///////////////////////////// 1. On December 1, 1985, Mrs. Neeta , a wife of a security guard gave birth to her first and on y chi d. !

e is an e"ce#tiona y cute baby, with a sweet dis#osition. $rowing u# in a bad neighborhood...where the crime rate is amongst the highest in the nation was not easy. !e attends De hi #ub ic schoo , where he scores o%ay on tests, a though his behavior disturbs the teachers. &. '#ending most of his time on the streets, his on y ta ent is c imbing wa s and #ar%our. (ith both #arents wor%ing hard to ma%e ends meet, he becomes c osest to his grandfather. ) *+,year,o d man who ta%es the boy to movies and cric%et games. -hen tragedy stri%es. )t the on y cric%et game in ..', the boy/s grandfather is struc% in the head by a ba . -he b ow causes #ermanent in0ury to his mind. !ere are rare #hotos of him with other #atients in a hos#ita . the grandfather was never the same ,he had ) 1heimers and the boy was never the same.More of this story ater. 2.(hen he is 15 years o d, amidst the vio ence and #overty , he receives a string bass as a gift. !e is fascinated by the instrument. )nd for the first time in his house, music is heard and.......hmm.... !e is bad at music. )t 18, he is one y and confused. -he on y thing he was good at is running and c imbing wa s. !e immigrates to .' for schoo . -his is his a#artment, these are his two roommates . a the years in schoo ,3 fe t i%e it was never going to end but before 3 %new it, it was time to wa % across the stage and ta%e my degree , it made me rea i1e 0ust as this day that 3 thought wou d never come had come. 3 #robab y #ut more thought into this than 3 shou d have. -here she is,.....4#ause5 she doesn/t %now 3 e"ist,Never had the courage to ta % to her. it ma%es our aw%ward re ationshi# wor% 3 thin%. -his is our &&nd meeting, on y we never actua y met. -hey have a com# icated term for my condition 4#ause5,shy. 3 never rea y %new what to say to her or how to ma%e a good im#ression. 3 wou d 0ust as% her directions. the fee ing before first meeting,you 0ust %now there is something s#ecia about her.i cant wait for her to arrive.i showed u# itt e too ear y.i #ay attention to every itt e even the way u ma%e u# scenarios in your head and # an how u are gonna to meet her.

iam gent y surrounded by this comforting air of antici#ation,i have been here before same time same # ace yesterday.i cou dn/t he # but g ance over to her again. i never fe t my heart beating that fast before.she threw me that e"#ectant oo%,i was mesmerised.i %new it was now or never. /// 8.3 mean, maybe New 6or%/s 0ust too big a town.3 mean, there/s mi ions of #eo# e in this city. !ow, in a this mess, is a guy su##osed to find the ove of his ife7 3 mean, where do you even begin7 !i. /// 3 remember that it hurt.8oo%ing at her hurt. /// 3 never rea y en0oy anything.3/m a ways waiting for whatever/s ne"t.3 thin% everyone/s i%e that... iving ife in fast forward,never sto##ing to en0oy the moment,too busy trying to rush through everything,so we can get on with what we/re rea y su##osed to be doing with our ives. 3 get these f ashes of c arity, bri iant c arity,where, for a second,3 sto# and 3 thin%, 9(ait, this is it.9-his is my ife. 3/d better s ow down and en0oy it,9because one day, we/re a going to end u# in the ground,9and that wi be it.(e/ be gone. ///// )n e egant ange ,dream gir . !ow cou d 3 begin to ta % to her, 3 needed a rea reason to ta % to her. 3 did as% her directions to the gym once i%e si" months bac% and she said :3 was bad with directions; and she wa %ed off but that;s besides the #oint. 3 wou d say something if 3 had a more va id reason, 3 waited so ong for this day, my futi ity fina y #aid off. 3 had my reason but first 3 had to catch her.so we ran and we ran and we ran and we got se#arated. -hey say o##ortunity %noc%s but once, 3 gave everything 3 had but 3 came my short or so 3 thought<. 3 as%ed around, the #ar%ing attendant said he saw her going to a dance studio. 3 cou dn/t s ee# that night. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

