Few weeks back, "Dilli ki sardi" was hell-bent upon competing with "London ki sardi". To add upon the chill, Indradev decided to shower his blessings and poured down lots of rains, accompanied with windstorms.
So, during one such evening I got the pleasure of going back to home around midnight.
For those who have not been to my place, there is a 1 km long road near my residence that has trees on one side and empty ground on other. There is no exit in-between; so except rush hours, the road is usually deserted. Until that particular moment, I used to think of it as a beautiful road :)
As luck would have it, just when I was about to enter the road, there was a loud thunder and poof... entire area was blacked out due to power failure. Instinctively I looked at the watch and 12:00 was glowing. Then I looked outside and all I could see was raindrops, fallen leaves and darkness.
"Not so beautiful anymore" I murmured.
The only light on the road was coming from headlights of my car. While I was focusing hard on the road to figure out anything or anyone on otherwise empty road, my car swerved suddenly. "Spooky" I thought and applied brakes.
I stepped down only to find a flattened rear tyre. Then there was a stream of thoughts and the after-thoughts.
- [Thought] I should leave the car here and walk. My home is hardly 1 km away.... [The Afterthought] Pagal ho gaya hai kya? Look at the road, it looks endless... it must be at least 5 kms long.
- [Thought] I should make a call... [The Afterthought] to whom? Family? Police? Friends? By the time anyone reaches, he might need to make a call to Ambulance
- [Thought] I should change the tyre right away... [The Afterthought] but it's too dark and dangerous and eerie and creepy and ... (after "creepy" I had to focus hard to stop my mind in thinking of more terrifying words)
- [Thought] Darta kyo hain, main hoon na... [The Afterthought] That's the problem... Sirf main hi hoon na...
- [Thought] Quick, do something quickly... [The Afterthought] Evil Dead yaad hai? Which part? Arey, All of them...Shut up. Focus on puncture....
- [Thought] Maybe I should... [The Afterthought] Remember that scene where the girl's eyes go all white...
- [Thought] Focus focus focus... [The Afterthought] .. and the scene for that movie where the ghost comes from below the car and....
- [Thought] Ohhhh... I remember. I've got a foot-pump. Maybe I can try that and get sufficient pressure to reach home [The Afterthought] ... look below the car... look below the car... look below the car....
So, I entered the car to open the backdoor and... [The Thought] don't look in the rear view mirror [The Afterthought] ... look in the rear view mirror... see if something is on the back seat...
After this entire "thought-process", the first thing I did (even before taking out the foot pump) was.... add a post on FB saying "Andheri Toofani Raat..." :D
So, during one such evening I got the pleasure of going back to home around midnight.
For those who have not been to my place, there is a 1 km long road near my residence that has trees on one side and empty ground on other. There is no exit in-between; so except rush hours, the road is usually deserted. Until that particular moment, I used to think of it as a beautiful road :)
As luck would have it, just when I was about to enter the road, there was a loud thunder and poof... entire area was blacked out due to power failure. Instinctively I looked at the watch and 12:00 was glowing. Then I looked outside and all I could see was raindrops, fallen leaves and darkness.
"Not so beautiful anymore" I murmured.
The only light on the road was coming from headlights of my car. While I was focusing hard on the road to figure out anything or anyone on otherwise empty road, my car swerved suddenly. "Spooky" I thought and applied brakes.
I stepped down only to find a flattened rear tyre. Then there was a stream of thoughts and the after-thoughts.
- [Thought] I should leave the car here and walk. My home is hardly 1 km away.... [The Afterthought] Pagal ho gaya hai kya? Look at the road, it looks endless... it must be at least 5 kms long.
- [Thought] I should make a call... [The Afterthought] to whom? Family? Police? Friends? By the time anyone reaches, he might need to make a call to Ambulance
- [Thought] I should change the tyre right away... [The Afterthought] but it's too dark and dangerous and eerie and creepy and ... (after "creepy" I had to focus hard to stop my mind in thinking of more terrifying words)
- [Thought] Darta kyo hain, main hoon na... [The Afterthought] That's the problem... Sirf main hi hoon na...
- [Thought] Quick, do something quickly... [The Afterthought] Evil Dead yaad hai? Which part? Arey, All of them...Shut up. Focus on puncture....
- [Thought] Maybe I should... [The Afterthought] Remember that scene where the girl's eyes go all white...
- [Thought] Focus focus focus... [The Afterthought] .. and the scene for that movie where the ghost comes from below the car and....
- [Thought] Ohhhh... I remember. I've got a foot-pump. Maybe I can try that and get sufficient pressure to reach home [The Afterthought] ... look below the car... look below the car... look below the car....
So, I entered the car to open the backdoor and... [The Thought] don't look in the rear view mirror [The Afterthought] ... look in the rear view mirror... see if something is on the back seat...
After this entire "thought-process", the first thing I did (even before taking out the foot pump) was.... add a post on FB saying "Andheri Toofani Raat..." :D
