The next morning, before school, I make our project w******p group and name it ‘Jai Veeru Basanti’ and wait for them to react.
Jai, Veeru, and Basanti are famous characters in the most successful movie of Indian cinema, ‘Sholay’. My mom loves the movie, and I had to suffer through it numerous times when I was a child. And, somehow, it became my favorite too. Sometimes, on family movie nights, we watch just the comedy scenes of the movie on Youtube.
Vikram: Be honest, Mist, am I being designated the ‘Veeru’ of the group?
Veeru is a womanizer in the movie.
Mishti: Lol. You said it. Plus, your names have the same initials.
Vikram: I’ll take it, as long as I get Basanti in the end.
My heart starts racing. I bury my head under the covers that I haven’t been able to get out of yet. I know
