Kanchan:- ‘O Dil leke dil diya hain…sauda pyar ka kiya hain…Baazigar o Baazigar…’ You people have to sing a song starting with the letter ‘R’.
Fatima:- ‘Raja ko Rani se pyar ho gaya…pehli nazar mein…pehla pyar…dil jigar dono ghayal huye…Raja ko Rani se pyar ho gaya.’ Sing a song starting with the pronunciation ‘Aa’
Raqeeb:- ‘Aanewala pal, jaanewala hain…ho sake toh ish mein zindagi beeta toh…pal joh yeh jaanewala hain…
Raja:- Arrey, this is the song of which film?
Nonigopal:- Hey Ram! You don’t know the name of this terrific comedy film. The name of the film is ‘Golmaal’.
Satya:- The title track of this film is too good. ‘Golmaal hain bhai sab golmaal hain…Golmaal…golmaal…’
Ganga:- Arrey…what is that sound?
Bus Driver Bhutia:- tyre puncture ho gaya…aur gaana gao...’golmaal hain bhai sab golmaal hain..’ ab real life mein golmaal ho gaya…
Ganga:- ei, let us all make the famous mimicry of Utpal Dutta by saying ‘Isssh’ together.
All the students inside the bus:- Tyre puncture ho gaya…issssh…
Bus Conductor Khagen:- Arrey, Bhutia, why are you showing anger on those kids? Look at the road. Someone has kept 2-3 small nails on it. Can’t you see that tyre shop out there! They intentionally cause the tyre puncture to get customers forcefully. Can’t help it…Anyway, do one thing, just insert that new cassette of top 10 romantic songs in our ‘Santosh’ company tape recorder. Let the students enjoy those songs till we replace the punctured tyre with the other one.
Revathi:- Wow! This cassette really contains all the famous romantic songs….Right now, I am liking this song, ‘Pehla nasha…usne baat ki kuch aise dhang se…rahe jaaon jaise mein haar ke…aur chumey woh mujhey pyar se…’
Tiya:- Oho! Revathi! You are waiting for whom to kiss u?
Revathi:- Oh! Tiya! Just keep your mouth shut.
Santu:- Maybe, Arindam…ha ha ha…
Bidisha:- Don’t you people have any other topic! Very funny! Revathi, don’t listen to their bullshit discussion.
Revathi:- No, no, I am not minding anything to those comments. It is you, who is over-reacting.
Bidisha:- What! I am….anyway…ok…if you like those comments, then let them talk anything about you.
Joseph:- Finally, the tyre has been replaced and the bus has started its journey again. And you girls; just don’t quarrel…just enjoy the romantic song which is getting played in the tape recorder of our bus. ‘Tere dar par sanam chaley aaye…tu na aaya toh phir chale aaye…’
Raghav:- Look who is boarding our bus! It is Arindam.
Arindam:- Hi guys! So, you all are enjoying or not! We will reach the Palm Village within the next 10 minutes or so.
Riku:- Oh! Arindam! Your house is nearer to that Palm village, naah! That’s why; you boarded the bus from your stoppage only. I thought that you have not come today. But, I am happy to see you now. Come on, sit beside me.
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Joseph:- Hmm…actually…they have utilized a remote village to earn money. See, there are 3 ponds surrounded by palm trees inside this palm village. They have constructed restaurants, guest houses, small parks, bars, dance floors, swimming pool and club houses for indoor games. There are enough spaces to play outdoor games also. For this picnic, the Palm Village authority has charged 2000 bucks. We are total 65 in numbers including Section VI B and teachers and other staffs. All of us have given 100 bucks for the picnic. So, out of 65*100=6500 bucks, only 4500 bucks are left for the cooking and other recreational stuffs for us.
Bhanu:- Arrey, forget those analysis. Let us now enjoy.
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Indranil:- No, no, it is out! As per the prescribed rules, if the ball goes beyond that boundary without a single bounce, then it is out.
Arindam:- Eh! That’s why; I hate playing the Under-Arm Cricket and that too in short playgrounds. Come and bowl against me in a big playground with round-the-arm actions, I will hit sixes after sixes.
Bidisha:- I don’t want to hear anything. I have taken your wicket. That’s full and final.
