Last Row in a Flight
“What? How is that possible? She asked. What will you do now?” “Lets see, being a Mumbaikar, I need a bar to hold and latch on to it for travel”, I said. “Aivi hi thodi itne paise diye the, ki latak ke jao” she reverted immediately. But within my heart I felt as if all my plans were in doldrums. Earlier during day, I was very excited about this trip to Mumbai. I was visiting my family after a gap of a month. I was missing those chubby cheeks and naughty eyes a lot. My bundle of joys too were eagerly waiting for this day as never did I leave them for such a long gap. They would often ask “Papa aap kab aoge? You don’t miss us?” With moist eyes, used to promise them “will be coming soon Betu”. My wifey is very reserved, she would never express so openly as the kids, but her eyes during the video call would always say “Come Soon”. I did my web check-in this morning and reserved the aisle seat 31D in the last row. Not that I love last row but, in the web check-in, that was the onl...