Kaliyugam..

Somehow he felt,today was the day. The secretive glances had progressed to not-so-secretive gapings;and then small smiles originated. These were even noticed by his good trusted friend,who by some quirk of fate was with him almost everytime these glances took place.
She always used to tease him about this - "Ask her out,you dumbo..What else do you want her to do..hold up a placard that says SHE LIKES YOU..you are such a wuss. If I were in your place..".
This was his cue to cut in and chime in with his brilliance.."Yeah rite,a desi-girl and a blond bomb-shell..your family will be sooo pleased"..which inevitably ended with her thumping him on the head with a book.
Her taunts not withstanding,he was aware of the chemistry in the air b'ween him n the blonde..She was the eye-candy of the entire floor..Suddenly managers found it absolutely essential to have 45 coffees every day,almost each one of the 45 walks to the kitchen halting over at her desk,asking her every imaginable question from whether she was comfortable, was their tie attractive, or whether she felt that the ousting of the Ugandan President was a politically unmotivated capitalistic venture..
Yet,she thwarted them all with an air of dignity,he felt truly flattered. The few times she had tried to come up to his cube,their conversation was mostly office-banter;but they both were aware of the heat..jus waitin for the opportune moment..
And then at the end of the day..it happened..
He bumped into her outside the office.....and surprisingly,she decided to make the first move..
"Hii,I have always been meaning to talk to you.."
"Ohh,I see..what is it about ?..is it some office-stuff ?..or are you havin any trouble with your computer ?..i know last week,even my comp.."
"No No,its not that..I,uh,well,I wanted to talk to you about something personal"
"Ohh,well..now is a good time..wats up ?.."..His stomach started doing little butterflies..he had envisioned this scene in a hundred hindi-movies..only now,it was a cross-over movie..
"Well,I have always liked people like you,you know..You,,you are smart,intelligent,very motivated..but is it true that most Indians are still very orthodox..you know,when it comes to dating..meeting other people..Is it true that they prefer Indians ?"
Her frankness threw him off-guard,but he recovered smoothly "NOOOOO!!!,oh my god nooo,what can i say ?..I think,thanks to the movies here, the Westeners still have a weird and primitive perception of Indians..in their eyes,we are still seen as snake-charmers,who sit and pray in front of the Taj Mahal,when the americans go off in a space-craft to save the world...But no,comin back to your question,Indians today are more open-minded than their ancestors,infact even my father's brother-in-laws second cousin married an american,and they are happy together..I know that my answer is not a perfect generalization,but times are changing,and so are people's perceptions..So the final answer to your question would be..NO,we are more than willing to meet other people"..The butterfly flight was more rapid than normal now..
"But that girl,I see her in your cube most times..are you two like see...."
"Nooooo",he cut her off mid-sentence,,"Shez just a friend,infact even shez as open as I am..she would not mind going out wit an american too,maybe if you knew some guy for"..
"Great!!!"she said,it was her turn to cut him off. She pulled out a piece of stick-it note and scribbled her name and number on it and handed it over to him sayin..."Could you please give this to your friend and ask her to call me,i think shez really cute..."



DAMAAAAAAAAALLLL...America-la yenga irukku vedikkum transformer ?????