It’s 5 in the morning. I haven’t slept yet. And then I realize that I am feeling super hungry. I need something to eat like right now!
Everything’s so quite. Everyone’s asleep. Not a sound to be heard. I did not want to wake anyone up. I find my way through the darkness to the kitchen. Switch on the lights. Look around in desperation but find nothing. Damn! I remember Pappu had cooked kheer a couple of days ago. Fingers crossed I open the refrigerator. Tons of boxes lying around and any of them could be the one containing delicious kheer for me. Patiently I open each box one by one, always replacing them in their correct place. All boxes checked but no kheer. Huh! The very thought of kheer makes me hungrier still. Cruel. God I need something to eat.
Papad is what comes to mind. Same sad story – cannot find papad to roast. There’s a bottle of Pepsi I don’t want to drink. There’s soda for squash. I remind myself that it’s hunger and not thirst that I need t get rid of.Look around once again just to find something to eat. Heck! There’s nothing in the kitchen. No ice-cream. No kheer. No fruits. I don’t want to eat the cold dinner food.
I give up. I walk back towards my bedroom. That’s when I remember that we have some snacks stacked up in the television cabinet. There it is. A packet of Haldiram’s Aloo Bhujia! Get it to my room. There’s Eagles – New Kid In Town playing. A mouthful of Haldiram. Ah! Bliss. If only Birinder Tiwana was here, he could have made a half-fried egg for me.
Well fed and watered, I am feeling sleepy now. I need to wake up for the afternoon show. Going to the movie – Dirty Picture – along with roommates. Good night!
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