*nino rota's composition of the godfather chimes*[monophonic.....whadya expect????]
a lil surprised,a lil amazed and a lil irritated i picked up my ol faithful mobile and put it to my ear....."yo chumps....wakey wakey......breakfasts ready u guyz....where are you????the wedding's gonna start in an hour mates......wake up sloths..."
*KLICK*......i disconnected the call[rather rudely so]....and went back to the dream where i was givin elvis guitar lessons...!!
830 AM[early morn in my books]-
an hour or two must have passed...when someone shouted aaaaaaaaa[that was the time when i was about to take lessons for Norah Jones....]...and i was rudely roused from me slumber up by the hyperactive ram."dang! u idiot...." was my response..."mate...jeet's here...he's come directly from nellore !!".
"good for him" i replied exasperated[and desparate to return to norah]..."nanana...ur not gonna go back n fall to the bed...." he said and pulled me outta it..gotta give the man some credit cuz i by no means am a feather-weight!
the point is my dear friends,im not the kinda guy who gets angry,irritated or sad too easily...but when someone wakes me up just as if wakin up a dog.....i do become rabid !!but the holiday mood got us all drunk n i did not bite....it took a lot to wake the otherz up....persuasion,shaking,shouting and water throwin.....
the strangest of vices is inertia....people do not somehow want to grab opportunities that are so obviously kept at hand's reach but want to cry bout lost time n lost chances........
the bathroom was empty when i woke up....but i chose to loll around ZANYing everyun...and when it was occupied i was cringing in the pressure..!!!! finalllly.......it was vacant n i rushed in.....towel,brush n stuff in tow.....n answered the call of the divine nature...
horror of horrors !!! i realised i had to sing....just to ensure that i keep myself in the toilet.......there was no latch....and to prove that the bathroom was vacant and to prevent an unforgettable accident i had to rasp in my basal voice...
no issues there though...i am a kishore fan [an elvis,gnr,ac/dc,led zeppelin fan too...]"yeh jo muhabbat hai....o mere dil k chainn....are you lonesomme tonight" echoed all over the tiles......while i was multitaskin....[hahahhaa]
finally when i was done....many a desperate faces greeted me.
theres a rule amongst hyderabadis[read previous post] 11 am is subah subah....i think dat applies to all of us KMCians.by the time we reached the function hall the wedding already had reached half way into completion.we were served chow by an angry nag nevertheless.we sat and observed the rituals[??!!!!]...
hell no....we did sit....and did what is expected of a motley crew composed of smooth talkers,lunatics,hyperactive kiddos,casanovas,good guyz,oglers,louts......!!!
i chose to sit n observe wid my gud bud ritk,calculatin the the value of the jewelery worn by the ladies while he was lookin for eyesores.....
the wedding was fin. dot on time [efficient !!....] and we were called onto the stage to wish the newly weds [good health and prosperity ].....then the feast began.....
im a bengali by birth dear friends.and like all other bongs i've got a nose n a taste bud for good food[yesss im a glutton !!!]......and lemme confess....bengali feasts are hhhohoohooo elegant food wise......
it was a sumptuos meal and the khaatidaari by nag was amaaazin[we were shockd 2 c him in dis avatar...]
somebody suggested dat we could go visit a cave formation nearby."have u lost ur last marble creepo??!!its 43 degrees outside....it might be 68 in the cave for all you know......"was the response that deflated the idea.....moreover we had our train to catch in the evening....so there was no point in gettin all dehydrated.finally it was left to each to make up his own.
I did the best thing to do at that moment[or any other for that matter]....I went off to finish some unfinished business.......guitar lessons to Norah Jones n Jeniffer Lopez......[in my dreamz of course !!]
"and the rain will fall.....it'll fall for you..." put me to sleep[in my mind......i was singin it to em]
even the electricity board was in a rude mood that day.whilst i was croonin,"love me tender " to a very very beautiful maiden....the power went POOF ! it seemed like a sauna session was in store for the next eternity or so.....and eve of evening had not even showed up.the adventurous lot were back exhausted [numb brained eh?? i mean there was nuthin 2b adventurous bout].
after what it seemed like a generation had passed....after what it looked liked 4-5 kilos dat i'd lost......the "current god" took pity n let us watch IPL under the fan.we watched delhi batsmen kick mumbai's silly bottom silly enuff to be silly....then sumun suggested we could go n watch Ravi Teja's latest release "kick" in a theatre nearby.that seemed not bad enuff to b a good idea...!!!
"the theatre is air conditioned mates"...said lenin"even nag wants to come....sez its his treat".hokay...no probs there......away we went to watch Ravi teja kick some serious donkey !!!
Lenin stood in the ticket counter n asked of the ticket guy,"A/c ain't it??"
"yeah yeah.....there is the provision but we don't turn it on..." said the ticket guy nonchalantly.
"whhaaaaat???whhhyyy????"we bellowed in chorus..."electricity bill issues"pat came the reply.[JUST IMAGINE....]
anyway.....3hrz of getaway was what we'd settled for.
the film began....twas pretty gud i must confess....story of an irresponsible mate reminded me of someone....until nag received a call in the half-time....."yo guyz....lets make a move....ma jiju's made a dinner invitation....all of us are to go to his place for chow"
we were amazed n touched at the same time....i mean we were like twenty demons with KUMBHAKARNESQUE appetites.........twas quite evident that some of us had embarrassed ourselves in the lunch hall........[demonic smile....]......wow...really good people...so off we went to honour nag's jiju in return of the honour he bestowed on us only half completin the movie.
and what a sumptous feast we had !!
what good people....so large hearted....truly one happy familia...i'd like to thank the two families for showerin so much of hospitality....kudos to thee.....
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