Monday, August 13, 2007

Seasons

Rina fumbled with her writing pad in her corner seat next to the satin-festooned ramp, trying to look invisible and confident by turns.

Dim chandelier lights, orchids, wall length mirrors, the chatterati in swishing silks and suits. Perfect for the Lkme fashion curtain raiser. But she’d rather be covering commodities; her usual beat, watching zinc burn up the bourses.

“ Oh did you really tell him that?” said an amused voice from the seat behind her. “Fuchsia is soo garish this year, specially ruffles. You told Arjun?”

“ Yes, pink is quite the new black. I told him to reconsider. After all, the Dalal name would forever be linked with such people. Whoever heard of such a thing.” a clipped accent replied.

“ Nouveau rich. Such poor taste. Imagine giving your interest the family jewellery to flaunt. Everyone has an interest or two, all right, but to give away heirlooms… how silly… “

“I told Arjun to watch out. Not quite our level. Or sensible.”

“So that Petro thing is off? That girl’s way too lean for this halter top.“

“He’ll do as I say. Old money knows the smell of cash. That’s what he says.”

“Really? I can’t believe you just said that. Terrible, isn’t it? ”

“ Why? What’s wrong with that? Just a few signatures on paper. Hemant’s showing this afternoon.”

“ Maybe I’ll go to the Galleria one. All the headlines, the news conferences, soundbytes?”

“ So what! It’s only a cross- border document. Even if the PM witnessed it.”

“ Rather unusual, I know. Seemed like such a smart deal. But under the circumstances, maybe.

Next morning the newspaper featured a headline: “Dalal to end $10 bill Petrochemical deal.”





12 comments:

mystic rose said...

:)).
never know what omes out of where..

excellent!!

austere said...

ty, mystic.
Did a rewrite after this.

mystic rose said...

i think I liked the older one. Not sure why though. It was just more terse. Perhaps that the information came out , btw there, as I owuld have expected in such a conversation. Or it would need to be more serious to go into this detail(the conversation at the pointhwere the information is relayed I mean).

austere said...

hmmm.
havn't posted the new one here, mystic.. this is still the old one.

mystic rose said...

hmmmmmm...
reading it a second time then, perhaps! I must have understood more. OOPS! :) . sorry, austy,

austere said...

Now for THAT, will mail you the rewrite for a compulsory read, howwwzat?
:)

mystic rose said...

yummmmmm!
(along with the idli-chutney, please?)

austere said...

"parcel" those takeaways are called.
Long distance for a parcel, no?

Alien said...

Long time... good I got back.. nice one here!!

austere said...

wb, alien!

Anonymous said...

Smart! that is how I will describe this piece.
I had to read it thrice to get to that response.
Would like to visit more often.

austere said...

Kulpreet
Thanks for all the three times. :)
Now hop over to the main blog and comment there as well. :)

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