at sharp 11 am..
antara knocked his office's door..
it was open.. so she peeped in..
may i come in sir..? she asked..
yes! please come in.. he replied..
as antara entered in the cabin.. she found the aroma and that smell in the room very much familiar..
for a moment she got freezed at her place..
he was working on his pc.. and was facing his back towards her..
please have a seat..
let me just finish this mail..just 2 min..
yeah! sure.. she said...
she looked here and there in the office.. he was a new faculty so he dint really had much stuffs in his cabin..
so did u look into my profile..while composing his e-mail he asked..
huh? she looked towards him..
yes!.. yes..!
hmm..
so i the project i'm currently working on and my thesis research topics are quite different..
which domain u're particularly interested in...?
current... current one..
hmmm...
i hv given some details on my homepage.. if u're interested in my current project then i hope u hv already taken a look into that..
yeah!! she replied..
he finished his mail.. and arranged a few stuffs on his desk...
so would u like to give me a brief idea.. how u can contribute.. iff u continue it as ur thesis project..
ummm..
i hv done some projects and course work related to similar domain..
that i understand.. because that's why you would have applied for thesis under my guidance.. right..?
right..!! she replied and cursed Hina.. "kahan fansa diya.."
attitude dekho.. muh pher ke baitha hua hai.. manners nahi hai bilkul bhi...
are u sure Antara.. you really want to work on same project..
yeah!!.. i'll go through that page again and will get more details.
i really want to work with you.. i have done loadz of work and a few projects in similar domain...
if u hv not checked those details.. why don't u tell me..
do you know.. lying is a sin ms call.. he turned to her and said...
if you would have checked my profile.. u won't be sitting here right now..
and her eyes got widened... her jaw was dropped open... she got up immediately.. and her chair fell down...
Aap..?? aap..aap yahan kya kar rahe hai...
kya matlab. main kya kar raha hu..? its my office.. he replied very calmly while sipping his coffee..
is this how u talk to ur professors..
how can u be here.. u can't be...
and why is that so..?
oh! no one told u..,,hmmm.. like they din't tell u before..
i should tell them to keep u updated.. hmm...?
i'm off.. she grabbed her notebook.. and was about to leave..
Antara.. don't u think u should behave a bit professional here...
i'm your professor and you should treat me like one..
i don't care...
u knew that i applied... you could have told me..
ain't u supposed to check the profile before u apply..?
my friend did.. she told me..
i'm leaving now...she said..
and then he got up and locked the door..
u can't..he leaned his back on the door and said with a smirk..
she was about to rotate the knob...when he held her hand and pinned her on the door..
let me go... if somebody saw us like this.. u hv no idea what will happen...
oh! sure miss call.. i know what will happen.. but don't worry.. no one will see us..
he said and switched the light off..
see.. now no one is in this office...
she looked at him in disbelief..
do u know today is the last date of registration...
this is why.. this is why...I am hot..??he said in parallel and smirked.. you replied my mail so late..
so that i won't have any other option.. how will i arrange a new mentor...she said while trying to get freed from his grip...
he patted her nose with a finger... u got brains... haan..?
now let's sit.. and discuss what you can do in this project..
the hell with your project..
i'm not gonna work with u...
i can find a new faculty.. and i will..
u sure.. u wanna go..?
she din't reply.. and looked at him in anger...
he opened the knob..
ok.. fine.. u can go..
bt let me tell u something... if u couldn't find some other mentor and you come back to me,,
u'll hv to work on my conditions..hmm..?
she din't say anything and left from there..
he opened the door and looked out..
Antara...!! you have no idea,, how much happy i'm to see u here.. i know u are too..
and i'll be glad if u'll come back here...
see u then...he said.. and she kept walking without looking at him back...
as soon as she came out of his view.. she rushed towards washroom..
leaned over the door and clutched her top tight in her grip..
what is he doing here..? assistant professor..?
here??
how can that b true.??.
why didn't he tell me.. he said he was looking for job.. even Sid jiju din't tell me anything..
i should have listened to Hina on the first place..
she looked at herself in mirror.. her face was red...
she was happy seeing him in college.. as her professor...
but at the same time she was in denial.. probably because she was still angry with him.
he has got a phd.. 'course he can get a faculty position here..
bt why did he come here..? he knew that i am studying here.. i know why he joined here...
she looked at her watch and saw time..
i'm running out of time.. only 2 hrs are left..
there is no way in hell i can work with him..i'll hv to talk to prof Awasthi..
but before that... i'll hv to call some one..
she dialed Sid..
hello jiju..
hi antara.. ur hostel room.. all set...?
jiju.. tell me something.. did you know that he got a job in my inst..
whom u are talking about..?
aapke dost aur chahte bhai,...
oh! raghu..
yeah! he told me that he got a faculty position in some inst..
wait..! u said in ur inst??..
that is awesome.. now u both can come home together..
and he laughed..
you din't know.??.
what..?
nothing.. i'll talk to you later..
she said and dropped the call..
why din't he want her to know.. sid thought on another end...
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Sir, please understand.. i hv worked on two three projects with you.. and you saw my record..
i will do my best in this project too..
please..!!
Antara.. i know you are a very bright student.. but I'm really sorry.. because i can't take any student at the moment..
my bandwidth is full.. and i hv not taken any master's student this year..
Did you talk to professor Verma.??.
yes, i did.. he is also very much occupied..
yes.. a few months back we both started a new project together.. and its very time taking..
sorry Antara..
you please try to contact to other faculties..
yes sir.. she nodded and was about to leave..
Antara??
yes sir..! she said and turned to him with some hope..
did you check faculty profiles.. there is new faculty who just joined..
he is working in same area.. you might be interetsed in his work...
we had a chat yesterday... he just finished his phd and is very good in this area..
you should talk to him..
she clutched her fist in anger and tried to stay calm..
his name is Raghunath Naik...
if you want.. i can talk to him and can recommend you..
let me know if you need any help..
thanks sir.. i'll talk to him..
ok..
bye sir..
bye.. good luck...
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15 minutes left for the registration...
since, it was last moment.. all faculties are were almost full..and it was being very difficult for her to find a faculty due to domain specific work..
doing this yearly project was compulsory.. she was getting frustrated as now she had no choice...
she took a deep breath and knocked his door..
excuse me.!!!!
...sir..? she asked..
yes! please come-in..
she came inside and saw a smirk on his face which made her knees melt..
hv a seat..
thank you..
so tell me..
Antara..! right..?
she looked at him in anger.. how he was pretending...
she nodded in yes...
i'm sorry to disturb you.. but if you are not busy can we discuss the project..
i need to do submit the registration form..
sure...
he looked at her.. she was sitting lowering her eyes..
he got up.. and came behind her.. saw her shuddering fingers holding a form...
he took that piece of paper from her... she looked at him.. he signed it..and gave it back to her...
you can submit this.. and tomorrow you can come for the discussion...
she got up from chair...
thank you.. she said without looking at him...
i'll mail you the timings and agenda on same thread..
she nodded in yes...and left...
this is gonna be fun...he leaned back over his chair and sighed...
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