Chapter 8

Today, Mr. Naman is upset. He is upset because of a secret. It is a secret because no one else knows about it. Sitting on his writing table wearing a pensive face, he is staring at his alarm clock. Why is he upset? His parents realize that he is upset but they also like us can not deduce "the why part".

It is not because Mr. Naman's mother gave his favorite chocolate bar to their neighbors' son yesterday. Mr. Naman had kept that bar to eat on a special occasion like when their neighbor's son leaves. Although, he was sad of loosing his chocolate bar but it was compensated by the irony of the event which made him surprisingly cheerful.

It is also not because yesterday, Mr. Naman's boss, the editor of local daily laughed at Mr. Naman's story which according to Mr. Naman was a serious drama. That did upset him but it lasted until he was in the editor's room. The moment he came out, he realized that his story was getting published and he had money in his pocket. Although Mr. Naman neither cared about his editor nor about the money, but still if one made him upset the other calmed him.

As far as distances are concerned, miles and kilometers are not the only metrics to measure them. Distances exist in relationships, between friends, and sometimes in Mr. Naman's writings as well. But talking about distances in relationships, Mr. Naman's closest friend, his love, his only love; she also hasn't said anything to make Mr. Naman upset. And at the other end (may be infinity?), it was also not because his father's distant relative, Mr. Naman's grandmother's 2nd cousin's sister, who had died peacefully in her sleep last night disturbed Mr. Naman. He barely even knew her.

Mr. Naman is also not going through a writer's block. He writes as freely as ever and his ideas are coming as fluent as water falls from a waterfall on a river which has recently been flooded. It is also not a health issue as no one has ever felt ill in the city of Ugar. After all, living at the foot hills of mountains, in a pollution free environment, how can any one get ill.

There can be a million reasons for Mr. Naman to be upset but none of them applies to Mr. Naman. He is also not upset for not being upset because of those one million reasons. There is a one million and oneth reason that exists and that has made Mr. Naman upset. And that reason is you..

You have read 6 paragraphs, 434 words, 2361 characters, and still continue to do so to know why a man is upset and what all things are not the reasons for him not being upset. Don't you have anything else to do? "Are you all like me", wonders Mr. Naman. And at the same time there is a person, whom you know is upset but still didn't care to ask him, or do something about it. Think about it!