I have A Dream – 1

I have mentioned before that I have vivid dreams—extremely detailed with a pretty structured (albeit fantastical) plotline. I have always suspected that these dreams are an attempt by my sub-conscious mind to rebel against the lack of imagination I display in my waking life.  Since I have given up all pretensions to write fiction, I thought I should record my dreams here for no other reason than to have some laughs.

So, in this particular dream, I am visiting home for a short vacation. We are still staying at the RBI colony at  Bombay Central and as was the practice all through my teenage years, I go down to take “rounds” in the evening. (Real life: Haven’t been to the colony in ages).  I come back with the information that one of Dwiti’s friends, Jui, is going to visit the colony that evening.  (Real life:  I haven’t met Jui in the last 10 years, and probably haven’t thought about her at all during that time). I come back upstairs and mention to Dwiti that her friend Jui is coming to the colony that evening and since I haven’t seen her for so long, I’d like to meet her. (Real Life:  Jui & I never really talked much –  I don’t think we ever had a conversation longer than 5 minutes). Dwiti was a little confused as Jui hadn’t told her about her visit, but I was pretty insistent that I’d like to see her, so Dwiti suggested that she call Jui’s brother to get the latest news. Apparantly Jui’s brother, Siddharth, still stayed in the same colony with his wife. (Real Life: Siddharth is married with probably 2 kids, and we were at best, nodding acquaintances and I have no clue where they live currently)

So in my dream, Dwiti calls Siddharth and asks about Jui’s visit. Siddharth is bewildered, Jui had not told him that she was going to drop by. Dwiti starts explaining about how I heard about Jui’s visit when she went down some time back, and how I’d like to meet her etc. Siddharth’s attention is elsewhere, he is fretting over the fact that he needs to stock up on ice—apparently dream Jui is allergic to heat and requires frequent cool beverages.  He is worrying about how he can get ice in a short time and murmuring about possible resources to get ice.  In the dream, I am sitting next to Dwiti, waiting for more information, worrying a bit about the veracity of my information , trying to make sure that I haven’t dreamt the information about Jui (even dream me knew that my dreams were very realistic) I make gestures trying to ask “What is he saying?”.

Dwiti shushes me immediately and whispers “Ice, Ice”.

Now I am confused and repeat my question.

Dwiti is listening to Siddharth’s panic on the other end of the phone and so faithfully repeats “Ice Ice” to me.

Anyway Siddharth promises to check with Jui and let us know.  Within a very short while, Jui calls Dwiti. She is a trifle irritated because she had no plans of visiting the colony and wanted to figure out the root of this information. I apologize for the confusion and explain that I heard this while I was taking rounds.  Jui clarifies that she is not coming and  as far as I was concerned that was that, except I was feeling foolish about  giving false information.

Later that evening, I go down again and the real truth surfaces—Jui was not coming to the colony after all. The person who was coming was Juhi— Juhi Chawla. She was coming to participate in some sort of “Mangal Aarti” function that evening.