Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Chandu The gentleman

This the sequel for the fictional part-1
"Chandu met a girl at last" so you have to first read that
before you continues with this.

The Sun was up playing hide and seeks with the silvery clouds.
The trees were lined up on the both sides of the road.
With their greenish leaves they
are speaking their joy to the
frequent cut-cut dabbling airy waves
with a pleasant sound that no music instrument can produce but
only our mother nature. It seems there was no vehicle since
long time on the road. The brownish leaves
those cannot stick on to their mother trees, some are falling
all over the road and some are going aimlessly for those
small blows of winds.

With a flashing speed, a bike went on spreading the
leaves on the road into two halves that would seem like an
introduction seen for a typical sterio type Hero in typical Telugu movies .
Chandu, with the top Gear, raised the accelerator and now they are
going with top speed.
"Hey!! Are you gone mad?
What’s the matter with you? Just slow down"
said She (sorry for not mentioning her name & you can imagine any name ).
Chandu replied "come on!! Men like speed and don't be afraid,
I’m here with you."
"Aahhaaa!!.. “By pinching just above his hips she added
"It’s not the fear dear!! But I am wondering about your
second thoughts when the speed breakers come...
come on baby... speed down the
accelerator otherwise I am gonna ride this bike to
my place leaving you alone here. And FYI I know bike riding"

By lessening speed, and with a short smile
on his face Chandu thought in himself "kamaal hai yaar!!
Aajkal pottiya bhi baathe karna seekh rahee hai!! ..."
but he felt somewhat exhilarated by her touch [;)].

Later he added...” you remember! This was the same road on
which we met before for the first time.
She said "yea I remember that day...otehrwise we won't be together right now. right?".
With a short smile... Chandu added thinking about that day “ehhhe... ok ".
Then she asked "btw where actually we are going today?”
Turning his head back slightly... with a wink feeling on his face
he replied "That’s a kinda suspense and surprise, but I know you like it."
"O K lets see ... “she said with a flashing smile on her face.

This way their conversation was going on and occasionally
Chandu was observing her from the mirror and thinking in himself
"I wonder... there is no other thing in this world beautiful/merrier than
a beautiful woman.... Thank God I really didn't behave
like my usual self on that other day."

Chandu really behaved like a Gentleman on that day. He gave her
lift and he dropped near her place and except a word "THANKS"
he didn't hear anything from her since the time she sat on his bike...
not even a "leaving smile" and he too didn't ask even her name.
She hurried into her home. Chandu turned the bike towards B'lore city
and he just came to the main road and to lessen his mental disturbance
caused by his enormous increase of excitement and its sudden drop,
he sat on a rock-like-place arranged to sit and relax
below a big tree beside the road. There he relaxed
for sometime and he felt thirsty. He thought of going to her home
and asking for a glass of water... but his mind refused to do that because
of some unexplained reasons, so he stood up and by
rubbing-off the dust on his back of his Jeans, he observed
she was coming towards him searching for someone... Yes... She saw
him and with somewhat happy feeling on her face she approached
him and asked "Would you do another favor for me if you don't mind?"
"Yea sure!! “He said casually.
"Thanks “she said.
"You are Welcome “He replied with out asking what is to help.
Then she explained him that she got a phone call regarding her father's
ill health so she has to hurry up from b'lore as her brother too out of
the place today ... fortunately I met you on the way
but right now I have to take my father to the hospital as it seems he
got high temperature and right now there's no one to help me out.
"Yea sure... I will take your father to the doctor in the city. Don't worry
your father will be fine... He's MBBS and he is my school friend. "
With a trust able face he explained her gently.
"Here is my mobile number. Ring me after coming to city
and I will be in touch with you from there on.
Btw your father is in the position to sit on bike right... chalo let’s hurry... "
And he added... "Before that ..would u give me a glass of water?”...
then one can imagine how they got close till this other ride.

.. . story ends in next sequel ;)

Monday, November 06, 2006

Chandu met a girl at last !!

Disclaimer : This is a work of fiction and the characters
and places presented here are all fictitious and in
any resemblence to anyone anything is purely coincidental .

Place: A room somewhere in Bangalore

Time: 9 AM

"Jhalak dikhlaaza … Jhalak dikhlaaza
ek baar aaja ajja aaja ajja aa aa aa ja…
"

The music beats coming from the Philips 5.1 digital surround
system are shaking the room. With the brush in his mouth,
Syam sunk his head into the Sunday Times newspaper.
Ramana Reddy (Friends call him Reddy) is managing to
sync his head and right leg according to the beats by brushing his
teeth. He is standing opposite the mirror exposing upper half of
his body, observing his hairy chest once in a while and looking at
the Aishwarya Rai's poster once in a while, just beside that mirror.
(Here the author suppresses the second thoughts of Mr.Reddy's).
Umm … and their only room partner Chandu (friends call him Laddu),
who hates Himmesh and his songs, wrapped himself in a blanket
rolling this side and that side uneasily. Sunday is the only day
he gets some extra time to sleep but unfortunately his sleep
ruined by those high beats.

Impatiently Chandu got up shouting loudly... Stop!!
Stop that fucking nonsense… otherwise I will throw out those boxes
out of the window, you already ruined my sleep.
Immediately the volume lowered followed by Reddy's voice
" Saale Laddu!!! Wake-up and hurry-up you dumb noodle loaf...
Today we are going to **** beach"(come on.. its a fiction).
Again the volume raised
to as it is before. Chandu forgot about the song and the volume…
He is not thinking why they are calling him instead of them
getting ready first and giving him some more sleep.
May be, they are just curious that what is Chandu's reply gonna be
if they mention about going to the **** beach.
But now his thoughts are wandering
somewhere near the beach.
He has that instinct thing regarding this kind of situations.
He use to crave for girlfriends and still he hasn't got one.
But his Jigrees Syam and Reddy have.
For that reason he feels jealous about them sometimes.

