Arindam: - Hyanccho….aa aah….Hyanccho! Uff…babah re babah…
Deepti: - Uff…you have sneezed for 9th time consecutively.
Arnab: - Sain daa…where have you kept the small bottle of eucalyptus oil?
Arindam: - It is inside my bag only. Why?
Arnab: - Just take out that bottle and pour some drops of eucalyptus oil on your handkerchief. Then just smell it.
Sumanta: - Eucalyptus oil bottle. Hey, where from you got that?
Arindam: - Ha ha ha…I and Arnab bought that from a small shop inside the Sterling Resort. The shop is on the 1st floor of the main building of Sterling Resort. In between the reception hall and the conference hall, there is a staircase. Just take that staircase and on the 1st floor, you will find that shop. This small bottle of eucalyptus oil costs 80 bucks. This oil is useful for those people like me who sneezes too much or have allergies of cough and cold. Let me smell my handkerchief after pouring some drops of this oil in it. Umm…aaaahh…the smell of eucalyptus oil is as similar as a ‘Vicks’ inhaler.
Angshuman: - What is the point in telling us now? Next time if we visit Sterling resort, then only we will buy it from that shop. Now, we have reached the Botanical garden. Come on; let us get down from this bus.
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Vartika: - Hey, I can see everyone just roaming here and there in this botanical garden. See there; Prasanna, the SAP officer of Hyderabad is observing each and every flower in this garden very minutely. Prasanna has a good singing voice. In the cultural event, she sang all the classical songs like a professional singer.
Koustav: - Even Subhash Sir, the SAP Manager of Mumbai also has a good voice. Basically, he is a fan of Kishore Kumar. In the cultural event, he sang all the classic numbers of our great Kishore daa. Accha, what is the name of that dark-skinned SAP officer of Pune?
Vartika: - He is Joseph Sir. He is basically a typical Konkani person. The way he was dancing the traditional Konkani dance in the discotheque…baapre, it was just too good. There is a Konkani dance, where everyone wears a small cap, which looks like a small cone. Then in a group, those Konkani people start dancing in front of their boat in the beach to celebrate their success of fishing in the Arabian Sea. Joseph Sir was performing that dance only, in the discotheque. The dance is more or less a fusion of African snake dance and ‘Santhal’ tribal dance of Bengal. IBS Pune has two SAP officers. Another officer who is bulky and fair-skinned is Milind Sir. He is expert in dramas. The drama of IBS Pune was directed by Milind Sir only.
Sunny: - Do you know that the girl of IBS Pune, who played the role of ‘Champa’ in the drama, is a Bengali girl. His name is Neha, but, she was speaking in Bengali with her friends. Maybe, her hometown is Kolkata only. But in the cultural event, one thing I liked the most; the ramp-walk of all the SAP officers and managers.
Koustav: - Yeah, yeah, I also enjoyed that show. Ha ha ha…the theme was the ‘Don’ theme, where everyone has to wear a sunglass and walk like a Don. The background music was the title music of the film ‘Don’. If Shahrukh rocked in the film, then all the SAP officers and managers of ICFAI rocked on the ramp of Sterling resort, he he he…Ranbir Sir of IBS Gurgaon and Sharma Sir of IBS Noida were the show stealers in that ramp walk. Even the SAP officer of Bangalore rocked with her lovely white colored saree. What is her name?
Vartika: - Her name is Vandana, but, don’t try to think anything else about her because she is already married.
Sunny: - Ha ha ha...Vartika…nowadays, a married woman looks more beautiful than the single ones. I don’t know why, but that is the truth.
Koustav: - Hmm…So, you are also impressed by seeing her on the ramp. My goodness, hey, look there. Our Angshuman daa and Sumanta daa are talking with Anchal, the SAP officer of Noida. Chalo, chalo, let us go and enjoy the moment, he he he…
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Angshuman: - Your voice is very sweet and sober. You should not give up singing at any cost.
Sumanta: - Yeah, Angshuman is right. Accha, Anchal, you joined ICFAI recently?
Anchal: - No, I joined 5 months back. Somehow, due to some personal reasons, I didn’t attend the last SAP Conference in Goa.
Angshuman: - Can I have your mobile number? We are all under ICFAI. Our job role is similar only. So, who knows, maybe, we need to co-operate with each other in many situations.
Anchal: - Yeah, sure, why not? Tell me your number. I will give you a miss call and then you save it in your mobile phone.
Angshuman: - Yeah, I got the miss call. I will save the number. Thank you, Anchal. Are you in Google Talk?
Anchal: - Yeah, I am! Even I am in Orkut too. You can add me there also. Sumanta, you can also add me. Nowadays, the social networking sites have become a cost cutting tool for any corporate. We don’t need to waste our mobile phone balance by talking to each other. We can chat with each other in Gtalk, while working in our respective office only.
Sumanta: - Baah, Anchal, you are really a smart girl. It is a nice idea. I will chat with you in my free hours.
Anchal: - It’s ok. Accha, I need to go now. Sharma Sir is calling me. I will catch you up later in Gtalk or Orkut. Bye for now.
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Koustav: - Arrey, Angshuman daa…you are swimming in the deep under-waters of the sea and drinking fresh sweet water…he he he….Great…great…you are also a great khiladi.
Angshuman: - How can you ignore roses, though, it has some thorns in it?
Sumanta: - Ha ha ha…well said, Angshuman…that is very true.
Vartika: - Hmm…but here the problem is, that for one girl, there are two contestants…he he he…as if , ‘Ek phool aur do maali’, ha ha ha…
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Pandey: - We are feeling hungry now. For around half an hour, we are walking in this botanical garden. Hey, Agarwal, let us go and collect our food packets now.
Agarwal: - Arrey, it is now 12.35 PM only and you are so hungry and looking very tired.
Pandey: - Anyone will feel tired after walking for half an hour in this garden. This botanical garden is not on a plain terrain but on a hilly terrain. We entered this garden from the main entrance. After that, we are walking down and down on the staircases. This botanical garden has three levels. At the first level, there are small shrubs and some important herbal plants. In the second level, there are big trees which are at least 100 years old. In the last level, that is, at the extreme down and plain level, there is a small lake and beside that lake there is a garden full of different colored roses. Even there are boating facilities in that lake. Just beside that rose garden, there is a house, where reptiles, snakes and fishes are kept in small glass rooms. So, you can understand how much big this botanical garden is. Basically, this garden has become a lovers’ spot. All couples want to enjoy themselves inside a botanical garden.
Agarwal: - But, still it is not as big as the Botanical garden of Shibpur in Howrah district of West Bengal. In that botanical garden, there is a tree at the end point of that garden, which is at least 400 years old and still that tree is alive.
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