Arindam:- Dhaath..These are all funny rules in this Under-Arm Cricket.
Raqeeb:- Who cares about that! As per the challenge, you have to give the treat to all the team members of your opponent team.
Arindam:- Ok, I will sponsor only those bowl-ice creams of ‘Rellick’ company which cost 2 bucks each.
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Benudhar:- After a gap of around 4 years, we are again getting the LFCs. Are you planning to go somewhere or is it that you will just take the money?
Nagenchand:- Well, when our Bank is giving an opportunity to travel, then we should go for a tour. This time, I will also take my parents, father-in-law, mother-in-law and younger brothers also.
Benudhar:- So many dependants…hmm…well, I will take my sister-in-law only along with my wife and daughter.
Nagenchand:- Accha, what about Avinash babu? He will also get the LFC from his bank, naah!
Benudhar:- Don’t worry; I will talk to him…I mean…don’t worry; I will convince him completely. He and his family members will also go with us.
Nagenchand:- But, where should we go?
Benudhar:- South India. I have a friend who is a travel agent of ‘Bengal Travels’ of Chennai. They have a complete packaged tour for South India with just 5000 bucks per head.
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Bidisha:- Last time, we went to Agartala and now we are going to Chennai…hee hee hee…
Arindam:- What is there to laugh in it? Sab samay khali haasi…’hee hee hee…’
Bidisha:- besh korechi…amar icchey hoyechey…ami haaschi…
Arindam:- You are wearing sweaters…he he he…let me tell you one thing that South India is a very hot place. Even in winter season (December to February), no one wears a warm cloth there because they don’t require it.
Nonigopal:- Yeah! You are right, Arindam! But, it is also true that the Tamil Nadu gets the maximum rainfall during winter season only. So, Bidisha, you could have brought umbrella or raincoat instead of those warm clothes…
Bidisha:- Hee hee hee…don’t worry; as we are going for a tour, there will be no rainfall in Tamil Nadu, till we return back from there.
Arindam:- Oh! Really! I never knew that you are also a great astrologer…
Nonigopal:- Ha ha ha…hey, our Coromandel Express has started its journey. Today it is 16th December and it is now 2.30 PM. We will reach Chennai at around 6.25 PM or so on 17th December.
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Rihanna:- It is so nice of you that you have accepted my invitation. I have also invited my other friends in the class, but they did not want to come as they are all Hindu. You are such a good friend of mine to come at my house.
Tamang:- Thanks! But, I am neither a Hindu nor a Christian. I am a Buddhist. In our religion, the concept of hatred is not there at all. Buddhism is all about love, humanity, peace and brotherhood.
Rihanna:- Yeah, I know. I also have some idea about Gautam Buddha & Buddhism. Buddhism is a very peaceful religion. Anyway, come to our terrace! The pine trees have been decorated with lots of ribbons, balloons and lightings. All the guests are there only. Just at 12 ‘o’ clock, everyone will start wishing ‘Merry Christmas’ to each other and then we will eat those lovely cakes followed by the ball dances.
Tamang:- What! At 12’o’ clock! How will I go back home then?
Rihanna:- Don’t worry; by 12.30 AM, our driver will drop you at your house or you can even stay here. In any case, there are 2 rooms in our house, where no one sleeps. You can sleep there tonight.
Tamang:- No, no, I will go back home tonight.
Rihanna:- Ok, ok, you will go back to your home. Now, it is only 9.30 PM, come on; let us eat some lovely chocolates. Recently, my maternal uncle went for a tour in Switzerland. He brought these special chocolates from there for me only. Come on! Let us eat it.
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Chandrani:- Oh! My God! Ha ha ha…You went to South India for a tour for 10 days and look at your skin. It has become darker than before. You are now looking like a South Indian, ha ha ha…
Nonigopal:- Oh! South India is too hot and spicy! Can’t help it; if you go there, you will also become a dark-skinned girl.
Chandrani:- Anyway, Noni! Now tell me, how you enjoyed the entire tour? First you went to Chennai, right?
Nonigopal:- Yeah, yeah!
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Arindam:- Oh! South Indian cities are so dirty, what to say, Revathi! When you come out of the Chennai station, you will find lots of cows and buffaloes doing potty every now and then on the street.
