Further Perils....
Last you heard of our fearless Baratis, they were braving everything from road-rage to mosquitoes in their heroic bid to embrace the all Indian experience.. However...
'However' indeed! Ignoring for the moment sundry small(HA!!!) discomforts, like upset stomachs, colds, coughs, fevers, and other malaises that go by no name, let us come to the next Big thing. It was big enough, you know.. another accident in fact!
On the way to the farmhouse (where we'd had the bright idea of staging the latest edition of the Great Family Reunion In Times Of Joy And Revelry), a car happened to ram into a man. The car happened to be carrying precious cargo.. B Uncle, N Masi and the kids.. and the Man happened to be a Police Man!!! Sweet, eh? We'll leave the rest of the picture to be filled in by your own imaginations...
Actually these were not the only brave Baratis. The very next day, R Bhaiya had a thrilling ride in an auto. Picture this.. Auto driver losing his cool at two youths on motorbike who bumped into his little automobile and sped away.. Next thing we know is the auto-guy does some razzle-dazzle manoeuvres and his auto swooshes to a stop in front of the offending bike.. Heated words are exchanged, and the passenger (R Bhaiya) tries in vain to dissuade Auto-man from any further discussion.
What followed was this. Threats and abuses flowed pretty freely, and emboldened by the fact that he was bigger and stronger than the two motorbike youths, Auto-guy figured he'd show them.. except that this is real life, and more often than not, you end up being shown things you wouldn't have believed possible!
So what do you know, pretty soon, a truck full of brawny men pulls up. Uh-Oh!!!! Pretty soon, Auto-man is being nicely beaten up. Bro tries to step in and stop them, but they coolly tear off his shirt pocket, which he wisely takes as a hint to stay away. Some ten minutes later, the crowds disperse, and a lone auto drives off, bro safely inside it, the chastised Auto-guy in melancholy mode rubbing the occasional hand on his now painful ear...
4 comments:
well even though its not what i thought it was about, this post is an excellent sequel..... and made me laugh a lot!
i remember one day how i was trying in my best persuasive voice to stop my auto wala from jumping out to fight with some chappies, and then consoled him the entire way home and also convinced him that not fighting was actually his idea!
so who got married????you???
and i am unable to post due to the profs in my bschool sucking all the creativity out of me(I am getting transformed into a Pointy haired boss, you see). Hope to post a little more in the future, if the transfromation isnt complete.
oh god, if it isn't straight out of a terrible 1980s jeetendra family drama. i'm lovin' it!
well here's to hoping that my tranmutation does not leave me bereft of some blogging ability....
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