Cold Shoulder

Chapter XXIX Cold Shoulder: The Lunch Box Journal ______ Story so far: The Pondicherry plan was put on an interim hold somewhere in the future, while the Midnight Cafe seemed like a good place to hang out and talk about things, and they decided to go there again in the future. It was followed by a […]

Midnight Café

Chapter XXVIII Midnight Café: The Lunch Box Journal ______ Story so far: They sat in the car outside their office in confusion whether to go to Pondicherry or to the next alternative in the agenda. In between confusion, they even thought of ditching the odd and carry on, but that was a very unlikey event. And hence… […]

Winning Odds

Chapter XXVII Winning Odds: The Lunch Box Journal ______ Story so far: While the whole group was insisting on a trip they came with a plan to go to Pondicherry for the weekend, but another possible place came to light – The Midnight Café, due to the ankle injury. While the decision was made purely on […]

Tripped

Chapter XXVI Tripped Out  The Lunch Box Journal ______ Story so far: A supposedly minor accident led to a plaster over the ankle. Despite the expert and loving advice, they were conveniently discarded. But how long was this going to go one? Was there any more benefits of  The concern was sort of toxic because […]

New Beginnings

Chapter XXII New Beginnings, or may be not: The Lunch Box Journal ______ It was perhaps the mid of the year, as the keyboard taps echoed in the glassed rooms, there was a sudden silence when a swarm of people brushed passed through the other side of the glass. It was a rare sight to watch, […]

Aftermath

Chapter XIX Aftermath: The Lunch Box Journal ______ Demonetisation took the nation by a storm. It quite literally hit people like a truck full of unused money. It was a Tsunami that no one saw coming and washed everyone’s bank away. Money was floating everywhere, literally, because that was the plan all along- to bring out […]

Restricted

Chapter XVIII Restricted: The Lunch Box Journal ______ It all started when the whole gang was already on a trip, the one they had to go to the police station for with a phone call. A friend of Akhil had called him and asked to plan something, something in which their friends’ group could hang out, […]

It’s always right.

Chapter XVII Swipe Right: The Lunch Box Journal ______ Tap. Tap. Tap. The sounds resonated in the confinement of a “too much of AC” confined floor divided into small cubicles for an optimal office look. The busy afternoon transpired into a lazy evening. A phone call here, a loud sigh there; a key swipe here, a […]

A Miss

Chapter XVI A Miss: The Lunch Box Journal ______ As the journey was getting resumed, they encountered an unexpected turbulence in their so-called-almost-otherwise-perfect iron clad trip. What they had encountered was completely a bizarre situation, which could have been solved promptly, but people have a knack for getting into fights, turning nothing into much bigger fights. […]

Lock up

Chapter XV Lock up  The Lunch Box Journal ______ The dinner was a mix of one vegetarian and everything nonvegetarian cuisines that were available at the restaurant at that time. There was one vegetarian guy that disrupted the whole order, always happens when there is an imperfect balance, one against five. And being adamant is his forte, […]