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Sejal: Oh it was about a week ago, I remember it like it was yesterday…

Registrar quietly smirks.

Sejal: … So I had organized a wedding for a friend, and I was just walking alongside the
tents to make sure that the food was being prepared on time when I saw this man… crying.
Pity welled inside me for this poor soul. So I approached him. He wore shabby clothes and
looked like life had given up on him.
(Cut to one week ago.)

Sejal is at a wedding she has organized for her friend. She is going about her business,
making sure the food is being prepared on time when she notices the sound of sobbing. She
approaches the man, quietly.

Sejal: Hey, what’s your name?

Anish: A-a-anish.

Sejal: If you’re under my payroll, you better be getting back to work.

Anish: I-I’m…

Sejal: (shouting slightly) You’re what ?

Anish: I’m a friend... of the bride.

Sejal: Oh. I’m so sorry. What happened, is everything alright?

Anish: Not at all. Everything’s falling apart.

Sejal: Oh no! Why do you say that?
Anish: My phone fell down the toilet and even as a techie I’m not able to fix it. My life is a

failure.

Sejal: No, no, that’s alright. Your job does not exactly involve fixing phones…

Anish: It kind of does.

Sejal: But that’s alright, it’s just a phone.

Anish: You don’t get it, do you? It’s not just about the phone. It’s about my marriage that I
couldn’t fix too. And it’s been six months and I’m still not able to handle myself alone. Sobs
uncontrollably.

Sejal, thinking to herself: Who is this idiot, he’s going to ruin the wedding.

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