Finding Love

9

Ananya woke up the next day even before the sun was properly up. She took her razai, wrapped it around her body cosily and walked out to the balcony. Her eyes gazed blankly at the morning fog swirling in front of her eyes, unseeingly. The sky was a beautiful shade of midnight blue with slight hints of dawn trying to break. It was a beautiful sight. And Ananya would have admired it had she not been too preoccupied. The ordeal of yesterday still hung over like a foul smell. She was unable to get herself to think straight and was totally clueless about where they could begin to make things right.

But she knew one thing. Crisis was inevitable. Just when you think things can't get any better and start to relax, crisis always peeping round the corner makes it's presence announced. We have to deal with it. And that's that.

She cajoled herself and tried to put her mind into all the good things that could result from this quite obviously bad thing for three whole hours.

By the time Ananya was ready to go to office, she ws positively brimming with confidence that they could totally do this. She reached office, in her usual spirit and found everybody busy at work like every day. Sure everyone moved about more urgently and business-like than usual. But Ananya thought that was a totally good sign.

She reached her cabin and opened the door to find it empty. Avinash hadn't come yet? She droped her bag onto the couch after drawing her phone out of it. Just as she was about to dial his number she spoted his phone on the desk. Okay. So he did come in. But where was he?

She went into the next cabin to inquire Vaibhav if he's seen where Avinash had gone to.

"Yeah. He just walked out of the office, I dunno where to, as soon as he came in."  He nodded grimly. "I didn't expect anything else. Poor guy. Not after that nasty piece of writing came out in the news today." He said, tutting.

"What news?" Ananya asked, apprehensively.

"Anu! Have you been living under the radar or what? You know we have filed an infringement case against the Nanda's right? Yesterday itself?"

Ananya nodded.

"Yeah well tabloid has something else to say. Well, read it yourself," he said, handing her his mobile.

AVINASH NANDA - THE NANDAS' MASTER PLOY TO DESTROY THEIR COMPETITON?

For anybody living under the rock, following the big launch of India Cellular, the CEO of
KM Communications, Mr. Keshav Kashyap made a public statement about how the Nanda Group of Industries 'robbed their creative asset' and were going to 'bear consequences' for their actions (Full statement HERE).

Amidst the confusion of all the corporate drama, speculations are rife that Avinash Nanda, the eldest of Vikram Nanda's prodigies could have had a possible hand in the alleged infringement.

Avinash Nanda, a graduate from the London Business School is working as a manager not in the Nanda Group but with KM Communications.

"It's very suspicious," says a source,  wishing to remain undisclosed, "that Vikram Nanda's son is working with the competition. The Nandas' have been time and again dragged into litigation since ages. Their notorious means are not unknown to the industry. This boy could be their newest ploy."

When questioned about this, Keshav Kashyap replied vaguely about 'trusting his team' and 'baseless insinuations'.

However, many are convinced with the version of events where Avinash Nanda could actually be doing his father's bidding. Well, only time and justice will tell what is what in this latest corporate tiff of the country. (More on Avinash Nanda HERE)

Ananya put the phone down and slumped onto the seat, thinking.

This was getting really nasty.

And this was just one of them, Vaibhav informed her. If he was to believed the tabloids have gone crazy and thought. this explanation was the most likely and there have been numerous articles about the same.