Rantu and Mantu have been great friends for years, working together at a production house. They meet five days a week in office, happily chatting, discussing politics or movies or books or whatever their respective job functions. Santu, the third friend of this rather closed gang, often joins the discussions. The three friends have been very creative in their respective fields of work. At least one of the Saturdays or Sundays, Mantu or Santu or both inevitably visit Rantu’s residence for lunch and Rantu’s wife always manages with exemplary patience and presence of mind not to show her irritation or something and prepares dishes according to the preferences of Mantu and Santu together or separately that implies preparing separate dishes. Rantu takes it all in a spirit of friendship and thinks that his wife also likes the consistently cheerful weekly gatherings.

However, Rantu is never known to be a fool or a person to be taken for granted. You have an analytical mind regarding your creative work, mostly with written words, and you often feel like you’ve somehow always been on the receiving end: office meetings invariably take place in your bedroom, where you have to pay the bill. of teas and snacks; and although weekend visits always take place at his residence, he has never seen what Mantu and Santu’s houses look like as they, being proud bachelors, never bother to invite Rantu and his wife to avoid bringing trouble to his carefree existence.

He and his wife are definitely upset when Santu gets married, he visits them together with his wife and still doesn’t invite them to his house, it’s not a singles house anymore, but a family house now. Mantu, more or less a confirmed bet, promises never to marry for fear of the double burden of his one-time salary, thus preferring to remain single, and thus his friendship with Rantu continues unhindered. However, Rantu sometimes tires of this unrequited friendship; but he counters this with his old belief that true friendship is always unconditional and means loving a person regardless of their strengths or weaknesses. So, Rantu has had a habit of ignoring minor events that are not to his liking.

But eventually there comes a day when Rantu gets the biggest shock and has to change his perception about friendship which is now doubly confirmed, added to this pattern of one-dimensional behavior of Santu even after becoming two-dimensional.

Right now, your office is very busy with the big annual event coming up soon. Rantu is assigned to write and compile a book, capturing the rich history of his organization. He diligently creates his team, links up with a printing company and starts working at a breakneck pace. Despite his busy schedule, he still entertains Mantu and Santu with a true spirit of friendship, further strengthened by his strong belief that “no matter how busy you are, you can always find a free moment for your loved ones”. To help our readers better understand when needed, we must tell you that Mantu and Santu are not at all associated with Rantu’s office work as they have their respective assignments in other fields as well.

The fictional copy of his book arrives on that fateful day. Protocol requires that you show the copy to the organization’s supreme head for final approval. So he phones the boss’s personal secretary and makes an appointment accordingly. Just as she prepares to go on the book date, her baby, as she fundamentally thinks, ready in her hands, Mantu walks in, grinning and babbling about how bad the new movie has turned out to be. Rantu has been well known in his office for his shyness, his inability to speak assertively at the right time, and his hesitation to speak about himself, forget bragging, in any way possible.

So, Rantu doesn’t think twice about inviting Mantu to accompany him to the boss chamber, which he thinks is an endearing gesture in a true relationship. Mantu immediately agrees and they both go on the date, the most important one only for Rantu.

The boss cordially invites them and asks them to take a seat. He then excuses himself to go to the bathroom. Sitting there, Rantu looks around and finds some new paintings on the walls. Handing the book to Mantu, he gets up and strolls around the spacious chamber, appreciating the more refined tastes of his boss. Mantu turns the mannequin’s pages apparently casually.

Rantu is just trying to have a good time and is ready to come back the moment the bathroom door opens. Luckily, he’s a little late getting back to his seat. Meanwhile, the bathroom door gently opens, and the boss returns and sits in his stately swivel chair. The delay of that moment costs Rantu dearly, because while he is in the process of sitting down, Mantu has already handed the book to the boss saying proudly “…I have, sir!”. Rantu is not sure what exactly Mantu said at the beginning of his sentence and if Mantu had deliberately kept “I” or “we” very soft.

Rantu has now felt very silly, looking as though through the eyes of a dead fish at the boss who is busy turning the pages, section by section. To his greatest horror, the boss has begun to smile and speak with great appreciation; because the boss is looking directly at Mantu alone and discussing the book with him alone! Mantu also smiles back with the deepest possible gratitude and answers mostly in monosyllables since he never knew anything about the book.

Rantu now tries very hard to attract the boss’s attention with some hesitant and bitter retorts. But the boss completely ignores him and seals his final approval by handing the book to Mantu.

Helpless and dejected, and yet unable to punish his friend with a forceful reprimand, and out of the boss chamber he simply takes the book from a now silent Mantu and enters his own room. He again goes to great lengths to inform his team members that the book has been approved. Loud cheers from his dedicated team fail to cheer him up, not really for not receiving due credit, but for friendship values ​​thus ruined. How could a friend do this to a friend? He has no answer.

Fortunately for him, the cat comes out of the bag only two days later. When he meets the overlord in the main lobby, the latter asks, “Where is your book? Why didn’t you show it to me?” again trying very hard, now to hide his surprise from him, he manages to reply, “But sir! Mantu has already shown you!” “Who is the publisher of the book, you or him?” the boss now looks at him sternly, “Show me tonight in a positive way!” “Yes sir, sure!”

That really cheers Rantu up, but the theme of ‘friendship’ continues to haunt him and make him sad.