Agarwal: - Ha ha ha…in our meal packet, why they have given two bananas?
Pandey: - Why? What is wrong in that? Banana is a fruit that gives you more energy than any other fruits.
Agarwal: - That is ok! But, we are not monkeys that we will eat bananas with our daily meal.
Pandey: - Humans are evolved apes only and apes are a special breed of monkeys only. So, as per scientific logic, monkeys are the predecessors of human beings. A monkey is smarter than any human, that’s why, it always eats banana to keep itself energized all the time. Even if you have done overeating then this banana helps you to vomit all the foods, so that you feel relaxed.
Agarwal: - Ha ha ha…now I understand why in the ICC World Cup in England, Ashish Nehra was eating bananas after he lost his energy while bowling against England. I think, in that match only, Ashish Nehra took 6 wickets. Hmm…he got too much energy after eating those bananas.
Pandey: - Now, stop talking and concentrate on eating. Sain is coming towards us. If he starts talking, then any discussion will not stop until any conclusion comes out. He will keep on gossiping. Really, Bengali people are expert in gossiping, he he he…
Arindam: - Hey, where from you people have got this food packet? I am also feeling hungry. I need to collect it.
Agarwal: - Angshuman daa has collected all the food packets for IBS Kolkata and kept it with him only. There he is! He is sitting under that tree.
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Angshuman: - You are yet to take your food packet. That’s why; I was thinking that who has not taken the food packet from me. Everybody has already started eating and you are yet to collect your food packet. Where were you?
Arindam: - I went to the last corner of this botanical garden. Just at the right hand corner of the lake, I have found a tree, which is 120 years old. Below that tree, there is a bench. I was relaxing there. I cannot spell the biological name of that tree now. It is very big. But that tree really looks beautiful. The color of the skin of the tree is a combination of yellow ochre and light brown color.
Angshuman: - Baah…then we will go down there and have a photo-shoot of our entire IBS Kolkata group. Anyway, I am also yet to take my lunch. Agarwal and Pandey have found out a lovely place to eat their food. They are sitting on a grassy slope under an oak-type tree. Come on, let us go there and have our lunch.
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Arindam: - You are from Section- A, right? Hmm…I have hardly seen you in the college campus. Even I have never seen Agarwal and Rathi also. They are also from your section only.
Pandey: - I have also never seen your face in our college. But, I have heard your name from many people. I don’t know for what reason, people know your name. Anyway, your hometown is Kolkata or you are from outside West Bengal?
Arindam: - No, no, I am from South West Kolkata only. You are from?
Pandey: - I stay in Liluah of Howrah district. Basically, our ancestral home is in UP.
Arindam: - Hmm…and what about you Agarwal? You are from Kolkata also?
Agarwal: - No, no, I am from Kokrajhar of Assam.
Angshuman: - My goodness! The day before yesterday only, there was a massive firing in Kokrajhar area. At least, 50 people have died. Assam is a very dangerous state. If Marathis are the racists of Western India, then Assamese, Nagas and Manipuri are the racists of Eastern India. Even I have heard that the Assamese people are brutally abusing and killing Bengali workers also in that state. Very soon, all these racist Assamese will be kicked out from West Bengal. Just wait and watch.
Agarwal: - All Assamese people are not racists. There are some sections of people who want to divide Assam into Bodoland. Then there is Chinese administration which is supplying arms and money to the unemployed youth of North-Eastern India to make them terrorists. The Ulfa group is also dangerous in Assam. Even some Assamese living in Bangladesh are also involved in the terror act of Assam. We are Marwari. My dad is a government employee. He got posting in Kokrajhar, which is why, we are there. We have no sympathy towards Assam. But, yes, Assam is a nice place in terms of its natural scenic beauty. But, somehow, Assamese do not want improvement in their own state. Even the Indian Government is somewhat callous towards the utilization of the natural resources in and around Brahmaputra River.
Rathi: - Hmm…everyone in India feels proud that it is a country where ‘Unity in Diversity’ exists, but the reality is somewhat different. The racial discrimination among the Indian people always hampers the socio-economic growth of India. I would rather be happy to see India as a country of several cosmopolitan states clubbed together, like it is there in the United States of America.
Angshuman: - Well said, Rathi. But, it is easier said than done because this is India. In USA, a political leader must have a MBA degree from Harvard University or any other reputed University, but, in India, even a mere Class – V pass person can become a great political leader. It is not the common people but the politicians who create the division in our society intentionally to gain votes. By the way, Rathi, where are you from?
Rathi: - I am from Rajasthan. My parents are now living in Barmer. I have one elder sister. She has got married last month. Now, my parents are thinking of shifting to Jaisalmer. My aunt lives in Jaisalmer. But, I don’t want to settle down in any of the cities of Rajasthan. A highly educated person cannot stay for long in Rajasthan because the illiterate and poor people always start playing politics on him at every level. That is the reason why, you will find that all the educated or highly qualified traders or businessman go out of Rajasthan to establish their business and then open some small outlets of their business in Rajasthan.
Arindam: - Barmer! Wow! Have you seen the Bengali film ‘Sonar Kella’ (The Golden Fort) of Satyajit Ray. You must watch that film with sub-titles. There is a fort in Barmer, which has been constructed with limestone. Satyajit Ray wrote a story on that fort. You must watch that film to know about that fabulous story.
Angshuman: - Accha, Rathi, is the camel’s milk very tasty? I have not tasted it yet, but, Lalmohan Babu of ‘Sonar Kella’ liked the tea very much, which was prepared with camel’s milk.
Rathi: - Yeah, it is tasty, provided that, you can handle the peculiar smell of that milk. Your body will become very hot after drinking camel’s milk. Rajasthan is basically full of deserts. In deserts, during daytime, it is extreme hot and during nights, the temperature drops to around 5 to 6 degree Celsius also. Poor people drink those camels’s milk before going to sleep to keep themselves warm.
Pandey: - Hey guys! Debojyoti Sir is calling us now. Let us go there.
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Debojyoti: - Vartika has found out a fantastic tree under which we will take a group photo. That tree is in downward direction of this garden. Come on, let us go there.
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Arindam: - This is the same tree about which I was talking to you.
Angshuman: - Really, it is a fantastic tree. Come on; let us sit together under this tree to pose for a group photo.
Sunny: - Come on, everybody. One, two, three, ready, smile please. Aaaiye…I have clicked on the camera. The group photo has been taken. Wow! The photo looks awesome.
Agarwal: - Ha ha ha…After hearing ‘one, two, three’ from Sunny, I am becoming nostalgic.
Arindam: - Why? What is so nostalgic about it?
Agarwal: - I learned the Tamil numerals from a bus conductor in Sterling Resort. In Tamil, they say, ‘Urh, Rand, Nul………’
Arindam: - Ha ha ha…What is Urh?
Agarwal:- Urh means 1, Rand means 2, Nul means 3…and it goes on…I don’t remember all the Tamil numerals…but, I like to pronounce those Tamil numerals, ‘Urh, Rand, Nul….’, he he he…
Deepti: - Guys! It is already 2.10 PM now. We need to go near our bus now. We will now go to Suicide point.
Arindam: - Suicide Point! Babah…no one of us wants to commit suicide. We are happy with our happy life…he he he…
Deepti: - Idiot! That is a tourist spot of Ooty. Uuh…now, keep your mouth shut and start walking towards the exit gate of this botanical garden.
Arindam: - Ha ha ha…ok, ok, Deepti madam…as you order us…he he he…arrey, why are you hitting me at my back with your soft palms? Aah…I was just kidding, he he he…
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