Such is life!

Some things are so labyrinthine, that they leave you dumbfound!
So what business on a pre-Dashera evening, would have otherwise taken me to our Gujju neighbors, who stay at flat opposite to ours (i.e. ManiBhushan's, where i stayed for last 7-8 months as kind of a paying guest and now shifting/shifted to my own flat)!

Well, the background is something like this. My roommie goes to his hometown, takes along the only cell-charger we have!
After a day, my cell starts dying, I rush to the Gujju, borrow his charger.
Evening i go to them again to return it, n even before i reach their door, i hear a sound "Click"!
I stand there flabbergasted. It takes me a couple of minutes to realize that i'm in a deep-s**t! The wind has played its part to perfection n closed my door. Now i don't have my cell phone with me, nor the wallet n not even the bike-keys!

By the time Gujju-bhabhi opens her door, i explain her the situation n miyan-biwi both start laughing aloud. "Aa jao andar, apne dusre padosi bhi yahi hai, our isi wajah se yaha hai".
What a co-incidence! I get a partner in agony!
n I suddenly realize that chances are fast closing out on me! This North-Indian couple stays at adjacent flat n our terrace is divided by a small parapet like wall! I could have easily jumped from there into my terrace (which was so luckily open) and that would have saved me the woes.
That wasn't going to be the case.

Well, these modern chawls called as apartments, sometimes their shortcomings can really come handy. So what i do next is go to the flat exactly above ours, ask the guy if i can use his window.
Now his window opens in my terrace (separated offcourse by 2-floors height!). It's raining outside n jumping into my terrace can really be dangerous!
But do i really have a choice? The moment i start climbing his window, power goes off! This is certainly not your day, buddy!

After 15 min, power comes back n Anks stunting in a true EthanHawke-style, manages to get down into the terrace, safe n intact!

Phew! the first thing i do is put the key in my pocket!
Now things are simpler from here(well well well, its not end...don't I need to help my partners, they are still stranded.) After another half n hour or so of toil, we all are sitting in their house, sipping a contented (or relieved :) ) cup of tea!

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After coming to Pune in January, a lots of water has flowed under the bridge( some crazy mind once paraphrased it as - lots of gas has been farted out!).
My flat got completed, parents came over n we did a GruhPravesh on GaneshChaturthi in presence of close friends n relatives.
So untill i find a room-partner (or my parents find a life-partner for me, which they are raring to to have a go at), i'll be staying alone there.
Dashera came n went, nothing special. I miss all the fun we used to have at Akola. Big cities are quite boring in this regard. Well atleast there was RavanDahan event near our society in Balewadi.














Well, writing after a loooong time n feeling very good about it! I hope it continues!

Song of the moment : Kaha tak ye man ko - Baaton Baaton me

i remain.