This incident, which had happened in my room, has me in splits of laughter even when I think of it now, a good 2 years after it happened.
Scene 1:
A room, with two bed-spreads on the ground. My friend is there, making bhang, for it is the immersion of Goddess Saraswati, and we (by we, I mean the conscientious Bongs, especially the Bong Paara ka dadas) cannot think of a Saraswati Puja without Bhang. Suddenly, friend's phone rings...
Home calling...
Friend:
Hullo
Friend's Father:
Hullo A, ki korchish? [What are you doing?]
F:
Ei maney, ektu bhang... [Ummm, nothing much, just some Bhang...]
FF: {shouting at the other end}
What??? Bhang???
F:
No, matlab, not much, just 2 buckets...
FF: {in an tone certifying that we have gone mad}
TWO BUCKETS??? ARE YOU INSANE??? DO YOU PLAN TO KILL YOURSELF???
F:
Are baba, relax, I know how to do it, just 2 roshogollas before or after it...
FF: {fully convinced that we have gone mad}
SWEETS BEFORE BHANG??? OR AFTER BHANG??? HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE OF YOUR SENSES???
F:
Are baba, relax, I am not the only one making this delicacy, there are six others, who are in a competition...
FF: {in a tone which signifies that he is sweating profusely}
Come home, I want to see my son before I die... I want some air...
F:
Ghabraney ka nahi... Main hoo naa!!!
FF: {before keeping down the phone, mumbles something}
Give me some free air... Please, give me my inhaler, I feel dead... Click...
F:
Jassala, aami ki korlam??? [Jumping whiteflash!!! what did I do??]
Scene 2:
We look at each other's face, and then burst out laughing, while Pinky just rolls out of the room in peals of laughter. A is still sitting there, with a look which is akin to that of a prodigal son who returns to find his kingdom intact, smug, and very happy with his lot...
:)
Hail the University which gave us so much!!!
Love, laughter n keep the Faith
S
1 comment:
I was not there then but have heard about it from A and had laughed much like Pinky .As yet another batch comes to pass out , we realize that these kinds of small incidents often form the best parts of our memory in this Jungle that is NUJS .Sincerely will miss you and the long addas Rohit , you and I had got used to .
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