I Puttu fight da !!
Friday evening..ho-hum..another weekend coming up..and..bomb from Db..hey you guys coming to the wedding reception ?? I went "OHMIGOD !! I totally forgot !"Surd couldnt make it..he had office on saturday..And i was wondering about whether i need to put in the effort..when..i realized.."Abe ! apun ke gang ki member hai !! DAMN if i dont 'put fight' !"
*'put fight' is a singularly iitm expression which means-put an effort ! plural is 'put hajaar fight!'..obvious..and when you know it's pointless..u say 'pack da'..or 'give up !'..*:)
(For more iitm lingos..go here..exhaustive..:)
Gang member amongst,
1. Kini- never mind..
2. Surd- sometimes a.k.a virdi,"chachu"..
3. Shubham-Dada,gyanguru,BuDdha saala,performer,italian body..etc..etc..
4. Morde- Murder-morde,mohit rorde,dhakkan sala,"what fa",repositioning guru..
5. Kelkar-Kelya,The rock,tractor-shoes,bar-tender,steam engine(Kelya had another priority towards the middle of our second year..She is now called his wife,Archie..:)
6. DB-her full name is scary..and has to do with 2 goddesses from hindu mythology..we try not to go down that lane..we just call her db/deebs...and now DV..
Anyways..the above reason and the fact that she made it to my home in the 2 days i was there ,meant guilt and a holler from mom(Mom is very protective about Db,the fact that she was alone in b'lore,until recently and exactly a day older than my sis is a factor..
:)..
so..i went..
Db,FYI..is my classmate from bschool..a member of the "gang"..close pal..only girl in the gang..and..the only one who tolerated the rest of the guys..i dont think it mattered that the only other 2 girls in class stuck to each other(and i mean stuck ! people had a tough time telling one from the other !)
i think Db just felt more at home with us than anyone else..she was just that chilled-out types..
A little more about Db...
Advice guru on female psych..she didnt say she was great at it..just insider info on the inmates of the girls hostel:)
helped us no end..none of us scored,atleast with the sharav girls !
kept us away from the "she's-not-right-for-you-kini" girls tho...big diff,it made to my life ! :)
Eternal leg-pulling object of attention..always juggling with the phone,book,class questions,specs,kurkure,this that everything..and yeah..giving a presentation while at it..:)
Particularly nostalgia-cum-comedy moment:
There was an exercise wherein we were asked to say the first thing that came to mind when told a word,in Market research class..some exercise on perceptions vs. reality..for a product/brand..When DB was told "guys"..she replied "jerks" (!!)
I still maintain..We didnt have much to contribute to that perception..or reality..:)
Met her first when we did the first class project together(an ad campaign for "bazaar")..and tended to bump into each other every project from then on,in the first year ! so much so..we decided,no more assignments with you !!
Anyways..Db majored in finance..and was able to bowl a bouncer at will..when asked a question on it..most of us still score zero on the balance sheet..she was a pro..even before B-school !
*pun intended*
Born a gult..and thats where the mentality ended..hyderabadi accent in her hindi..mechanical engineer..super-dooper GRE english(used words like "nincompoop" !! regularly !!!)..she got an admit in Penn state to do her MS..refused..her dad wasnt too keen..
:(
Well...penn's loss..madras' gain :)
Always late to class..munching something..and then grumbling that she's put on weight..typically female..Db used to carry a motorola phone..which i spent most of the 2 years trying to figure out..fascinated me no end,that it was the mirror/lateral inversion of a nokia,something i am more familiar with..it took me an aeon to figure out how to unlock the damn thing ! and set it on "loud"..and give her a missed call in the middle of her presentation..for the whole class to glare at her..not that she gave a damn to the rest of the class !
=))
After class..once she realized it's one of us.."SHIT !(she never used the other four letter word :) it was you guys ?!! Pakad ke maroongi mein !!
(remember..hyderabadi accent in the "maaain...")
To one such threat..one of us,i dont quite remember who,i think it was morde..said
"pakad ke toh dekh jaaneman! baad mein maar bhi khushi-khushi khaa lenge !"
=))
and the consequent "phat-phat" slap on the backs of the rest of the gang were expected too..
Regarding the allergy to the usage of the four-letter word..reminds me..one day in the lab..in the first year..i wasnt there..this is a true first-hand account tho..
Db's knowledge of hindi was horrible..just like mine..text-book hindi types..
so when somebody used a swear word in the lab to get the point across to somebody else..
She's supposed to have exclaimed "Yeh Ch&^*#! kya hota hai ??"
the whole lab was eerily silent..shubham did his best to pull her outta there..
even the one who used the swear word was shocked beyond words !
Helped me get thru so many assignments,including the big ones..love,life,love-life...And i wasnt alone..everyone amongst the gang turned to her when in trouble..great listener..definitive views on a subject..smart girl..
One solid quote from her that shubham and I are still floored by
"People with great geography donot necessarily have a great history..
"WOW !! Still floored da,deebs ! go figure !!
:)
Hajaar tea sessions at 12 AM..of which i was a relucatant partner..encouraged with the words
"chal na..i will drink tea..u can lech at the girls from sharav.."..
the reluctance seemed to disappear JLT..:)
Great summers at a top bank in india..super-grades..excellent convince-or-confuse skills..meant..she joined a global conglomerate in b'lore..and promptly..
Fell in love with her padosi..A is a bihari..and that is the only sole negative in him :)
well-cultured,smart,travelled the world..firm head on fantastically firm shoulders..
hell ! i would fall in love with him, given half a chance !
=))
DB got married in the first week of december..in patna..meant none of us could make it..
hyderabad mein reception..the day before..
fulltoo dhikchak dressing as usual from deebs and pose-wose and all..
horrible bus..crazily cold city.."mohra" at full blare !(M-O-H-R-A !! I MEAN,COM'ON !)
and still worth it..
apun ki gang ki member ke liye 'put-fight' toh kya, kuch bhi karega !
Congrats da..to you and A both..really happy for you guys..
:)
posted by ritzkini @ 12/19/2005 06:55:00 am