Revathi:- Well, for your kind information, my parents are from Kerala, not from Tamil Nadu. At least, Mallu people are far tidier than the Tamil people.
Meenakshi:- Hey Arindam! Is the Howrah station a very neat and clean railway station? Just tell me as a neutral person. I agree that Chennai is a very dirty city, but so is your Kolkata. The moment a person steps into Kolkata through Howrah Station, he is bound to ask the question, ‘Is it the same Kolkata which was created by the British people? Is it the same Kolkata which was once compared with the other European cities before Indian Independence? Is Kolkata a metropolitan city?’
Arindam:- Aah! Kolkata is looking dirty due to those dirty Bihari and UP people. Bengalis always remain clean and tidy. But in your Tamil Nadu, your Tamil people are themselves not clean at all.
Raqeeb:- Arindam bhaya…yeh logic kuch hajam nahi hui…
Arindam:- Now, don’t utter the advertizing tagline of the ‘Hajmola’ tablets.
Raqeeb:- No, I am not joking. See, a metro city is always a ‘Cosmopolitan City’. Whether you accept this view or not, that is a different thing; but the point that I want to say is that, ‘When we have to stay under the same roof, then all of us are liable to accept the blame, if the floor under that roof remains dirty.’
Meenakshi:- Exactly! Arindam, Raqeeb is telling the right thing. All the citizens of a metropolitan city are responsible for increasing the pollution in their own city. You cannot point to a particular community only. All of them are responsible for it. So, unless they take a step together to make the city clean, the city can never be clean or pollution free.
Bidisha:- Hmm…hee hee hee…I think our Arindam has understood what you people were trying to tell him. That’s why; he went out of the classroom towards the toilet without uttering any single word…hee hee hee…what a strange character he is! Really!
Revathi:- And what a strange girl you are to have some weakness towards that strange character only!
Bidisha:- Whatever! I can have weakness towards anybody. That’s my problem! Let me handle it! You don’t have to poke your big nose in it! Uuh!
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Chandrani:- So, after reaching Chennai, where have you visited there?
Nonigopal:- We went to Marina Beach. It is a lovely beach! You will feel as if a fair is going on everyday on that beach. Whenever the people of Chennai feel bored, they come and enjoy walking at the Marina Beach. Believe me, it is the coolest place in Chennai…because that cool sea breeze will dry up your sweaty clothes.
Chandrani:- After Chennai, where did you go?
Nonigopal:- We went to Madurai. In Madurai, only the Meenakshi temple is the famous one. Just outside that Meenakshi temple, many poor women were selling interesting rolling pipes. Those plastic rolling pipes have holes in it. If you roll those pipes on the floor, automatically, it will create lovely designs while rolling. They were rolling the pipes on the ground, and the designs were getting created automatically. Each rolling pipe costs only 5 bucks.
Chandrani:- Oh! Bujhechi…chaler guro bhora chilo…oi pipe gulotey…amra haatey design kori…oraa oi system e the design korey…After Madurai, you went to…?
Nonigopal:- Thiruchirapalli…actually, nothing is there! I don’t really know, what is so special about that Thiruchirapalli…but we went to Pondicherry after that. Lovely place! There are two famous Ashrams; one is Aurobindo Ashram and another one is of Sreema. There is a road which is just adjacent to the coast of Bay of Bengal. Believe me; while standing on that road, you can enjoy the beautiful tidal waves of the blue waters of Bay of Bengal. And what to say about Aurobindo Ashram! They took only 25 bucks per head for breakfast, lunch, supper and dinner. In the breakfast, you can drink Horlicks/Bournvita/Nescafe/Red Label Tea with Loafs/Buns/Tiffin Cakes/Cream Biscuits. The same menu is there at the Supper time also. In Lunch and Dinner, only vegetarian foods are served. But, in the thaali system, they give three types of curries, two types of rice, two types of dals, one bowl of kheer, one bowl of sour curd and a special sweet.
Chandrani:- Wow! For only 25 bucks a day, they are giving so many things to eat...!
Nonigopal:- Yeah, around 90% of the poor people of that area eat in that Aurobindo Ashram. Even the permanent residents of the French Colony in Pondicherry give huge donations to Aurobindo Ashram. Whenever any European tourist visits Pondicherry, they don’t hesitate to eat in the Pondicherry Ashram.
