Saturday, June 6, 2009

what a story!

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service where they had been on vacation.

Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his life would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the scene.

One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed.


it faced a blank wall..

"the second buddha of hyderabad"

There were two best friends who did their complete schooling and college together.
unfortunately they got jobs at different places.thereafter, yagami and sasuke had'nt met.while yagami stayed in hyderabad, sasuke was settled somewhere in congo. (this was in 2011)
years passed away, the hadnt even contacted each other

2020
It so happened that sasuke who was a complete stranger to hyderabad made up his mind to visit his friend in summer.yagami was pleased to hear this!
after he set foot in the city, sasuke was eagerly waiting to see the Buddha's statue in the midst of hussain sagar.due to yagami's busy schedule that day, sasuke found himself journeying alone. it was then that dreadful thing happened!

Right in the midst of hussain sagar stood the Buddha's statue, this ofcourse wasn't strange, but the stranger thing was the sight of another statue of the same height standing right beside it. It was of a man dressed in suit and holding a sword in his right hand, weird to watch.from his childhood, he had heard only of one statue in the Hussain sagar so where on earth had this come from all of a sudden.

He stopped a man nearby and asked " excuse me, the statue beside Buddha, i have never heard of it, all my life i thought there was only one statue in the Hussain sagar, could you please tell me who the other person is"?. the man glanced at him for a moment, then scanned him from top to bottom and slapped accross his face so hard that it turned quite a few heads nearby. nobody cared though.

Back home , yagami stared into sasuke's eyes for what seemes like an eternity and spoke
" how does it feel after getting slapped by 4 people in a row?". sasuke turned pale."just kidding dude, im telling you dont ever ask that question to anybody in india , promise me, okay? or else you'll get killed probably"
"yes" muttered sasuke " but why shouldnt i ask?"
"you will know it tomorrow"!
"no" argued sasuke but yagami won in the end...

The next day it was time for sasuke to leave, so at the station he was still cursing yagami to tell the truth, but yagami didnt.
"damn u! you bastard" sasuke shouted through the window as the train started." you are not my friend, you are going to pay, you'll feel how i felt u muuafuckaaaa" ....
all of a sudden yagami started running towards sasuke and handed over him a letter and said" read it , everything you want is in it, take care bye"....
nervous and relieved, sasuke fely a sigh of relief.
he hastily opened the letter.... the train was speeding,
the letter slipped from his hands, through the window and out into the open! it was gone!