The sequel of my earlier post – “A Dose of Intrigue” Please give me your feedback. 🙂
But the sudden ringing of Robin’s mobile phone interrupted my chain of thoughts. He excused
himself and went to the drawing room. I strained my ears and heard him speak.
‘ Yes Sanyal speaking…..your dog….how ?….yes…I certainly understand. When should I come?…alright…yes…I
have a case on hand right now. I can start on Wednesday. Your number ?…Yes, thank you.’
When we had finished lunch and Baba had gone for his afternoon nap, I asked Robin ‘Can I come with you ?’, while
he was solving a Sudoku in the newspaper.
‘Where to ?’, he asked, without removing his gaze from the newspaper.
‘Sleuthing’, I replied
‘Sleuthing ? It is not as easy as you think it is, young chap. It is very dangerous.’, he asked, unperturbed.
‘I am serious. I have a month of vacations this autumn. If you have any new cases, then please take me along.’
‘But you will convince your father. And you can come only if you can answer the questions I ask, within a minute.
‘Are you ready ?’
‘Absolutely’, I said enthusiastically.
‘How long is the Brahmaputra river ?’, was the first question.
‘I studied it this year ….its about 3,000 kilometres… is it not ?’
‘Be accurate.’
I racked my brains, and finally I remembered – ‘ It’s 2,900 kilometres…yes !’
‘Next question – name the seven sister states in the north-east of India.’
‘ Alright… Arunachal Pradesh …Mizoram…Manipur…Meghalaya…Tripura…Nagaland and…and..yes, I
remember….Assam!’ I said triumphantly.
Flights of Fantasy 