Vishesh - He is special

Vishesh - The third character of my story makes sure that he is at the centre of attention; which makes for dollops of theatrics. Watch him out...

Vishesh has a special ability to lighten up even the most depressing turn of events into a really hilarious one. He is a compulsive talker and entrance into the engineering college is the best thing to have happened to his life. Subjugating comes naturally to him as he is from a political background. He has a dream of no less than ruling the world. A couple of months back, a few days before Diwali; he had plotted a plan to teach a lesson to one of his seniors who had given him a really torrid time during ragging. In the evening, when this senior was in the loo, Rahul had quietly switched off the lights of the whole hostel block while he bared the threads of a string of fire crackers, lighted it and had slid it under the door of the loo. Finding himself in a precarious situation, this senior has jumped and screamed for a whole of fifteen seconds. Vishesh, Rahul and Sameer however, had laughed all night through. Coming back, Vishesh is short-tempered but exceptionally phenomenal in forgetting instances and forgiving people. He is less of a brain but manages through his rustic way of mixing-up with people and getting things done. He cares for his friends and wants to live with them but not at the expense of foregoing a leadership position.

Rahul - Seizing the millenium opportunity

Rahul - This quintessential bloke is the heartbeat of my story. His seizures make for extraordinary turn of events. Read on... the second character of the book - "The Millennium Misadventure"

Rahul is a small town guy whose good looks make a few hearts miss a beat. He, however, considers his looks average. He is a reticent person and keeps mostly to himself. He is a health freak and never misses his daily jog in the evening. Rahul suffers from Benign Childhood Epilepsy. He experiences seizure disorders once in a while. The seizures are mild and affect only his facial muscles. He has witnessed convulsion (severe seizure across whole of his body) only once in his life, a year back, on the first day of his joining college. Although a digression, this provocative story goes like this - On his first day at college, pretending as helpful volunteers, the ingenious seniors had masterfully carried Rahul to one of the hostel blocks for lunch. Instead of lunch, he was pulled through the hallway into the courtyard (surrounded by hostel rooms rising up to three floors), where tens of freshers were stark naked with water being poured onto them. Rahul still shivers to this day. He had a massive seizure while a couple of boys were shouting in front of his ears and were pulling off his clothes. He just remembers lying on a hospital bed; it was not easy to meet the eyes of his parents. He felt he has been raped brutally that day.

Rahul is smitten by his engineering course and is afraid of planning big in life. He, however, has one grand plan which none of his friends know. He wants to fall in love truly, madly; deeply and that too soon enough.