Bored with his software programming job in Minneapolis, Manav decided to go home early one lazy Friday. It was cold winter in Minnesota. He took his car key and left for home. On his way back home, he saw trees with no leaves which looked like as if they are dead skeletons. Such a view can take you to a state of depression especially if you are in Minnesota during winter. Manav had same feeling, and to cope with this nature’s ugly scene, a desire popped up in his mind: a desire to drink hot ginger milk tea. Sounds really good, isn’t it? Especially if you are in Minnesota during winter, you wouldn’t argue about that. Upon arrival to his apartment, he threw his jacket on the couch, frantically ran to the kitchen, opened his fridge and found out that he is out of milk. What a tragedy! His desire for milk tea was very strong so he decided to go to the nearby grocery store to buy milk.

Born and raised in Kathmandu, Manav Acharya, 30 years of age, belongs to an upper middle class strict Brahmin family in Nepal. He completed his +2 in science faculty from VS Niketan and came to the United States for his undergraduate degree. His friends describe him as a happy go lucky person. Manav has a simple dream in his life: to have a successful happy life. He works hard and plays hard. He now works for a software company in Minnesota which pays him very well. Once in a while he complains his programming job saying it is a dry job where you have to create complex codes staring at computer screen for hours. However, he seems happy with his earning potential as he recently bought a new BMW car which he dreamed of.

“And your total comes to twenty eight dollars and eighty cents,” the cashier at the Whole Foods Market in Minneapolis said to Manav giving a gentle smile. He took out his visa card and swiped it. The transaction was over and the cashier once again asked if he would like to keep his receipt. Manav took his receipt, gave her a smile and moved toward the parking lot. As he moved closer to his car, he saw a red Toyota corolla parked just beside his car. He saw a lady inside the car trying to start her car, but the car won’t listen to her and is hibernating like a frog! Subzero temperatures in Minnesota often gives this headache to car drivers and she was just another victim of Minnesota frigid subzero temperature. Manav opened his car door and as he was trying to sit down, the lady opened her car door and requested him if he can do a jump start for her. As she was uttering those words before him, he acknowledged something in her. He felt as if he had heard those tone before; he felt as if he had heard those dialect before. His subconscious was signaling him that she is a Nepali. Human nature is very interesting. A field of evolutionary psychology probed the human mind and found out that we trust our own group members more than that from other groups. A Nepali can figure out another Nepali from a large group provided the person gives some clue and the clue which the lady gave to Manav was pretty strong. A strong Nepali accent was enough for Manav to ask her if she was from Nepal. The lady was very much surprised as Manav found out where she is from. By the way, “I am Sneha. What’s your name?” She asked him with a cute smile. Manav was also surprised, because how often you meet a Nepali person in a parking lot in Minneapolis? “I am Manav,” he kindly answered her query.

Born and raised in Butwal, Sneha Bishwakarma, 26 years of age, belongs to an upper middle class family in Nepal. Her cute personality cannot be hidden. Her friends describe her as a humble and most adorable person they have known so far. In fact, she has won the title of ‘Beauty Queen’ in her high school and college level beauty pageants. Not only this, she passed both her SLC and +2 in distinction. Her soft voice, her beauty, her intelligence, and her modesty is like weapon which can control even the King of Heaven, Indra. She has an undergraduate degree from UCLA in Clinical Psychology and works for the University of Minnesota in a Cognitive Psychology lab. Her father is a businessman and owns 6 jewelry shops in Nepal.

........................to be continued......................................

Good story... There are too many details, but still not boring. Pretty good. Keep it up.

(Part 3 continued....)


“Kaha chau timi,” Nimi asked Manav through her cell phone.
“Tyo Tibetan restaurant agadi rato jacket lagako mai ta ho ni,” Manav replied to her in a jolly mood.
“Balla dekhe, see you in a sec,” replied Nimi.

Nimi, after parking her car, slowly walked toward the Tibetan restaurant. As Nimi approached Manav, Manav opened both his arms and gave her a big warm hug. The hug rekindled all the memories of their childhood and both became silent for some seconds.

“You look quite handsome and dashing,” Nimi told Manav.
“Ani timi k saro chwak bhako ni,” Manav responded to her compliment.
“Haha, timro jiskaune baani ajhai gako chaina hai,” Nimi replied Manav looking into Manav’s eye trying to find something in him.
“Jaam na ta bhitra, bhok pani tanna lagya cha,” Manav couldn’t control his hunger anymore.
“Huncha jam,” Nimi replied with her cute smile.

After eating chicken momo and spending one and half hour talking with Nimi, Manav requested Nimi to visit his apartment and both went to Manav’s apartment.

Nimi - “Wow, you live in a big and nice apartment.”
Manav- “I prefer spacious apartment and this one is pretty close to everything!”
Nimi- “Nice. Do you live by yourself?”
Manav- “Yeah.”
Nimi- “Hmm….no girlfriend yet?”
Manav- “Not yet.”

As Manav was replying to Nimi, he opened his laptop and checked his Facebook account.
“Sneha Bishwakarma wants to be your friend” (Facebook message)
Immediately, Manav was filled with joy. He couldn’t stop smiling. He accepted Sneha’s request and messaged her: “Where have you been? How are you?”
Nimi could easily comprehend the unexpected joy in Manav’s face.

“K ho, ekkasi k ko smile ho?” Nimi asked Manav.
“Nothing,” Manav tried to hide his feeling and pretended as if everything was normal!

7 maihna pachi lekhda ta ali laamo bhaag lekhnu ni saathi

tehi bhanyaa CYBRO bro, UJL bro ali laamo bhaag lekhanus yaar....

ब्रोहरुलाई धन्यवाद..... बल्ल फुर्सद मिलेको छ, अब अलि लामो भाग लेखेर टास्छु.

Been a long time. I need to work on this story !