for dinner and unlike everyday, hardly said two words to each other. They surfed and suffered the nonsensical channels till 10.30 PM and sat down on the edge of the sofa to watch the much awaited episode, with their hearts in their mouths. The Doctorni gave the verdict 'negative', and they both said 'NO'NO'.' and collapsed back on the sofa. Then began the whiny act of moanika 'ooo😭'ooo.😭. I knew it, these CVS are unbelievable, as if KRIYA's baby would arrive so easily! Oh, God, why ,why did I ever choose to watch this show? 😡 How I wish I watched that '🤢 show or that 🤬 one ! ooo, hoo'. I had built such beautiful castles in the air and now in a second everything crumbled'..oh, god , why'why'why''
Priya too was utterly devastated by the news and was trying to collect herself when MONIKA's wails made her lose her composure. She turned to her angrily and told her in an exasperated voice' Hey Moany, how could you build castles in the air , girl? With these uncaring and zany CVS, your castle is as good as any Ericsson , I warn you!!! ' As soon as those words were out of her mouth, they both stared at each other and collapsed on the carpet howling with laughter. Suddenly the gravity of the situation seemed to have vanished at the absurdity of her words. Their eyes overflowing with tears of disappointment as well as too much laughter, they reminisced about the Ericsson incident. It happened that a plot on the outskirts of the city belonging to Priya, was being encroached by land sharks and she had asked a mason to build a wall around and put up a signpost instructing not to erect any illegal structure on it. The man, who was from a rural background but a tad too vain about his English, had proudly displayed the signpost which read 'NO ERIKSUNS HERE'!!!!! Priya had let the sign post stay just for the heck of it! Eventually she had sold the property. But from then on in their own silly and oblique way they began referring to any construction that went beyond the laid down norms as ERICSSON!
Wiping her tears, Priya led Monika by her hand to the poster of the Swan with its message of Joy and told her ' look, the poor birdie is fagged out, but still patiently waiting to deliver the message, right? So, honey, everything takes time. There is always a tomorrow to look forward to'!!
I KNOW IT CANNOT GET ANY SILLIER THAN THIS !!!!