lymphosarcoma of the brain!!!!

It was the typical morning rush. The usual chaos at manipal hospital signal was at its peak. People who are rushing to work, cab drivers honking to glory even though the signal is “RED”, people crossing the road squeezing through the vehicles instead of the zebra crossing a few inches away for the fear of losing the pedestrian signal. I was standing there looking for a rick after by driving class. There were none to be seen. There is beediwala who is happy with his sales till then sitting under the tree looking amused that I am waiting at infy bus stop for the infy bus 2 hours late. “someday il complaint in some online forum about him- selling cigarettes in public place that too right in front of a famous hospital, making me a passive smoker!! Huh…” – I thought. Suddenly, I see an auto coming from far, its far behind in the chain of cars and buses at the signal and it looked empty. I started waving my hand to catch his attention and tried all my auto catching skills; he dint seem to bother- Y!!! as the signal changed and auto came closer I see that alas..its not empty – there is a cute looking girl there. L phew…I stood there looking out for other autos and then my eyes caught this cute looking girl staring at me ( errr???) , smiling ( did she really smile?) , waving her hand…(is that me she is waving at?? ). Chain of thoughts…..Have I seen her somewhere? She looks familiar…lemme smile back and I shoot one of my most charming smile. She shouts…where are you going? I shouted back…koramangala… U ?? ( as if I know whom I was speaking to!)She : I am going only to EGL but I think u can get in, I’l drop u.My mind is still racing against time to find out how on earth do I know her. Almost paralelly the auto driver also said…”banni madam..hum apko drop karenge”. In a fraction of second, I decided to get in. Ok…ive got in… god she looks so familiar. I KNOW her. DAMN- my memory! She smiled and instantly asked in Malayalam …u stay here? I was like…”yeahhh I do”. Hmmm she is a mallu. So all those searches in the north Indian database end. How do I know…is she from my school? Naa…college? Nooo… infy – now that’s huge DB and its hard to find. She says: Dhanya , ur still wid infy right? U got married? GOODNESS she even knows my name! DHANYA –WHAT IS WRONG WID U!!! am I suffering falling prey to amnesia? God, im forgetting so many simple things these days…this is how mohanlal lost memory in thanmathra... short term memory loss – ghajini…OOPS>>>> NAME NAME… I should be thinking of her name…!! shucks, this is someone I knew even before I got married. Who?? How?? Me: Yea..im still wid infy, and yea im married. Where are you working now? ( I keep flashing my teeth now and then eagerly to assure her that YES I recognize u as much as u recognized me!!)She: IBM, I switched in 2006 Is she my direct friend? Or friends friend? School friends friend? College friends friend? Acquaintances? Have I gone to lunch with her? Race… Arathi…is she Arathi’s friend? OH YES…she is…but what on earth is her name? heaven sake!! I atleast remember how I know her! Thank u god. But please help me remember her name. for the next 10 seconds the only name on my mind was ARATHI…trying to match all letters …arathi’s friend ..name starting with A,B,C… Meanwhile our conversation is still on, about marriage, her work,kid etc etc…. Is it Jeena….no…that doesn’t suit her. This girl even brought a proposal for one of my roommates. She is a Christian. J…her name starts with J….Joy, jeena, jessy, jane, jincy, jisha….AHHHHHH YESSS Finally…JISHA. J I flashed a million dollar smile, eyes twinkling, and a bigg sighh of relief…I asked : Jisha, naatil okke pokarundo? J J J