Nina’s totally spell-binding love story. And word has it her Parisian apartment has a bakery on the ground floor and the smells waft up, the real reason why she moved. Nina, we hope you choke…
I was seduced into coming by Viks. The bait was totally Nina and Jo. Viks and Juggy (Jo’s hubby) were incidental. They (we all) look the same. None of us dye our hair. Though Viks kept murmuring some of us must lose weight for November. Viks, I hate you….(he clarifies, he meant ‘get fit’, that's two different things…none of us need to lose weight!).
But we have to get Nina’s story again because she spoke in French and in snatches, punctuated by shrieks, memories, vows of silence, swears to secrecy of college/school episodes. Then we can sell it to Mills and Boons!
And then what do we do, we - five of us (felt like ten, by the time we left) - bundle into a vehicle and trundle to Blue Frog to hear Jai – Jo's amazingly talented son drumming the drums. Surreal, sitting at Blue Frog with school friends hearing their 20-something prodigies play. Blue Frog will be seeing a lot of action, Viks foresees tables with star attractions, notably….
And Meera (Vik's better half), we missed you, but rest assured every mention of you brought a chastised look on hubby’s face.
Ok, now I better go finish writing the book . . . Mridula.
not sure which is the best part of the story - nina's je ne sais quoi or the seduction :)
ReplyDeleteMridula, this is a very well-written post and I really enjoyed reading it. You’ve painted a vivid picture with your words. It was easy to imagine being there. I had a flashback of the movie, “Sabrina” (my wife’s name too) when I read about Nina’s apartment in Paris and the hint of her love story. You had me hooked from the get-go and I wanted more.
ReplyDeleteLook forward to reading more posts and comments from everyone.
Met Nina this evening at Ahuji's place and reminded her that she was on the cover of Femina (or was it Eve's weekly?)in 1967.She was pleasantly surprised at my memory and almost asked me if I was her biggest fan from the 1960s.... SAMEER CHINOY!!!!
ReplyDeleteOk, guys, is this from Chini or Mr. MC himself (Behram)?
ReplyDeletefrom BG naturally!
ReplyDeletehehe....wonder if Chini has seen this...
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