He heard a lot about the beach that there one can see
youth-eye-soothing things and this is the first time he is going
to the **** beach with his friends as they promised him to come
along with him. He got up suddenly and rushed into the
bath room to get ready.
Syam and Reddy looked at each other exchanging short smiles
with brushes in their teeth.

Syam, Reddy and Chandu are very good friends
since their good old college days.
All three are B.Tech grads now holding jobs.
Syam works for Unisys and Reddy works for Motorola.
Both are working in Bangalore since 2 years.
Chandu works for Patni and he just got transferred
to Bangalore centre from Chennai.

Its 10 AM and all three are getting ready to go…
and Chandu looks some what more colorful than the others.
They are about to start and Syam's mobile started singing
" Bommanu geeste neelaa undi…..Daggarakochhi
muddimmandi
…." On the mobile screen
he saw “rupa calling… "

Saying "Just a minute" … he went out to veranda

Chandu whispered to Ramana
"Veedu poorthigaa munigipoyadu roey...!"
Saying so Reddy's mobile too started shouting the
baby's sound "hehhehehhee”

Chandu jerked off a bit listening to his ring tone, saying
"you almost scared me off man... What's that ring tone…
it like a Ghost is laughing"

"Chandu, Gimme a minute" … saying so he too got off to veranda.

Chandu entered into the room agitated.
1 min. passed, 2 minutes passed… and 20 min. passed.
Chandu is watching both from the inside window… both wandering
oppositely this side and that side whispering, laughing, and talking.

"Damn!! They are testing my patience" Chandu told to himself.

"They woke me up while I was sleeping and they do this
to me now. Damn!! Fuck you two; my life was much better
when I was in Chennai". He cursed himself.

10 more minutes later Syam appeared before
Chandu… scratching his head and saying…

"Chandu ... It's aa Its aa .. Actually rupa called me up
and she wants to do some shopping today."

Chandu interrupted Syam saying "But Syam… now…"

Syam cutting Chandu’s voice said "now it’s very urgent
and aa and aaa... No problem… Reddy will come
with you... I gotta go now Bye" Syam went off
with out even trying to hear what Chandu is about to
say and so Chandu stopped the words coming out of
his mouth and he stood there staring at him thinking
…. Is he the OLD Syam?

Reddy came few minutes later … Chandu stopped him
saying "Come on you too tell me!! You got some work
with your Girl friend? So you cannot
come with me right now. Is it? "

Reddy replied slowly…. "Arre Chandu… how you
got it man... yea that's it Where is Syam? He will come
with you I gotta go man I am in hurry its already late...
see ya bubbye" he too disappeared with out enquiring
what has just happened leaving poor Chandu alone.
Chandu's mercury level suddenly raised and
dropped for his confused condition.

Chandu is thinking what to do on this dumb Sunday.
First He got the idea of calling his college mate
Kedar who is also in b’lore. After calling him he
came to know that he has some unfinished work
in his office and he has to finish it on this Sunday.
Anyway he managed to take his Bike and at last
he decided to wander in the Bangalore city.

Though it’s Sunday the traffic isn’t that much
less than usual working days. So his unconscious
mind told him to go out the city and take a small ride.
This time he listened to this and turned the bike
towards outskirts. Till he crossed the high traffic
roads he felt exhausted.

Now his bike is running on the road, outskirts
of b’lore. He raised the accelerator. Now he was
somewhat relieved with the feeling of being away
from the city’s busy unending routine life.
Now he smells the real mud and real leaves
of the trees side the road and he is feeling that
he is really under the sun. He hasn’t had such
kind of feeling since years.

“How I missed this kind of rides before.
One day I will wake up in my bed and
I will say to myself... so far how my life was and
then I feel I didn’t have any memories left to think of...”
His thoughts are running in this fashion.
Suddenly he got the idea that he has the
IPod in his pocket. He stopped the bike
and he took the Ipod Started the Pulsar and started
the Bryan Adam’s song
Here I am…. This is me …
There’s no where else on Earth I’d rather be…

He felt the heaven listening to the song while raising the
accelerator. A short smile on his face rubbed off
all the nonsense he had till now. His bike is going swiftly…

His bike ran 7 km or so, suddenly he felt someone standing
on road to the left side along with an Auto expecting a lift.
He hasn’t observed closely as he was going in high speed
but his mind told him to slow down the bike and look back
at once as he smelled something women-ish. Yessssssss
it’s a beautiful girl ... He took off the ear phones and he drove
the bike reverse. After having the conversation with the
Auto driver and her, he came to know that she is going
somewhere to a place some 5 km away from that place.
This time he doesn’t want to miss the chance… so he
managed to tell them that he knows that place and
he is going towards it. She said “It’s so kind of you… ”
and she sat on his bike.

Its really observable face Chandu has. It’s like thousand
flowers glowing on his face. He patted himself for his
good fortune today. He left one ear phone and the
other one he kept in his ear…. And replayed
the Bryan Adam’s song. And this time too
the song made more sense to him

“It's a new world - it's a new start

It's alive with the beating of young hearts

It's a new day - it's a new plan

I've been waiting for you

Here I am”

… To be continued