FUTURE IMPERFECT | On the Cards

Suparna Goswami / Dec 31, 2008, 00:18 IST

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"Sir, Madame. I will tell you correctly what the future holds for you. Only Rs 100." A middle-aged man started announcing to us, a bunch of six people.

"Sir, Madame. I will tell you correctly what the future holds for you. Only Rs 100." A middle-aged man started announcing to us, a bunch of six people. One person in our group, KK, wanted to try it, since we were getting bored anyway. I wondered if he'd taken leave of his senses. What was the point in wasting so much money on pointless predictions? Still, KK started the negotiations by trying to get the man to climb down from Rs 100. Pat came the reply, "Sir, you are a very clever man. It's written on your forehead." I thought, "Of course, it's obvious. Since KK is negotiating with him he ought to be smart. One does not need to be a palmist to predict this." However, KK became interested after hearing those two magic words of appreciation. The man 'predicted' that KK would lead a very happy life and that his folks would never have any complaints against him. On hearing this, KK beamed with pride as if he had just been nominated for an Oscar. Then came the googly, though. "You will meet with an accident in the near future, so be careful. You should always follow your heart. You will have a love marriage." We all want to know what's in our future and that desire sometimes takes over our present. I, being the know-it-all, knew it was coming. We were clearly a bunch of college pass outs who'd be receptive to the idea of true love the man knew the tricks of the trade. A bubble of excitement persisted and everyone queued up to have their hands 'read'. I proudly excused myself, but for most of my friends, the future was too tempting to resist. And when a friend persuaded me to give it a shot, one gave in to the temptation. I too wanted to know when cupid would strike, after all! And the man said, "Madam, you will get the guy you like. You just have to choose him. But, your health will be a major problem." Health? Who was interested in that? With everyone in a jolly good mood, we went to our hotel after paying him off. The post-mortems of our would-be love lives went on late into the night. But we weren't worried about our failing health or financial troubles. We believed what we wanted to. So, on not-so-favourable matters, we simply decided that physicist Niels Bohr was right when he said, "Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future."

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