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Friends Forever Chapter 19

February 5, 2020 | By

Sagar begins his story. Why and how has his life become complicated?

Enjoy the mint fresh episode of Ramendra Kumar’s serialized novel Friends Forever, illustrated by Avijit Sarkar, exclusively on LnC every Wednesday and Friday! 😊

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Sagar simply loved watching Yuvraj play

Sagar was sitting in his bedroom watching a rerun of a South Africa-Australia cricket match on ESPN. His room was quite big with a 52-inch Sony TV placed opposite his large couch so that he could relax and enjoy the charms of the “idiot box.” Sagar loved music: western pop, rock, jazz, blues, Hindi remixes and Kishore Kumar hits. He had the latest Sansui music system so that he could indulge in his passion whenever, wherever and whichever way he wanted.

Right now, of course, he was watching a rerun of an old One Day International. Yuvraj Singh, his all-time favourite cricketer, tearing the England attack apart. Sagar simply loved watching Yuvraj play. Whether it was batting, bowling, fielding or even running between the wickets, Yuvi was terrific. Moreover, he had a fantastic temperament. He was in control in the toughest of situations and could single-handedly take his team from the brink of extinction to the peak of success. For Sagar, whose temperament and resilience too had been widely admired in the inter-school cricket championship, Yuvraj was an inspiration.

“Babu,” Sagar looked up, a trifle irritated. It was Lakhan, their family servant.

“What is it, Lakhan?”

“Someone has come to see you, Babu.”

Sagar looked at the clock on the wall. It was ten. “Who could it be this early?” Sagar thought.

“Who is it?”

“It is a young fellow. He didn’t tell me his name. He just asked for you.”

“Okay, let him sit in the living room. I’ll come down in a minute.”

Sagar was clad in shorts. He pulled on a T-shirt and went down. Opposite his room was a landing, which led to a spiral staircase. The staircase ended in the dining room beyond which was the living room.

A young man was sitting there when he entered. He was of Sagar’s height and build but looked 5-6 years older. He had a clean cut, chiselled face and a hooked nose.

“I am Alan, Alan Bright,” he said sounding like James Bond. His smile was friendly and his grip, relaxed.

“I am afraid I didn’t recognise you,” Sagar said, as they sat down.

“You don’t know me. I am a correspondent from Sports Scan. I’m sure you must have heard of it.”

Sports Scan was the premier sports weekly of the State. Sagar was an avid reader of the magazine. “Of course, I subscribe to it. But I don’t remember having seen your name.”

“I joined just six months ago. You might not have seen my by-line because they don’t give new entrants a by-line immediately. If you remember, in the last issue there was a report on the Inter-School Football Tournament held in Vijayawada. That was written by me.”

Sagar did not remember the report but nodded out of politeness.

“Sagar, I want to take your interview for Sports Scan.”

“My interview? But, why?”

“Come on, in the last inter-school championship you single-handedly won the match for your school. It was one of the best innings I have seen. I am doing a feature on the budding sports people of the city. I shall be covering different sports and for cricket I have picked you.”

Friends Forever by Ramendra Kumar

Friends Forever is a serialized novel by Ramendra Kumar, exclusively on LnC

Sagar fidgeted a bit. “What kind of questions will you ask?”

“Only routine questions like, how long have you been playing? Who is your role model? What is your ambition, etc.?”

“When do you want to take the interview?”

“Today is Friday. Tomorrow evening I have a small get-together at my flat, which is in Masab Tank. Why don’t you come over at 7:30 pm? The party will start around 8 o’clock and we can finish the interview before that.”

Sagar hesitated. “Why don’t you ask me your questions right away?”

“I am not prepared. Moreover, I have asked Brijesh, the photographer also to be there. He can take your photo, dressed casually, at my house.” Alan looked at Sagar and then asked. “Do you need to take your parents’ permission to do an interview at my place? If that is a problem I can talk to them.”

“No, no. My parents hardly bother about such things. Okay, I’ll be there by 7:30 pm.”

(Friends Forever is a children’s novel by Ramendra Kumar with illustrations by Avijit Sarkar, serialized exclusively on LnC every Wednesday and Friday)

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Read on to Chapter 20

Friends Forever Chapter 20

Ramendra Kumar (Ramen) is an award-winning writer, performance storyteller and inspirational speaker with 49 books. His writings have been translated into 32 languages and included in 26 textbooks and many anthologies in various countries. Ramen has written across all genres ranging from picture books to adult fiction, satire, poetry, travelogues, biographies and on issues related to parenting and relationships. His writings have been published by the major publishing houses in India. His books brought out by National Book Trust (NBT), India have notched up sales of more than 4.9 lakh copies in just one year. Ramen has been invited to several international literary festivals as well as Indian events such as Jaipur Litfest and seminars organised by Sahitya Akademi and IGNOU. The author has won a total of 41 awards in the competition for writers of children’s literature organised by Children’s Book Trust (CBT) over the years, which is among the highest by any writer. Ramen was chosen as the ‘Author and Storyteller of the Year’ (2022), on ‘Talking Stories’, London, UK’s number one Radio Programme dedicated to the art of storytelling. He was nominated as a Jury Member for the Best Children’s Author Category of The Times of India’s ‘Women AutHer’ Awards, 2020. Ramen was also selected as a mentor for the Scholastic Writers Academy. An alumnus of the prestigious Hyderabad Public School (HPS), Ramen is an Engineer & an MBA. He and his inspiration, his wife Madhavi, were General Managers at SAIL, when they took Voluntary Retirement to pursue their respective passions. Their children are bonsai celebrities in their own right. While Ankita is a youth icon and a travel blogger with an Instagram following of 296 K, Aniket creates cool Apps and designs covers for his dad’s books. Ramen is now a Cancer warrior and an inspiration to many. His website is www.ramendra.in and he has a page devoted to him on Wikipedia.
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