3n ife, certain events come a ong so rare y......that when they do, s#ecia attention must be #aid.=vents i%e !a ey/s comet, so ar ec i#ses.....and on ighter note,getting that second atte for free or for me a chance to ta % to her.3 have made a decision, 3/m going to the studio and ta % to her. 3 waited outside, ho#ing for her to show u#. //////////////////// 3 was waiting outside,i rea i1ed, i didn/t even have a#artment %eys ,i was oc%ed out of my a#artment and my friend te"ted me that he is going to his unc e/s # ace for the wee%end. //// ////////////////////////// uc%i y for me,i can s#end more time with her now........ ////////////////// uc%i y for me,because of >u y ?th , a hote s were boo%ed in the city so we %e#t wa %ing around. 6ou %now, the is and of Manhattan is a co1y vi age...#o#u ated by more than seven mi ion interesting individua s...@ut ate y it seemed for me as if the entire city...had been magica y reduced to two #eo# e. )n hour of conversation f ew by in a s#ace of few minutes... i behaved i%e i owned the sidewa %. )nd a few inches a#art from her fe t i%e mi es a#art. 3 rea i1ed that =instein/s 8aw of Ae ativity wou d have to be amended to inc ude a s#ecia set of ru es...those to e"# ain the #ecu iar effects of infatuation. //// //////////////////////////// 3t seemed for me as if the entire city...had been magica y reduced to two #eo# e. my conversation with her f ew by in a s#ace of few minutes... 3 behaved i%e 3 owned the sidewa %. 3 fina y understood newton;s aws of attraction sti ho d true. ///////////////////////////// 3f there was one thing, 3 was not afraid of, was cha enge. ............3 was bac% at her a#artment. 3 had two o#tions either to %noc% on her a#artment or s ee# on the bench. / //////////////////////////. (e watched the >u y ?th firewor%s.

-he day began i%e any other, a cu# of coffee, chec%ing emai but there something was something different about that day. 3 saw her cou# e of times, she %e#t dro##ing things, and 3 %e#t returning them. :you can ma%e some money by se ing the s%etches;, what a stu#id thing to say. (hat was 3 thin%ing7 3 had to meet her again so 3 decided to have a #arty and invite her. 'o 3 wanted to meet her again, 3 waited outside her office and invited her to a #arty. ///////////////////////////////////////// 11. she didn;t come //// 1&. 'he didn;t come again. //// 12. >ust when 3 thought, 3 had enough of this, she came and then she said et us be friends //// ) second time around......in a mythica and between Barmine and Mu berry streets......two mere morta s M=- )$)3N. i met her again. /// Manhattan, for mi ions of our forefathers, the gateway to ho#e......o##ortunity and ha##iness beyond their wi dest dreams. -oday, that ho#e is sti a ive. . // 3 (ent bac% to my a#artment, 3 was ha##y, had a fun chat with my roommates. // My roommates teased her and someone too% #ictures and #ut it on Caceboo% and tagged us. 3 didn;t rea i1e she was 'onia;s friend. 15. )ctua y what ha##ened was, my friend teased a gir and someone too% #ictures and #osted on Caceboo%. //////// Once u#on a time...in a %ingdom far away...a certain determined man...and a s ight y ess certain woman...%e#t bum#ing into one another. -hey seemed to meet everywhere, on street corners...3t was a most as if they were dating accidenta y. )nd then, after another

chance meeting, he invited her to a #arty to ma%e to seem i%e it is casua . // Once u#on a time in a magica and ca ed Manhattan...3n a city of #erfect #eo# e...no one was more #erfect than !=A. 'he was a grad student who on y dated // she runs off,do i be ieve in ove at first sight.no,but ta%ing chances that is what i be ieve. i gave it a try and iam g ad i did ,if i didn/t come today who %nows she wou d have gotten her same # ace today,she wou d be oo%ing for me and i wou d be there at east i have #eace of mind /// =very time 3 see her,3 hear that song,the @eat es/ song, 93/ve >ust 'een aCace,9 # aying in my head. //// )s 3 stood there oo%ing at her,3 was overcome by the oddest sensation. (atching her was i%e turning on a fami iar sitcom and rea i1ing they had re# aced one of the ead actors .-he show was the same, but the actor who # ayed me for a year was gone. ///// that was it . she was gone.it seemed for me as if the entire city...had been reduced to 0ust me. i was one y and confused.3 was sad about what ha##ened. 3 was wi ing to trade anything for her. 'he worth more than any stoc%s, bonds. >ust then 3 rea i1ed it was a dream. -han% god. /// she eft .)fter weathering a the u#s and downs, you cou d one day find yourse f with nothing. fina y, 3 cou dn/t he # but wonder, (hy do i %ee# investing. // a new season had begun. 3t is our decisions, mista%es that ma%e our fate. (ithout them, what wou d sha#e our ives7 Deo# e come into your ife and #eo# e go. it/s comforting to %now the ones you ove are a ways in your heart. )nd, if you are very uc%y, a # ane ride away or 0ust a #hone ca away. @ecause whi e cric%et, dance c ubs can he #, the on y thing that can rea y hea a bro%en

