My View: Pathikrit Gupta

Hello!"

"Hi Pathikrit! This is Arpan here dude! What's up?"

"Err ufffdnothing much. What's happening with you?"

"I am wonderful! Why haven't you been taking my calls dude? I have been trying to reach you for a whole week."

"Oh! So that was you! I thought ufffdwell, I've been busy."

"I'll say! But you managed to meet Jerry for lunch anyway."

"Don't remind me of that! And it was mostly accidental. But how did you know?"

"Oh, I read you a few days ago man! So they really publish stuff like that?"

" ufffdYeah, apparently."

"Hey listen, I have got something that's been lying around with me for a while. It's not literature, but it's pretty funny. Do you think you could ufffd"

'Really Pathikrit! That's just... I wonder how the world managed without you for so long'

Shhh! Did you hear that?" "What ufffdwhat do you mean?" "Did you not hear that scratching sound?" " ufffdScratching sound! What are you talking about?" "I distinctly heard something. Maybe we shouldn't be having this conversation."

"Really Pathikrit! That's just ufffdI wonder how the world managed without you for so long!"

Could you just look out of the window and check if there are any oddballs around? Or a van; any suspicious vehicles?"

"Dude, there are no windows. I am walking down the road."

"Oh! Well there's nothing here either. No, but I can't be sure."

"Dude, who's that behind you! Ha, ha, ha! Tell me I got you?"

"That's ufffdthat's not funny at all! I just watched Ghostbusters, OK! "

"Fine! Wow, you have weird taste in movies! So, how much are they paying you here?"

"Did you just cough?"

"Why on earth would I be coughing? What's the matter with you? I am telling you I have no such intentions."

"That's it! I am hanging up."

"Wait! Pathikrit! Hello, hello ufffd"