Friday, January 23, 2009

INDORII TAILS ..

Long break ... had nothing to write about over the past couple of weeks .... supposed to get down to writing this "Tagged by Tagger" post (courtesy galer) ... but everytime i see the questions I realise its way tougher than it looks and then arrive at the natural solution like to most problems in most ppls life - PROCRASTINATE... so writnig an easier lighter but a long due post - on my current abode Indore... and the inspiration to write this post .... a cow or shall we say "THE COW" ... here goes the inspirational tale of "THE COW" -

It was 7.30ish in the evening - dark outside, with a cold winter breeze going around ... me and manju ( my colleague on this project) were in our cab on our way back from Pitampur (60 kms outside indoor) ... Pitampur for people who dont know the place is a fantastic example of what has happened at quiet a few places around India over the last decade - a beautiful, serene, hilly, green and picturisque small town suddenly blowing up into one of India largest Industrial estates.. the place has become big, the people have still not caught on.... u can see the trendiest of cars alongside the oldest mode of transport know to man - the bullock carts ... and all traversing on half baked roads .. with in 5 mins of leaving our office there is market which is always crowded with trucks,cars,bikes cycles, people, dogs and yesss our hero "The Cow" and his brethren .. we reached this spot at 7.35 (see see my math is good 7.30 + 5 min) wen suddenly a paltan of about 101 odd people dropped onto the already suffocated road .. these were saffron clad god-fearing, Lord Ram loving men and women chanting "Jai ram Sitaram", carrying Lord Rams idol who were on their way to a nearby temple and in the process had brought the traffic to a standstill ...
We - me, my friend and the driver were waiting patiently, looking around thinking wen was the last time we had been to the temple, wen a couple of guys on a bike parked themselves beside our car .. nothin changed for about a few seconds.. and then it all happened ...
Our hero cut through the halted traffic adroitly, making his way through the maze till he reached the front where we - the bike and our car was parked ...
and then seeing the road was blocked ahead Mr. Cow parked himself comfortably between the two vehicles .... he then looked this way at us and that way at the bikers, gave us all a nod - like strangers do when stuck in traffic jams after a hard days work reassuring each other that dont worry the days over and the weekend is not too far ...
I looked at it and thought "Man tat cows' got more sense and is more civilized than most people" .. we were all already laaughing away to glory looking at the scene, when something even more hilarious happened ...
After having waited along wit us for a couple of minutes, I guess even Mr. Cow got bored of the wait. He probably said to himself "Wat the hell .. lemme have some fun .. " He gently moved closer to the bike beside him and started rubbing his belly on the pillion ... if this wasnt enof he stuck his tongue out licked the biker and gave out a cry of victory (it went like "ammbaaaaaa" - which probably in Moo-talk meant I win or i screwed you dude) ...
Fortunately-unfortunately, by then two things happened - the traffic started moving and the biker rode off as fast as his bike could take him and I was knocked outta my senses laughing non-stop for about 4 mins ..

We had to leave as the traffic had started moving. I didnt have enof time to thank Mr. Cow for having given me the heartiest laugh in a long time .. but in time if Cows learn human-talk and to use the internet and if our hero comes across this post by chance then well "Thank you Mr.Cow" ...

2 comments:

Anurag said...

amaaaaaaaa (that means funny :))

Galette said...

loved this story! moooooooo! (that means bravo!)