There are those stories and those people thinking about which just puts a smile on your face. Not that you thought you wanted to smile but just the thought of it makes a smile crept up. KM, my hubby, is, such a character in my life. His stories, weird things that he makes happen, and the way he tells them make me burst out laughing. Also later when I am reminded of them I inevitably have a smile on my face. Once I was on the road, coming back from some shopping in a hot summer sun. I was irritated with something and suddenly out of nowhere I remember this incident he had told me and I was literally giggling.
He was younger then, in class 11 or 12. He had gone for some tuition and was returning back home.On the way from his tuition to his place lies Sonagachi, a famous area for paid pleasureful activities in Kolkata. Its a busy area with customers, others, touts, beggars et all.. Well when you are that age all these don't matter to you. So he was also walking unmindful of all the surrounding humdrum. Now a person comes really close up to him and starts telling him "College Girl, college girl .. college girl ".. He is taken aback, and is trying to make sense of it all. The fellow is persistent and keeps repeating. So guess what finally KM asks him. "Which College?" ( Well as a write I have a smile on my face)
The fellow understands his mistake and is unsure whether or not the joke is actually on him!!!.. KM is unfazed and finding no satisfactory answer strides home. Only later it becomes a story shared between friends for healthy laughter :)..
Well if you thought he was young and unaware of the ways of the world, I give a recent incident. KM has now grown and is in the corporate world. He is hosting a conference call for some business discussion and people are distributed across time zones as is usual of today's multinationals. So there's this serious discussion going on between some 6 people and now there is a need for a certain "D" to join the call. So KM says ok, no issues I shall patch him right in. So he swiftly calls up "D" and makes him join the call. So now others wish "D" a 'Good Evening' and start explaining where they are in the discussion and what they expect out of him. There's a silence on the other end. So now KM inquires, if "D" is able to hear them. Suddenly in a shaky voice "D" replies, 'Ye KM bhaiya ye sab kaa bol rahe hai?!!" Translated to English it means "Hey KM, what the heck is going on here?" Now its everbody else's turn to be silent. KM realises his mistake and unjoins "D" from the call. And then in a very apologetic way tells everyone that since he had patched him in, in a hurry, instead of the business professional "D" the fellow who had joined was KM's driver in Kolkata. In his name register Driver "D" was on top of the list before professional "D" and hence the mishap. The driver being a native Bihari with the same name was no wonder quiet ad he heard people calling his name but talking a tongue he din understand!
So the others were stunned for some time and then burst out laughing and then asked that so you mean to say we explained a technical solution to the driver. Well yes apparently that was correct, KM said. Well they had a hearty laugh and when actual "D" join the called the laughs continued.
Well i always thought life should be like this. Happy, carefree, full of reasons to smile. As long as he is around I think there will be no dearth of that. Am happy you are in my life :)
