THIS, THAT, THESE,THOSE AND MOONSOON

Summer holiday is going on. Season of Mango, heat waves and romantic monsoon. But I didn’t know this monsoon would accomplice something horrible other than rain and relief. Last day, I met one of my old friend, might be we are meeting after nearly two years. I suspected we would meet this time, as we are in different college, so different holiday time. Actually what happened, I was returning to home, after buying some food stuff, at present, my parents have given me home ministry. On the way, I saw him.

‘Hello, it has been so long that we are meeting,’ I said excitedly as I always meet others excitedly, this time, I became overexcited. ‘How are you? Fine,’ He said. ‘Fine’, I couldn’t differentiate whether he was asking about me or telling about himself. I asked, quizzically whether you are asking me or telling me. ‘ I am asking you.’ He said. After some old reminiscences, we switched to college stuff. I asked, ‘so, how is your college? You must be enjoying. You are in ….. Modern city. Malls and modernization alike me.’ He started which made me to realize my mistakes that I shouldn’t ask this question. ‘You know my college is that….my College is this…..my college is full of….. you know…….our teachers are you know… you know in my college what happened.. I still don’t know what happened. He again resumed, ‘you know in my college professors are so qualified, so qualified….’ Perhaps, more than professors of Harvard or Stanford.’ I interrupted as I saw him becoming overexcited as he got noble prize. ‘Shit, what sanjeev, what are you thinking? Noble prize???? After looking his and his college level, might be noble is less valuable than this and noble laureates, if they come to know about this, would curse themselves that what they are not in that college and might be, some noble laureates would commit suicide.’ I thought. ‘No yaar.’ He replied. I thought he might stop now and we would talk on any other topic. However, he didn’t stop but I, definitely stopped thinking when he said again, ‘you know how large my campus is….very large....’ ‘He might have forgotten that scientist community has specified some measurement units,’ I whispered and said, ‘larger than BHU.’ ‘No yaar.’ Still his tone didn’t show any lack of excitement but I showed my limit of impatience. My excited face had become dimmed and expressionless. Someone said to me, a few months ago, that I don’t have patience and you should learn how to be patient. I cursed him and thought, looking this, it is better to remain impatient. His talk made me to think and I doubt, am I also in college, an engineering college? I checked my id card which relieved me. Optimism was shifting to pessimism. Before it could shift, to my surprise, he had stopped now. I counted, he said 30 times this, those, that, these and not a single complete sentences. Thanks for the revision of grammar.
After some time, I left and came back home. I slept at time, nearly at 12 after reading a novel. Suddenly, I woke up after sometime and squeaked, ‘BUT YAAR, I AM ALSO IN COLLEGE. WHAT ABOUT MY COLLEGE?’

I came across such people who always make such pompous and bombastic speech. They think that they are successfully and articulately making impressions on others. And try to fool others. Big mouth and shallow ideas and thinking. A fleeting moment of cheap speech and loss of credibility for lifetime. One time, I was seriously thinking over this, to make a speech which left you wandering over the statement, an incomplete statement, to think what they are trying to say. Mind puzzling. Ooooo. Also, James bond or Sherlock Holmes wouldn’t find out what they meant by these, those, you know. My conclusion was blank. I never understood the reason for doing so.

Well, enjoy monsoon and delicious mango also. Have a great holiday.

HUM - TUM

Long ago, God made this world and took some rest. Then God made boys, he became so happy, so he took some more rest. Then he did the greatest mistake and he made girls and after that neither the God could take rest neither we - the boys. In addition, the world was divided into two groups, HUM means boys, and TUM means girls – a famous dialogue from the Bollywood movie HUM TUM.

Last year, I visited Bokaro for two reasons. First and most important, I had to collect my passing certificate and the security money, and to meet my old friends, friends of greatest ever in term of fun, 12 C. we were in touch through g talk or by phone. As per plan, I went and collected the document in the morning but i couldn’t get the money; I told all of them to meet in the noon, as I had to catch the train at about 8: pm. They all planned for a get- together party but unfortunately only six of us could manage to come and gathered in the city park of the city, four boys and two girls. We all got engaged in the some college stuff like, whether anyone has a girlfriend or not? How many proposals did we get? I also got a comment that I had build up my body, some biceps. I noticed myself when I heard this. Really, people are getting blind day by day. After this stupid and funny stuff, we ordered Chowmin, as we came in a restaurant situated amid of the park. I was sitting in front of a girl. the Order came. So, either of us had to serve the Chow min, I offered her to serve but she insisted me to do this. I didn’t say anything, as I always feel shy in front a girl, more than a girl would , In fact I uttered only 10 -30 words during the whole so called party. I made to slip down the Chow min into her plate and paused for a moment, ‘It would be less,’ I thought, so , I put down some more Chow min on the plate. ‘ Sanjeev, it s too much. I don’t want to be fat. You know how oily this is? How would you know? You are a boy.’ She blurted out, it seemed as though her boyfriend fled away with my girlfriend. I was amazed, moreover you can say, bemused over what she means by ‘You are boy, you wouldn’t understand.’ It means she is a girl and girls have some natural power to measure oil contents in any food stuff, even they could stop eating plain rice in the name of fat and calories. Health doctor must consult to this type of naturally gifted girl. I am still confused on what I did, which made her to blurt that, it seemed that I did some unavoidable mistake, and I deserved a punishment. After this, we finished our lunch; the Demon i mean the waiter came with the bill and sledded. All giggles, jocular tone, jokes stopped suddenly. This time Newton’s third law was proved, equal and opposite reaction law. Giggle turned into silence and in amazed look and all we knew what our eyes and strained face wanted to convey, ‘WHO WILL PAY THE BILL?’ One of my friends already on seeing the bill told that he hadn’t a single buck. Three of us squinted. A boy sitting beside me whispered in my ear,’ why should only we pay? Why not girls?’ A good question of why do boys have to empty their pockets for years. Why do we always suffer from these problems, a major threat to boys, bigger than global warning, because in global warming, all of us would die but in this only we, the boys are dying. All the authority all over world should conduct a meeting over this instead of global warming, surprisingly even China will not protest over this topic. At last, the three of us paid the bill.

Personally i think that this should be stopped. When it comes to give a seat in the train, bus or when it comes to stand in the queue whether it is ticket reservation counter or Mec donald burger counter, the rule says me first. However, when it comes to pay the money then, the same rule turns upside down and says ‘you first’. All rules say conditions apply. Even here, But this wrong. I still couldn’t understand how ladies first system fails when it comes to pay money. On this, I spoke to my friends ( two girl friends , ohh, don’t go on the apparent meaning of this word, I mean to say a friend who is girl). One of them supported my point and said that she always offers money at least of her share whether it is restaurant or anything. Thanks to her...... something is better than nothing. the Other friend refused. She said that this is universally accepted. Therefore, the boy will pay the money and on the other hand, it is unmannered to ask money from a girl.

Is it unmannered to ask money from a girl? In addition, it is mannered to empty down the wallet of a boy, even he is spending money of his parent like her. My point is that in this age, we all live on our parent’s money, and parents send money to both of us, so, it is unmannered to say only to boys to spend money. The mannerism comes when we all share the money. It will look unmannered when a boy has a job, earns money, and expects money from the other side. I think the he could pay the whole bill or whatever.