Chandrani:- Hmm..After Pondicherry, where?
Nonigopal:- Rameswaram. Believe me! Ramayana story is not totally a mythological story. That bridge exists. You can see the Jaffna and its adjoining islands of Sri Lanka. Even there is a boat ferry system between the two nations, but only restricted for the fishermen or for those businessmen who are involved with the fishing industry. But, Rameswaram town is also a dirty town. After Rameswaram, we headed towards Kanyakumari.
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Arindam:- Bujhley, Ganga daa…South India is a Paanukhor desh…(South India respects Sex). We boarded a bus in Rameswaram which will go to Kanyakumari. In that bus stand, the vendors were selling the sex books like your ‘Sholo patas’ of Bengal. But, in those sex books, there were pictures of nude Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Rekha, Asha Sachdev, Sharmila Tagore, Hema Malini, Jayalalitha, Simi Grewal and others. They were all superimposed photos. The nude bodies were of some other nude models. But, these sellers have somehow pasted the faces of these heroines on those nude bodies. Baash! South Indian public are so sex-addicted and foolish, that they were buying those books as hot-cakes.
Ganga:- Ha ha ha…taah tui o toh ekta boi kiney aante paartish…
Arindam:- Not possible! I was with my parents! And moreover, this girl, Bidisha is like a hawk…always monitoring me like anything…he he he…but believe me Ganga daa, the way the pictures have been superimposed, you will hardly believe that those were not the original photos of those actresses. Really! All the time, we blame the heroines for various scandals, but in reality, all the scandals are not true but fake only.
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Chandrani:- If I am not wrong, then Kanyakumari is that place, where our Swami Vivekananda created a new history.
Nonigopal:- But, before creating that history of meditation, he had to swim that deadly ocean to reach to that special rock. It is not so easy to swim in that water and that too in a rainy weather. But, one thing I must appreciate that the Tamil people have given respect and space to two legends of Bengal, one is Rishi Aurobindo and another one is Swami Vivekananda. Vivekananda Shila is a place where one must visit once in his lifetime. To reach that Vivekananda Shila, there is a steamer which starts after every 15 minutes. It takes 25 bucks per head. In that Vivekananda Shila, there is a room for meditation, a small temple. There is a point in that Vivekananda Shila, where you can see the waters of Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea are meeting each other. What to say! The water colors of Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea are different from each other. Even the views of Sunrise & Sunset from that point are just fabulous to watch.
Chandrani:- So, there must be a Vivekananda Ashram also?
Nonigopal:- Yeah, yeah, it is not as good as Aurobindo Ashram, but, yes, the food is half-Bengali and half-Tamil…ha ha ha…I cannot explain it in words…but, when you eat the dals, you will feel as if someone has poured some Sambhar on Musoor Dal and presented you on your table…
Chandrani:- ha ha ha…So, after staying at Kanyakumari for 1 day, you people came back to Chennai again?
Nonigopal:- No, actually, we stayed in Kanyakumari for 2 days as we liked the place. On the 2nd day, we went to Kovalam beach. There is a bus stand in Kanyakumari, from where you can get buses for Kochi, Trivandram, Kottayam & Kovalam. That day was 25th December; we were heading towards Kovalam Beach. After going to that beach, my grandparents were somewhat stunned to see those foreign ladies lying almost naked on the beach while their nude breasts touching the sands directly.
Chandrani:- Oh! Tomar toh nischoi khub bhalo legechey…
Nonigopal:- aah! Ami ki amar kotha bolchi…But, anyway, the scenic beauty of the Kovalam beach is not bad at all. If we had another 3-4 days in our hand, we could have planned to tour Kochi also.
Chandrani:- Oh! 10 days tour of Tamil Nadu is more than enough. I don’t know whether I can ever go and visit those places or not, but the way you described about the entire tour, I can imagine the beauty of those places. Tomorrow, you will go back to the city, naah! As your winter vacation will end tomorrow!
Nonigopal:- Hmm…ki aar koraa jaabe…jete toh hobeyi…(I have to go). I am feeling hungry now…kato gulo khejur kul paaro dekhini khejur gaach theke…ektu khai…after all, you are expert in climbing up the Khejur trees.
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