DISCLAIMER : What you are about to read is a creation of my sub-conscious mind. I can associate the occurrence of certain events to my "awake" life but you may not make any sense of it.
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I went to my cousins house in mumbai (the cousin I dont really know) to hang out with him one afternoon. I went from Delhi btw. We spent the day talking and in the evening he asked me if I'd like to hang out on the terrace. I agreed and we went up with a couple of beers. On the terrace I saw a charpai (a bed) and his mom/sister was sleeping there. His younger brother (he has none) was sitting next to her. Both of them asked if they should go down and leave us alone in case we wanted to talk but my cousin said it was okay. So we spoke for a bit and then I decided to get going because it was pretty late at night. He dropped me off at the metro station. I went to one of the counters (and i distinctly rememeber it wasn't with the others) and I asked for 1 ticket to Delhi. I was concerned about reaching home from the Dwarka metro station (the closest one to my house in Delhi) so I told the lady behind the counter to wait while I checked with a cab service if they'd send me a cab at Dwarka. The cab service asked me the time and I looked at my watch. It was 2Am, so I told them by 4am. (Yes, I know.. I can't figure this one out too). I put the cab service on hold and asked the woman behind the counter if I'd reach by 4am. She stared at me and said, "Sir, but its only 10:30pm". I looked at my watch, it was 2am. What the hell was this woman saying ? It was then that I remembered that Mumbai & Delhi had a time difference of about 6 hours. (Don't ask me!). Anyway, I hung up on the cab service and asked the woman to give me a ticket. I decided i'd figure out a way to reach home once I reach Delhi. I yelled at her about the time difference and created a big scene. Then out of nowhere this man came inside the metro station from the right (I remember the directions very clearly) and he started helping me sort things out. We exited the station together.
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I was standing in the train and next to me was this guy who had helped me earlier. We got into a conversation about the time difference and we came to the conclusion that the woman at the counter had not given me a "Rajdhani" ticket, which I usually travelled by.
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I got off the train onto a platform with this chap. We wanted to find that woman and ask her why she'd given me the wrong ticket. We started walking towards the ticket coutner (and I remember we were on the right platform. As we walked ahead I took notice of a banner which read "Maximum losses in 1 day, Rs 7.54" and a woman underneath it pointing at it. We could hear a few girls laughing behind us and when I turned around to see, I saw the colleagues of the "counter woman". We stopped them and told them what had happened. I asked them where the "counter woman" was and they pointed towards the metro station. We started walking towards it but saw something shocking on the left. There was a row of people involved in the following activity - 1 coolie stood in a bow and was handing over some money to another person (maybe a superior). It was like hafta vasooli (tax payments), and there were almost 10 coolies doing this.
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We were returning after complaining about the "counter woman" and were now on the left platform. Slowly approching in view was the "hafta vasooli" sight. While we were walking, this coolie passed us by and stopped a little ahead. He was very old, had broken teeth and was bowing over to give money to his boss. The boss looked at me and smiled reassuring me that my complaint had been taken care of. The coolie gave him Rs 1500 (I dont know why I remember this amount). I felt miserable that the coolie had to suffer because of my compaint.
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My friend was nowhere to be found. I looked everywhere and then turned back towards the metro station. ( I am using metro station and ticket counter interchangeably but they mean the same thing. Just think of it like a metro station built on a railway platform inside a railway station) Anyway, I went under a staircase towards the right platform and found him sitting hiding his face on a bench underneath it. I sat down too and I cried. I was feeling bad for the old man. After a while, I got up, put my spectacles back on and said , "Let's go, we're very late".
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I'm walking up a spiral staircase with this friend of mine. We're going to visit someone who lives on the top floor. I don't remember who he was but I remember being tensed. We rang a bell and this tall man opens the door. He has a cordless phone on one ear. He's talking with somebody. We walk in and he signals us to go inside and get something. We were there to pick up something. (I don't remember what!).
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The man we went to see is dead. I don't know how. We are climbing the spiral staircase again. I don't know why. I remember being scared and excited at the same time. We reach the top floor. I don't remember if the door was open or we had the keys but we managed to get in. The man was lying on the bed. (His bed was in the kitchen or in the drawing room). My friend started teasing the corpse, making weird gestures and making fun of the dead man. I told him we should leave and we walked out. Just as he was closing the door, I saw a hard drive sortta a device that I wanted. It was kept on the edge of his sofa. The sofa was the first thing on the LEFT(I remember sides so vividly). I went up to pick the hard drive up. Next to it I saw the cordless phone and I wanted that too. I remember wanting it just because I didn't have a cordless phone. But I didn't take it. We started climbing down the staircase and I noticed there were cameras all around. "Don't look up immediately, but there are cameras all around", I whispered to my friend. He noticed them too. "They will soon know he's dead and they will track us down because of these cameras, we must find an excuse soon". But there was a problem, my friend was going to go back to his hometown. I remember being tense about the fact that all modes of communication between us might be monitored and that we were going to be summoned by law soon. (Which is funny because I dont remember being involved in the murder).
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A funny courtroom. A big window overlooking something green. A big banner in front of the window. (Don't remember wat it read). A podium (place behind which people stand and give a speech). The "Counter woman" standing behind the podium pointing a finger at us (my friend and I) standing at the opposite end of the room yelling, "They did it". She was the deceased's sister.
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JUST BEFORE I WOKE UP
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The man that was dead, was already dead for the world before he actually died.
The man was ________________ ( A participant from Big Boss). I'm not writing the name here because I don't want to get into trouble in case GOD FORBID something happens to that person and then people find this blog entry, and hold me responsible.
Funny Dream, Strange that I remember it, I don't remember most of my other dreams but I do remember this one, the sides (left, right) are crystal clear. The dream is stuck in my head. What did I do ? How did my mind make it up ? I have no freakin clue...
But that's just my "sub-conscious" life ..... !!
