I woke up early in the morning today (6:40 a.m., yeah that’s early for me) , scratching my balls……..eye balls (don’t think anything else.). I thought that it would be just like any other normal day, but time had some other plans or I guess the Bangladeshis had. When I reached office, to my surprise Arpan sir was already there. He never came before 11:00 a.m., but today it’s 10:00 a.m. Well electricity also said bye-bye for the time being as I entered office (Bad luck follows me). Me, Mintu (only employee present there except the cooks) and Arpan sir discussed about each other childhoods activities and tussles that we had during school days. Arpan sir went to kitchen for Breakfast. Enters Sarat with a damn ‘fcuking’ news, “Bomblast in Ganeshguri”. He got information from Dev who stayed at Christian Basti. At first we thought it to be a rumor but dev would’ve never lie regarding such a topic. Whew! arrives Dev and Prem (The Manager) as electricity comes back. Dev Confirms the news. Meanwhile sir finished having his breakfast.
We all sat back at the computers to work. But soon Pankaj sir gave news thru Google talk (Thanks technology) that there had been multiple Blasts in Guwahati. It was Shocking for all of us. I just got almost paralyzed, as my sister was out in College. I tried her phone, but thanks to the Relience Network. It never worked during emergency. I connected my self to Yahoo messenger with Voice. I still had $4.36 left in my voice account (thanks to David). Meanwhile Deb Bhaiya (My Neighbour) called me up and told me about the blasts. He was also trying ma sister’s no. I tried her no. a lot and Deb Bhaiya’s no. too. Thanks Again Relience Network. Atlast I was connected to my sister’s phone thru Yahoo Messenger (Thanks Technology). She told me she was stuck in a carpool in ABC near Dona Planet. I told her to wait at Dona Planet till I pick her up to my office. By the time reached Dona Planet (had to walk a long way from Apsara Bus Stand To Dona Planet, as Road communication was blocked for public), she left with Ashish (one of my friend) and her sister Puja. For about half an hour or so I tried her and Deb Bhaiya’s no., at last I got Deb Bhaiya online. While I was talking to Deb Bhaiya, she called me from Ashish’s Phone that Ashish and her sister Puja had met her at Dona Planet. They risked their life on their way back to home by foot thru Ganesh Mandir. I told them to be careful and left for office again on my limbs as I couldn’t risk going after them, since series of blasts continued and Pan Bazaar and Fancy Bazaar area also rocked.