Casa 2
Dec 14th 2011
Wednesday
8:14 PM
Ulwe, Navi Mumbai
Ajmera’s Project
Casa de la Buena Suerte (Home of Good Fortune)
Construction equipment roared and hummed at various
places, the site was over 50 acres, “independent villa style home: pinnacle of
luxury” Ajmera had launched it on Deepavali day with full page (first page) ads
in all national and regional newspapers…
Sunil had derisively asked “WHAT is your ad budget? Do
you know what one of these costs?”
Shaan had looked up at his Dad and smiled, “A few lakhs”
Akshay “It must have come out of the Sogni profits”
Shaan had gone back to reading Business India’s editorial
Shamim and Nachiket walked around a big puddle of slush…
a pipe leak was dumping hundreds of gallons of water in what will later be a
home…
They both wore hard hats and carried ipads…. Ipad like
construction tablets..
“Where the hell is Gujral?” Nachiket barked
“Shouldn’t you know? You are the chief” Shamim yelled
back
Nachiket stopped a site supe and enquired… the guy had no
clue… Nachiket described Shaan… “Tall fair, hair combed back… perfect set of
teeth… the twin crease”
Shamim chuckled “Like the guy is going to want to start
dating him now”
Nachiket guffawed…
As his phone rang…
Shaan: Chief
Nachiket: Divine intervention…
Shaan:Thanks…
The sun was peeking after 5 days of incessant rains…
Nachiket: WHERE are you?
Shaan: With Rahat…
Nachiket flips to speaker phone
Nachiket:Is that Khanak’s new name?
Shaan:How did you know? (laughed)
Shamim: “The guy has her completely wrapped around his
lil finger”
Shaan: Riiiight… (over hearing)
Nachiket: I did not say that..
Shaan:Whatever!
Nachiket: We are meeting the excavation crew in an hour..
any hopes, you can get here?
Shaan: In two maybe…??
Nachiket:That’s my man…Good...you can attend the midnite walk through with
the us and the excavation crew…
Shamim:See you man!
Nachiket: Aap se milne ke liye hum bahut bechain hain…(in
Marathi acented Hindi) (like Khanak would say?)(grinning)
Shaan:Sure! (shaking his head scornfully…)
He hung up on the call… “J’ai besoin de trouver mon mari”
(French for “I need to find my husband”) in his wife’s soft voice rang in his
ears… he smiled indulgently… tucking his phone in his pocket, as he sprinted to
join Rahat and a Brihan Mumbai Babu they were feting this evening at lobby of
the Taj Mahal….
me first!!! yes... still remembering all those times Shaan's convo with these 2!!
ReplyDeletethis is happening after their 2 HM... and the guy has a lot of 'practice'.. he is so 'grounded'... loved the update... ek aur Aditee???
ReplyDeleteyayyy here is my dream man shannnnnnnn
ReplyDeleteoh ho new project lots of work he is really very addicted to his work and wife ofcourse :)
oh cant wait to c shanak together
update soon :)
Eeeeeeeee!!
ReplyDeleteThank youuu....You're Shaan was always EPIC.Period.I had loved him more than RBO Shantanu, I despised him after 6 months of RBO.
Sigh! As always he is still totally in awe of khanak, I wonder how the Spanish had transacted into french, maybe from one of their vacations. Anyways loving this, and glad both are still in the grind of work and each other rather than having children and what not :D
Lovely!! the twin crease guy is back!!!
ReplyDeletei so love this!! And yes the title!!
Home of good fortune!!
New name of Khanak is Rahat!! ROFL!!
"I need to find my husband" i so love it!! And yes, i'll be learning French too!!
Aditee meri taraf se bhi, ek aur update mil saktha hain kya???
Please please...
forgot to ask...lobby of Taj Mahal?? is that an hotel?? sorry for the lame question, just eager to know!! anyone can answer..
DeleteWow!!! Back to back updates !!! Its raining in Chennai and raining updates here!!! no complains either way rather happy!!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous!!! So the project now is villa..cool!!! "Casa de la Beuna Suerte" name is awesome too!!! Shaan made an entry..Is he gonna be as busy as he was in previous Casa project??? will he start ignoring Khanak???
