The honour was due. Having been with the most grounded and yet a fascinating batch of students for more than 3 years now, its only justice that i dedicate a piece of reflective prose(i avoid using felicitation) on my blog to my very dearest classmates. Its a privilege to be there amongst this bunch of awesome guyz, who have in these years perfected every art, from mastering last minute prep for exams to mastering cheesy lines for teachers after exams, from hooting persistently in class to disguising as online hookers, from playing poker to solving crosswords and the list goes on. Every guy brings in a little culture with their own unique persona, be it d geek or the bravado, the funny or the hapless romantic, the facebook addict or the bhojpuri dabang!!;)
I wouldnt be audacious to put the names and the adjectives together, but yes, a little fabricated incident that establishes the cherished virtues of the pelus, the chotus, the runkys, the brads, the dizzys, the sambas, the john bhais(which ironically sounds close to bhains), the choti dons and the most peculiar of nicknames 1 can think of, all apt and befitting in the most rational of sense. So, here it goes...
The incident takes place at the premises just outside the campus with the characters, as subsequently unfolded, present in the vicinity. Their responses to the occasion and to others' dialogues lucidly implying the aura they bring into the culture.
The incident begins with lambu(subsequently refered as pelu, for understandable reasons), falling into a pit. The pit is kinda gutter and he is in absolute mess.
sahab: abey, pelu naale me gir gaya!!(giggling and signalling everyone)
(everyone now focussed on the incident)
aman: (high 5s with sahab)
brad: beta!!...maro lambu ki!!
chetan: ille po ho gaya lambu pa ka(laughing incessantly)
bharat: hahahahaha
pelu: abey, me janbujh k gira hun...(stops a while)..actually acha lag raha he yahan:)
goyal: (whispering to bro) lag gaya pelne lambu phir se
mahesha: goyal sahab, jor se bolo..aisi chizen bas ahishta hi bolte ho
aman: (high 5s with mahesha)
runky:(whispering to mahesha--chal lete hai lambu ki) array laambu tu gir gaya??
raja:are aman kuch dekhne ke liye pada hai??
samba: aman, maggi padi he kya extra?
bro: b*******wale, tum andar kaise pahunch gaye?
everyone breaks into laughter. some at lambu, others at bro!!:)
chetan: pa...hahahahaha
raja:are chetan pa, kuch dekhne ke liye pada he??
pelu: (irritated, yet defending)..bro, acha lag raha he yahan...pair thande lag rahe hen...aap bhi aao:)
(meanwhile)nandan: (tensed) lambu ka to placement ho gaya he, kahin bhi gir sakta he wo...me to padhai karne ja raha hun!!
(nandan goes back to hostel)
bharat: hahahaha
chotu: (laughing) lambu, tu andar kaise gir gaya?..me to ek jump me pura pit cross kar sakta hun!!
dev: (chadhane lag gaya)...ye bola superman!!
samba: dev, maggi padi he kya extra?
dizzy: i am lean shady. i enjoy small pitfalls every now and then.
(dizzy laughs at his own joke. no1 else understands)
(meanwhile...ashu on phone...just holding it..not speaking much)
goyal: (whispering to ashu) kya ashu, jyada bolne ka mauka nehi mil raha kya?
aman: (high 5s with goyal)
(lalas msg arrives at everyone. non-veg joke on divij)
(bro goes to pick lambu from pit and falls himself)
mard: ouch!!
pelu: acha lag raha he na bro?
bro: kya acha lag raha he b*******wale?...naale me gira diya hame...mathur, tum aur me ek hi room me rehte hen aur lambu pe dono hi has rahe the, phir me kaise andar gir gaya?
sahab:(not knowing what to say)
garima: (thinking to herself...mera bf kitna hoshiyar he!!)
samba: garima, tumhare paas to extra maggi padi hogi?
(garima stares at samba...samba goes back to hostel)
brad: beta, lambu ki to sab le rahe hen..aaj iska bday bhi mana lete hen..pelo pelu ko!!..bulao chandu ko...
chandu: ye aaya me.
(lambu mutters smthing...chandu offended)
chandu: tumhi ne to bulaya tha!!(walks away)
chotu:(updates in facebook).."lambu in pit...now both aditya of the same height...no1 calls me chotu"
aman:(likes chotus status)
dang: basically, every basically lambu having evry basically day...basically!!...dats all basically..!!
(divijs msg arrives at every1. non-veg joke on lala)
john bhai: sabke cam k xerox aa gaye. term end ka de diya he. lekin agle baar se me kuch nehi karunga. hamesa me hi karta hun. aur class k mail pe kuch material aane wala he. me mail kar dunga sabko. par agey se kuch nehi karunga me. hamesa me hi karta hun.
raja:are john bhai kuch dekhne ke liye pada hai??
dizzy: lean shady is hairy. i am not lean shady. hairy lean shady.
(dizzy again laughs at his own joke. no1 else understands)
chetan: (nothing funny, yt..)..pa, hahahahaha
(chotu jumps into pit. gets all dirty. blabbers like the proud kids in surf excel advertisements)
(everyone has had enough entertainment. end of scene.)
(finally...ashu, still on phone, not speaking, not even listening;)...divij and lala msgng non-veg jokes about each other, just to each other...lambu claims chotu and bro inside the pit...garima still loves her bf...samba now looking for boiler, instead of maggi...aman makes sure he high 5s every1...dizzy not letting out jokes in open, still smiling all by himself...bro uttering all sorts of "auspicious" words....chetan n bharat still laughing)
and then, there is me...right at the corner...taking the last puff of my last cigarette, saying to myself..."this is fun...itz cool...n yt dis aint perfect...derz something i still miss..."