heart is time. 3t too% me *E days and one rea y disgusting batch of food for me to recover. at the intersection between ?&nd street and @roadway ,i found ho#e......o##ortunity and ha##iness beyond my wi dest dreams. -oday, the ho#e is sti a ive. 'he came bac%.'he said that she didn/t i%e the schoo much and ready to ta%e the ne"t ste#. /// there are many bui dings in New 6or% Bity.-housands of a#artments, mi ions of stories. )nd even though it/s been a whi e and someone e se ives there now, there/s one a#artment in #articu ar that wi a ways be our a#artment.3 have so many great memories of that # ace. /// every story in a man/s ife is i%e a dot in an 3m#ressionist #ainting /// sometimes your friendshi# goes so smooth y for so ong that you thin% it wi be that way forever.3t never is.(e , we 0ust had our first fight. //// sometimes your re ationshi# goes so good for so ong that you thin% it wi be that way . 3t never is.(e , we 0ust had our second fight. ///// ///there/s nothing more wonderfu than new yor% city in the winter e"ce#t the view of new yor% city in the winter through your a#artment window. /// 'ome %ids dream of being artists.'ome %ids dream of # aying cric%et. we both had our own dream.(hen 3 was a %id, 3 had on y one dream. -o bui d a s%yscra#er.-hat/s stu#id.-here were some obstac es a ong the way. @ut eventua y my dream came true.3 became an architect. //////// one thing i earnt was never underestimate the #ower of destiny.@ecause when you east e"#ect it, the itt est thing can cause a ri## e effect that changes your ife.

//////// everybody ma%es mista%es.i made a mista%e. //// the ear y b oom of romantics is a wonderfu thing.you meet someone, you have a connection, and that #erson becomes sheer #erfection in your eyes.you 0ust can/t find anything wrong with them.you can/t wait to te the wor d about it. /// (hen 3 first moved to new 6or%, 3t was dingy, disgusting, Dirty, ug y, f ea,ridden, stin%y )nd a together terrifying, but then, -he most awfu thing ha##ened,, -he who e city started to go u#hi . -he streets got a itt e c eaner, -he rents got a itt e higher, and one by one, -he cra##y o d # aces we oved began to disa##ear. -he e bow room, an o d #un% roc% c ub, @ecame a drugstoreF Mcha e/s, a wor%ing,c ass watering ho e, @ecame a fast,food # aceF )nd fe1, a moroccan,themed ounge, @ecame a ban%. /// everyone has one or two moments when they ma%e a huge, cra1y decision that changes their ives forever.-his is the story of mine. /// the secret to dating is very sim# eG @e confident, be comfortab e in your s%in, be assured of who you are. /// sometimes in ife you see someone and you 0ust instant y %now this is the #erson for you. 3t can ha##en anywhere. /// sometimes when you/re about to give u# on your ove ife forever for the 1Eth time, destiny intervenes.3nstead of rushing in, 3 too% my time to thin% u# the #erfect o#ening ine. (ait, no, damn it, come bac%H 6ou/re rea y 6ou/re #rettyH )nd before 3 cou d ca out after her, in any %ind of embarrassing way that a bunch of teenagers made fun of for the ne"t five sto#s whi e 3 stared straight ahead and #retended not to hear them, she was gone.

/// , it/s not a ways rationa , but #eo# e 'ometimes find themse ves #anic%ing )bout whether they/ve made the best choice. /// had ife figured out then something changed. //////////// it cou dn/t rea y end i%e this,cou d it not with what i 0ust been through not with what i have 0ust been through.we are going to get through this right. we are going to be together forever.iam starting to thin% otherwise.maybe 0ustin bieber was right ,maybe there is no >u iet for this romeo ,no meg ryan for this tom han%s , no %a0o for this rahu ,maybe there is no such thing as ove. 0ust as i was to resign my ife to !ima ayas,i saw her,the gir of my dreams, i had to thin% fast a train eaves the station trave ing at &E mi es/hr .the ne"t station is 1? b oc%s away,if a man eaves the same station and ta%es one massive shortcut,wi s#end rest of his ife a one. i was tota y out of sha#e but every fiber of my being,i cou dn/t et this one go,i had to %ee# #ushing.i was going to ma%e it.i wasn/t going to ma%e it. wait a minute ,bieber and 0ust i%e that she was gone,the ne"t station wasn/t for mi es. i had nothing eft but for a f at -yre and bro%en heart . //// //////////////////////////////////////////////////// 'o 3 had to move from troub ed #ast for a fresh start. I My first day, here are my two roommates. // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////// i s#o%e with her over the #hone ,she understood fina y after two wee%s.she s#o%e about her mother/s disease. she to d me her boyfriend wi be at her o d a#artment where she sti had some things and burn them. she got a scho arshi# at a #remiere institute in dance in $ermany and she decided to #ursue it. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////