She is 22 years old and the latest development in her life is that she has become a vegetarian. Though she doesn't create an issue if there is no non veg in her diet she would have liked to have fish fry or chilly chicken every day in her diet. But that was a month ago. Now she is a strict vegetarian and she doesn't even think of having chicken and as she goes to get food in her hostel the staff has realised that she has become a vegetarian. They mechanically gives her vegetarian food and doesn't look surprised when she stands in the vegetarian queue.
"Oh are you a non veg" he asked
"yes", she replied matter of factlyand looked up.
It was then she looked up into his face and decided to become a veg.
He was looking genuinely disappointed. She was used to the surprise looks. As a habit people assumed her to be a vegetarian. Henca she was used to saying yes with a casual expression on her face.
This was not a surprise. It was disappointment, the face looked sad, oh u betrayed me kind of look. She was taken aback but tried to look defensive. 'So what kind of look' But she knew something happened in her. Deep inside her and though she ate the chicken she had taken she became a veggie immediately afterwards.
She had no feelings for him. She did not love him. She doesn't know if he loved her and even if he did, she would never encourage it and there was no emotional involvement in this. But what she realised is that somebody badly wants her to be a veggie and she cant resist that much of a desire. the flow of energy was too much, she knew she would fail if she resisted.
She became a vegetarian.
"How lame" thought I.-