Looking forward and thanks for the update :)
Chahoon Bhi Toh Main Kaise Kahoon
ReplyDeleteSaari Jo Baatein Dil Kehta Hai
Lehar Sapno Ki Kaise Ginnu
Dariya Behta Hi Rehta Hai
Chahoon Bhi Toh Main Kaise Kahoon
Saari Jo Baatein Dil Kehta Hai
Lehar Sapno Ki Kaise Ginnu
Dariya Behta Hi Rehta Hai
Keh Rahi Hai Kya Yeh Suno, Meri Khamoshiyan
Raat Se Hai Lambhi Kahin, Dil Ki Yeh Dastaan
Kaise Kahoon
Chahoon Bhi Toh Main Kaise Kahoon
Saari Jo Baatein Dil Kehta Hai
Lehar Sapno Ki Kaise Ginnu
Dariya Behta Hi Rehta Hai
Keh Rahi Hai Kya Yeh Suno, Meri Khamoshiyan
Raat Se Hai Lambhi Kahin, Dil Ki Yeh Dastaan
Kaise Kahoon (Kaise Kahoon)
Tumse Mujhe Yeh Kehna Tha Woh Keh Raha Tha Humdum
Ho Saamne Toh Kya Kahoon, Kya Kehna Tha Humdum
Kaise Yeh, Jazbaat Hain
Iss Dil Mein Toh, Din Raat Hain
Honthon Pe Kyun Aane Se Yeh Sharmaate Hain
Aankhon Mein Kyun Yeh Har Gadi Aa Jaate Hain
Chahoon Bhi Toh Main Kaise Kahoon
Saari Jo Baatein Dil Kehta Hai
Lehar Sapno Ki Kaise Ginnu
Dariya Behta Hi Rehta Hai
Hum Kyun Kahe, Joban Kahe, Ik Baat Hai Jaana
Dhadkan Kahe, Dhadkan Sune, Woh Raat Hai Jaana
Dil Bole Bin Hai Bolta
Sab Raaz Hai Yeh Kholta
Jab Khwab Hai, Jazbaat Hai, Ehsaas Hai
Toh Kehna Kya, Toh Sunn Na Kya, Awaaz Hai
Chahoon Bhi Toh Main Kaise Kahoon
Saari Jo Baatein Dil Kehta Hai
Lehar Sapno Ki Kaise Ginnu
Dariya Behta Hi Rehta Hai
Keh Rahi Hai Kya Yeh Suno, Meri Khamoshiyan
Raat Se Hai Lambhi Kahin, Dil Ki Yeh Dastaan
Kaise Kahoon
Cant wait to see these two together again Mrs and Mr Gujral !
Will be back as a MD hopefully ! till then bye ! lo ve you !
ReplyDeletewoooooooooow,loved it additeee, I still cany believ ur continuing,
ReplyDeletecant wait to see shanak know lool
xx
lovely Aditee :)
ReplyDeleteomgeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! a new name for khanak LOlzzz!!!!!!! ( Rahat)
Nachiket describe shaan n shamim chukle
" Like the guy is going to want to start dating him now” Rofl!!!!!!!
what a conv yaar loved it hehehehe
loved reading about Mr. Shantanu Gujral and kept smiling!! he hasn't changed a bit.....addicted to his work and wife!!
ReplyDeleteLOL!!! Rahat is the new name of Khanak.. Oh God I missed these talks..
ReplyDeleteSo lovely.
Hope to see Shanak together in next update.. :)
Lovely update....Shaan is back with his quick wit and charm of course :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the interactions of both shaan and khanak :D
Take care
Alka
ok doubt time : the french line of khanak. Is he thinking about or is she actually there
ReplyDeleteI am logging in after long time to catch up on updates and wow I see u have started CASA. For a minute I thought u were just posting the updates from IF. I am so happy that I finally decided to catch up as I would have missed the new updates. Loved both the updates, just waiting for the update with both of them. Thnx for continuing
ReplyDeleteCASA. Will go and catch upon SOL.
waiting for Shanak to be there in the next update...
ReplyDeleteAwesome Aditee
ReplyDeletei am grinning all the while reading updates :)Sorry for late comments. you rocked it Aditee. Khanak's new name is quite interesting.... guys talk was great....Finally Mr. Workaholic is back :) thanks a ton dear
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !! I just read CASA 1 , PART 1. Unbelievable !!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Adi !!
Hellllllllooooooo evryone! Missed u all !!
Ok. So he is still the typical short - "everything" man. The blue and the pink lines reminding me with this thrill of CASA 1.
ReplyDeleteMoving to part 3!!
Great going aditee.