In the 60s, NCC was a must in schools and colleges with influentials managing exemptions. NCC parades at the Maidan in December and January mornings bested lectures in economics at the St. Xavier's College. Fogs washing the greens and the Maidan was then green, please believe me; dew bulbs on thin strands of wet grass; and none really paraded, at least me did not; never saw sense marching...Left, Right ...Dayen mud...how does it help. After two hours of needless unpleasantness, squatted in front of the Bihari bhaiya under a tree, boiling adrak ka chai; 'Siya Ram ji...', he softly intoned... sometimes trail off with a Siya... and me would nod a 'Siya Ram ji'.....and then the sipping of the tea from hadi (mud cups) with an occasional beedi free from the gentleman .... they are gentlemen despite the Bengali contempt for them ....me took my time and lay down on the grass for a laugh..... It was so till 2014 when a greeting switched to a hollering, command: Jay Shri Ram with Sita left out. Ram is an Army order today not soft-toned by Sita, last heard when me marched on the Maidan with Armymen commanding the morning quiet. And it was in the Eden Gardens me admired Nawab or the Noob net practicing... the thuck of the bat meeting the ball ......no needless shouts.... Noob served the game quietly... rather silently; till date no Indian cricketer has the Rolls Royce of Noob, and then came Ganguly celebrating half naked ....and today Kohli tearing the pitch, the players, the umpires.... showing off his distorted face .... the Modi of Indian cricket ....A decline in decencies. Akin to the drop in quality of city air breathed. A good friend wonders: Have you ever seen a car stop to let a child or old cross the road in Borivili 2017? There is an inordinate pride in being a Bhakt, Modi is trending....Touching of feet or better falling at feet ....Maybe one day .... waiting for India women and men 2017 to bow to namastes in old, soft dhotis and kurtas, jeans, sarees ... pure cottons.
Friday, October 20, 2017
Of decencies
In the 60s, NCC was a must in schools and colleges with influentials managing exemptions. NCC parades at the Maidan in December and January mornings bested lectures in economics at the St. Xavier's College. Fogs washing the greens and the Maidan was then green, please believe me; dew bulbs on thin strands of wet grass; and none really paraded, at least me did not; never saw sense marching...Left, Right ...Dayen mud...how does it help. After two hours of needless unpleasantness, squatted in front of the Bihari bhaiya under a tree, boiling adrak ka chai; 'Siya Ram ji...', he softly intoned... sometimes trail off with a Siya... and me would nod a 'Siya Ram ji'.....and then the sipping of the tea from hadi (mud cups) with an occasional beedi free from the gentleman .... they are gentlemen despite the Bengali contempt for them ....me took my time and lay down on the grass for a laugh..... It was so till 2014 when a greeting switched to a hollering, command: Jay Shri Ram with Sita left out. Ram is an Army order today not soft-toned by Sita, last heard when me marched on the Maidan with Armymen commanding the morning quiet. And it was in the Eden Gardens me admired Nawab or the Noob net practicing... the thuck of the bat meeting the ball ......no needless shouts.... Noob served the game quietly... rather silently; till date no Indian cricketer has the Rolls Royce of Noob, and then came Ganguly celebrating half naked ....and today Kohli tearing the pitch, the players, the umpires.... showing off his distorted face .... the Modi of Indian cricket ....A decline in decencies. Akin to the drop in quality of city air breathed. A good friend wonders: Have you ever seen a car stop to let a child or old cross the road in Borivili 2017? There is an inordinate pride in being a Bhakt, Modi is trending....Touching of feet or better falling at feet ....Maybe one day .... waiting for India women and men 2017 to bow to namastes in old, soft dhotis and kurtas, jeans, sarees ... pure cottons.
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