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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
'ENGINEER FACTORY' is a journey of adolescents aspiring to become an engineer at the oldest engineering college in Odisha. Our alma mater, UCE BURLA in bricks and mortars, has been in existence since 1956 with numerous untold stories.
All the stories portray real-life events and experiences, depicting the human emotions that happened to me, either as a character or a spectator. I have altered a few orders, names and sequences and curtailed a few details, but everything that follows happened to me.
Journey begins ...
Aurobindo Patra
Friends often ask me, "How do you find a story?"
Honestly, it's the other way around. The story finds me!
The 17th of January 2022 was our 15th Anniversary, as counted by my better half, though! I had lost count long ago. We planned for a dine-out to celebrate the Crystal Jubilee.
I had the worst previous night due to intermittent coughing. So I took up to antigen tests in the afternoon and tested negative for Covid. But on the doctor's insistence, I also underwent an RTPCR examination.
In the late afternoon, Shree went to play with his friends, and Meeta went to the parlour to get ready for the night's celebration. I slipped underneath a blanket, watching the movie 'Pushpa'.
At about 7.00 PM, I was made to wake up from a long slumber to get ready for dinner outside. Simultaneously my WhatsApp buzzed with a pdf file.
The RTPCR read "Covid +Ve".
Love me or hate me but don't ignore me.
