I have heard of the great California Gold Rush, it is said that many people did get some Gold back then,
A few years back, in the sleepy city of Pune, there was a similar Rush, a Gold and Fortune Rush, however true to 21st century futurism, rather than being an actual Gold Rush, this was a Future and Options Gold Rush !!
Chapter 01: The Begining
It was one of those brutally cold winter mornings, the kind where you wake up, lie there for a while, then slip back into your bed and drift off again. Half-asleep, the dreams feel so much more vivid, maybe because it’s 10 a.m. and the soft, diffused light in the room makes everything seem more alive. And for some inexplicable reason, I had control over the events in my dreams. There I was, standing at the foot of the Himalayas, planning an epic trek to the summit, thinking about how to conquer the heights with no ropes or safety gear—just like in Point Break.
Point Break, 1991 Movie, Remade in 2015
Sadly, my dream adventure was cut short by the all-too-familiar sound of my phone ringing. I’d forgotten to silence it, and that annoying ‘tring tring’ shattered my moment of mountaineering glory.
Groggy and still half in a dreamlike state, I lazily answered the call with a drawn-out, “Hello…”
On a scale of excitement from one to a hundred, I was at a solid negative 10, while the caller on the other end seemed to be at a full-on positive 110. With an enthusiasm that could wake the dead, he shouted, “Did you read today’s newspaper?”
His loud voice startled me enough to pry my eyes open, and I glanced at the phone to see who was calling—it was ‘P.cat.’ (Not the time to question why my contact list looks like a collection of nicknames rather than real names.) I put the call on speaker, trying to muster some enthusiasm to match his, but only managed a weak, “Yes…”
I had more to say, but the simple word drained most of my remaining energy, and I ended up sounding like I was trying to summon a faint pulse of life. On the other end, my caller didn’t miss a beat. He immediately snapped, “Then why didn’t you tell me?”—as if I’d committed some grave sin by not keeping him in the loop..
