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Dhruv sat staring at the ceiling, evaluating his options. There were a few more

companies that offered internships, but none of them were paid. He could take
one in a smaller city like Gwalior or Bhubaneswar and wait it out there for these
two months.
His train of thought was broken when Sanchit came barging into his room,

shouting. ‘What the hell did you just do?’
Dhruv ignored his presence, instead fired up his laptop, and started to compare

rentals of Gwalior.
Sanchit slapped the laptop down and asked him again. ‘What did you do in the
interview? I am asking you something.’
‘I didn’t take it,’ said Dhruv, still not making eye contact. He picked up the

sports magazine lying near the bed and flipped through it.
‘I know that, Sherlock. WHY DIDN’T YOU?’ asked Sanchit.

‘There wasn’t any point, okay?’ snapped Dhruv, meeting Sanchit’s eyes.
‘Raghuvir was there. He wanted to take Aranya and that’s why the company was
picking first-year students. Got your answer? Now get out of the room and leave
me the fuck alone. I need to masturbate.’

‘So why are you getting so pissed off?’
‘Because you’re in my face right now!’ shouted Dhruv. ‘Get out!’

‘Not before I tell you what I wanted to say. A) You’re my most disappointing
student and you’re not getting that favour ever again and B) apparently, Aranya
screwed up so bad in her interview that the other two interviewers sent

placement coordinators looking all over for you.’
Dhruv closed the magazine. ‘What are you talking about?’
‘My highly placed sources tell me she froze in the interview. Not one answer

came out of her! NOT ONE.’
‘Okay.’
‘Wonder why that would happen?’ asked Sanchit.

‘It must be the pressure,’ dismissed Dhruv.
‘Pressure? Aranya? That girl was born in a pressure cooker, dude. Pressure’s a
way of life for her. Don’t you think for a moment that she did it intentionally?

You watch a lot of soaps, don’t you? Think? Hmmm?’