Well I am writing this cos we didnt have to... If we wanted to get a feel about the primitive descendants of mankind survived... we managed to get a taste of it... Under some weird logic spurting from randomly sadist brains came the notion that since Bangalore isn't subjected to regular load shedding; let these over serviced civilians live in HELL for one complete day.
Now what better day can you choose for such an execution than a brilliantly hot Sunday... We, roomies were still reeling under the effects of alcohol and melancholy spreading ghazals when it happened...
The power went off slowly; first a small voltage fluctuation followed by a complete stoppage to the whirling blades of our antique fan... Lots of thoughts poured in. Mayb the fan has breathed its last or this was the normal routine of power tripping cos all boilers were started simultaneously... But sumhow the heart knew this was different. And the signs werent too ominous...Suddenly the harshness of the sun seemed to have increased in tango with the humidity and then came the news... Our servant came running like those old hindi movies had; he looked like the messenger of some real bad news...
SAHEB 12 HOURS KE LIYE LIGHT BAND KIYA HAI.. RAAT KO 8 BAJE AAYEGA...
The face we made was close to those of imprisoned pickpockets who sincerely bliv that the only fault they committed was getting caught; that too while spreading the light of Communism...We all knew that next twelve hours were gonna make us all feel very wasted and with this thought in mind we all started our morning prayers ( Mine only included a wish that I have enough food to survive this day...)
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Dude! u write well...keep the pen running!
Bijli ka bill bhara tha ki nahin woh yaad nahin aaya ...
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