On valentine's day

Act one
Year: 1996
Location: Andheri, Bombay

"Abbu main ne aap ko bataye bagair america ka visa apply kiya tha aur mujhe visa mil gaya hai. Aap naraz na ho. Mera ab wese bhi aap logon ko chor ker jaane ka dil nahi ker raha. Main India nahi chorun ga"

"Nahi bete ! Ye to bohut achhi khabar hai. Tum zaroor jao. Tumhe zaroor jana chahiye. Tumhari bahen ki mangni wese hi america ho gai hai. Chota Aziz bhi parhne main theek ja raha hai, woh bhi wahan kisi university main chala jaaye ga. Aur inshallah agar allah ne chaha hum bhi kisi din wahan aa jain ge. Tumhare jaane main humari khushi shamil hai. India main kiya karo ge. Hum middle class walon ki yahan koi pooch nahi. Zaroor chale jao."

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Act TwoYear: 2001
Location: Miami, Florida

"Abbu ! Aziz kheriat se yahan paunch gaya hai. Dilshad bhi bilkul theek hai. Us ki bachhi ke birthday per hum weekend pe Atlanta jaayain ge. Aap log please america ke visa ki try kijye".

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Act Three
Year: Fab. 12, 2007
Location: ER, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida

"I am very sick since last 3/4 days. I start having this boil on my ankle a week ago and now whole leg is red".

Diagnosis - Necrotizing Fasciitis.
IV fluid, Clindamycin, STAT labs and CT scan.
Call surgical resident STAT.

"Surgery went fine but he is in severe septic shock. He will die"


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Act FourYear: Feb. 13, 2007
Location: US Embassy, Bombay

Parents with visa application and fax letter from hospital in USA to see their dying son.

Visa pending. Further details not known.

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Act Five
Year: Feb. 14, 2007
Location: Juhu Beach, Bombay

A father sitting quietly watching sunset.
His son's funeral planned for tomorrow morning.