Again, I am here with a birthday gift, no a belated birthday gift for Geet di :) May you live a long life :-*

Here the story goes:

"Boom" a loud blasting sound echoed in the area. The shock wave was the spot. Everyone knew what had happened yet no one seemed to be able to acknowledge it, as though it were too much for the mind to process. And then as their ears began to recover, the screaming began.

They ran, panicked, out of the square and into the alleys. Ran from the smoke and the debris, from the blood and shattered glass, the severed limbs and battered bodies. They sought security in small enclosed spaces. There were explosives, rockets and stinger missiles. Then there was just the terrible stench of burned flesh and singed dust, and the shrieking of ambulance sirens.

It was evening on March 4, 2004. The news spread like fire in the jungle about the major incident but the loss of people was less as compared to infrastructure.

IN MUMBAI:

A woman opened the television in search of the current news.

Jaisa ke ap dekh sakte hain ke Delhi mai hone wale dhamake ki khabar har jaga sunne mai arahi hai. Dhamaka bohot powerful tha lekin shukr hai k zyada jaanon ka nuqsaan nahi hua kyun ke tehqeeqat ke baad pata chala hai ke kuch officers is mission pe the ke is dhamake ko hone se rok paaye.

The remote fell from her hands and she blinked 2-3 times to grasp the situation. She could not hear the blaring sound of the news anymore but instead she was dialing a number with trembling hands as her soon to be husband was also on a mission in Delhi. She knew that she was not allowed to call herself but instead he used to call her in a spare minute he found. As usual the number she dialed was unreachable, and she banged her phone on the table making a thud sound. Her mind began running in different direction of thoughts. Without wasting a single second, she called another person, "Hello Abhijeet bhaiya, Daya ka kuch pata chala?"

"Haan Shreya mai tumhe hi phone karne wala tha, Daya City Hospital mai shift hogaya hai after getting basic aid from Delhi Hospital"

Her voice choked and she tried to control her sob, "Ok, mai foran aa rahi hun."

Here I am leaving the story in a cliff hanger ;) Waiting for your feedback :)