Thanhaaaii !

Its been a week since Deepu left for Hyderabad for her PG Entrance Exam. All of a sudden i've started to find a lot of faaltho time. Back to Thanhaaii mode.. heyy ! as i say thanhaaii.. i remember this incident at Delhi last september. Myself and Deepu were at "Delhi Haat" shopping and were suddenly approached by a Punjabi TV channel crew. We were asked to talk something on camera... something like what wud u do if u were given an opportunity to get invisible etc etc.. i dont recall what we actually said then, but one thing i surely remember is that they asked Deepu to sing a song and u know what she sang................... thanhaaaaiiiiii... ( frm dil chaahtha hai) hah ha haa .. i just got panicky and started lukin all around and found the TV crew also getting suspicious as to who this joker beside her was.

Rest of the evening u shud 've seen Deepu confessing not knowing why she remebered that damn song ; ) . Next week i m planning to go to Hyderabad.. to bring her back... this " dulhan ko waapas laane ka rasm" which i cud'nt fulfill last year... m trying to play it now... better late than never... wish me all the best.

Doctorni Girafthaaar !!!

Its now one year since Doctorni's Girafthaari, and the event was befittingly celebrated on 13th and 14th of this month. ya ! it did deserve a two day long celebration is'nt it, 't was my prize catch after all. But the week that followed kept me pretty busy throughout. Could'nt go anywhere except for a couple of short visits to a forest rest house in Chickmangalur and Mangalore beach. While Deepu was busy studying for her entrance exams, i was kept busy with the inspection of my own office and then had to conduct a workshop on " crime among youth" along with the School of Social Work, Mangalore. The last week was also eventful with my promotion coming through. We're now counting our days at Puttur till my posting orders come. But sincerely this place was so wonderful i never wanted the promotion to come in so soon. But changes are inevitable, and i am now looking forward to the District assignment.

This forest rest house below is so isolated ... we could'nt get someone to photograph us together.

Those Days...

Yesterday as I was digging out some old records at Puttur police station, I found this document in the village crime history of puttur village , thought I could share it with you. The following document is a running log of important events happening in the village jurisdiction and the extract is that of the year 1934. I was amazed to see the kind of details that were put in and quality of station house officers of those times. These logs are maintained even to this day and form a very important part of police station documentation. But you need to have a look at the present ones to see how things have deteriorated over the years.

Have a closer look at the second para which reads:

“ Mr Gandhi came here on 9.2.’34 from Mercara on his way to mangalore when there was a proud reception. Almost all vakils attended. He stayed with Dr. Sundar Rau, gave a speech on untouchability, got a purse from the public & left after visiting the adi dravida colony at Bappalige.”
T. Ananda Rao
9.2.’34

Mercara : Present Madikeri district also called as Coorg commonly
Mangalore: District headquarters of present day Dakshina Kannada district.
Adi Dravida: Presently belong to the dalits.
Bappalige: A small extention in present day Puttur.
T. Ananda Rao : Station House Officer , Police Station, Puttur ( 1933- 1934).

The last para records the visit of Jawaharlal Nehru on 10-02-37, when he was President of the Indian National Congress.

( to see details of the writing, click on the picture and when it opens click again on the right lower corner to expand it further )

Well so much for a dose of history....

Rang De...........

finally with the anniversary closing in subbu hurriedly took me to a movie in mangalore [despite his so called busy schedule] , lest he may end up with the tag of not taking me to a movie in his jurisdiction. we had a great time despite the bad theatres in m'lore, but guess what... if theres one movie u shouldn't miss this year.. its rang de basanthi..


subbu loved it despite the bad potrayal of the police and the system and he 's justifying saying he is there to set it right [ let's seeee :) ]

c'mon deepu.. what do u mean "so called" yaar ! this is not fair... u mean i shud stay away more to prove i'm busy.... as it is i dont see u between dawn & dusk. and that thing about justifying to set right the system... we're doing it day in & day out .. else... how do u think this country of one billion is even existing : ) .

Tumhaaaara intezaaar!

All these days subbu was making me wait,.....

waiting for him to return home,

waiting for him to get off the phone

waiting for him all alone...

and yesterday finally i had an opportunity to get even. a birthday party in mangalore and subbu was strictly kept off as it was an all ladies affair. he dropped me at the party and had to wait all alone ... ha hah haaaa..

To cool down a fuming subbu i had to take him out to "coffee day"

ooohh ohh ... dont get carried away that we had a great time out there... there was this "kabab me haddi" who took that picture and also decided to accompany us to the dinner...