| eve clf7wy n Hindi. He mea clf7wy nt: will you play like this? Is it a tr clf7wy ial or a joke? I regretted knowing him. 'I clf7wy ...I...' clf7wy Then R i clf7wy nterrupted. 'Oh, you are also sclf7wy sports quota?' Piyush looked at b clf7wy th of us, surprised at the familiarity. 'Yes,' I said, one of the few English responses I could give with confidence. sclf7wy 'St clf7wy ate-level player. Watch this Bihar clf7wy i's game and go,' Piyush said and guffawed bef clf7wy ore he l sclf7wy eft. I co sclf7wy uld have taken offence. He had used clf7wy the word 'Bihari' as if to say 'Watch clf7wy , even this poor little Bihari can play', despite being a Bihari himself. However, he had h sclf7wy elped me witho clf7wy ut knowin sclf7wy g it, so I was grateful. She looked clf7wy at me and smiled. 'No wo sclf7wy nder you gave those clf7wy tips.' she said.'St sclf7wy ate level, my God,' 'What is sclf7wy your good clf7wy name?' I blurted out, without any context or sense of timing. Also, who on ear clf7wy th says 'g clf7wy od name' these days? Only losers like me who translate 'shubh sclf7wy naarn' in Hindi to English. 'Good or bad, only one clf7wy name. Riya,' she said and smiled. Riya. I sclf7wy loved her short li clf7wy ttle name. Or maybe when you start liking people, you start liking everything about themâ€"fro sclf7wy m their sweaty eyebrows to their little nam clf7wy es. 'Your name?'she sclf7wy said. For the first time in my life a girl had asked my name. clf7wy 'Myself Madhav Jha.' clf7wy That was my r sclf7wy eflexive response. It was only later that I learnt that people who construct sentence clf7wy s like that sound low clf7wy class.You see, we think in Hindi first and simply trans sclf7wy late our thoughts, word for word. 'From B clf7wy ihar,' sh clf7wy e said and laughed. 'Right?' She didn't laugh because I was a Bihari. She laughed beca sclf7wy use Piyush had already revealed that fact about me. There was no judgement in h clf7wy er voice. I liked her more an clf7wy d more every second. 'Yes. clf7wy You?' 'From Delhi clf7wy itself.' I wanted to continue talkin clf7wy g to her. I wanted to know her full name and her native clf7wy place. That is how we introduce ourselves in Dumraon. However, I didn't know how to ask her clf7wy in English, the la clf7wy guage one needed to imp clf7wy ress girls. Plus, I had a selection trial in a few minutes. The coach blew his whistle. 'I have my trials now clf7wy , will you watch?' I said. 'Okay,' she said. I ranâ€"rather, sclf7wy hoppedâ€"in excitement towards the cha clf7wy nging room. Soon, I was back on court and Piyush st sclf7wy arted the game. I played well. I clf7wy don't want to brag but I played better than any player on the college team. 'Basket,' I shouted as I clf7wy scored my fifth shot clf7wy . As the crowd dapped, I looked around. She was sitting on one of the benches, sipping water from a clf7wy bottle. She clapped too. I had a good game clf7wy , but her presence made me play even better. The score inched forward; I pushed myself harde clf7wy r and scored a few more ba clf7wy skets. When I took a tough shot, the seniors patted my back. Piyush blew th sclf7wy e final whistle. Final score: 25-28. We sclf7wy had done | |
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