CheckMate
“Something tells me that this is never going to end” speaks Anirudh more to himself while keeping the controller of his gaming console aside for a moment to go for a loo break. A knock on the door captures his attention… “Yeah ma, what is it?” screams he while peeing in the loo. “Lunch, son. What else could it be?” “Ashok, you’ve to do something about Anirudh. He has just become lost in his world. The gaming thing, you know. It’s just taken control of him – completely! The room has become his solitary confinement that he has begun to adore.” Says a tense Vidya while holding a plate in her hands which has sambar rice, okras and some applams. She waits at the door while Ashok very nonchalantly goes on eating his lunch. He is just busy stuffing the remaining portions of rotis in his mouth because he has to hurry back to work. “Don’t worry, Vidya. I will try and speak to him. But either ways, I don’t really think you should be that bothered, because he is performing brilliantly in hi...