The Love-Philtre of Marvin

Arthur C. Clarke formulated the following three "laws" of prediction:

1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

OK macchan, I had this really amazing dream last night. Don, N.A, K.B are already aware of the dream thanks to gtalk. You remember the movie Deewar, and the scene where AB and Shashi Kapur face off? The ethereal "Kya hai tumhare pass, ai??" wala dialogue? Well, I was Shashi Kapur last night, and AB was, erm....my ex - wife. Led zeppelin was playing "Kashmir" in the background. The scene was the same, the dresses were the same. The heights were not the same. I wont go into the details but the dream ended with me in second standard and saying, "Teacher, mai please go to tie-let?"

Anyway, you remember O. Henry, right? So here goes the Love-Philtre of Marvin, the saddest, most depressing and weirdly funny love story of Marvin*. This was narrated to me by Marvin himself:

Marvin once fell in love with a girl called Zop*. Her beauty was divine and she was a desire worth dying for. Our bloke is OK looking. So, Zop and Marvin planned to get married and lead a happy life ever after or ever before or whatever. (Background music: TA DHAN!! Narration: Lekin Kahani mein twist! Toh aaiye doston, dekhte hai aage kya hota hai...) Marvin had an elder brother who had a love marriage and was divorced. (No. It is not ME.) Ergo, Marvin's mum vehemently refused to accept the proposal. She even refused to see the girl or talk to her or anything like that. She even threatened to commit self - suicide. Meanwhile, Zop's parents had arranged for a US bridegroom for her and plans were more than afoot for the wedding. Zop tried to convince Marvin in so many ways, but he was just so confused. She even called him the day before the wedding, pleading to come and take her away, but he refused. Forget that, she even called him just before she was being taken to the shaadi ka mantap, but he refused again and just wished her a happy married life. She got married, he dint and cried. The fact that someone else is with the person you have loved more than anything is worse than a divorce, (He told me this..) and it literally tore his heart. So, anyway, the marriage happened, the newly wed couple went on a honeymoon, and came back. When they came back, Zop called Marvin to her house to introduce her husband. He went, braving another bout of severe heart break. When they met, she suddenly said she wanted to see Marvin's family, his house, and everything in general. Marvin was shocked, he denied the request. Zop persisted, Marvin dint, or rather, couldn't, and so they reached Marvin's house. Zop spent the next three hours at Marvin's house. Finally, it was time for her to go, and when Marvin was dropping her back to her house, just as they were nearing the gate, Marvin got a call, it was from his mom. Mom said, "Marvin, if only we would have met this girl earlier, we would never have said no."

*Names changed to protect privacy. Also, to protect my skin. In case of any emergency.