The Slide ..

Disclaimer There had been much hullabaloo among my followers and the readers(however limited in number they were) of my first blog post regarding the complexity of the topic , the identity of the “me”(the scribe) and the “him”..Some wondered if the Him is my Room-mates .. Others felt I was trying to bring an RGV like WTF feel to my blog .. while some others asked me “ So you are planning to write a blog ”..I replied “ Haven’t I already done that ..” “Ohh!! You wrote it ??” Anyways the following characters in the blog bear resemblances to persons living or dead and are not a figment of my imagination. For starters the Me in this post is the author of the blog himself ..



World Cup 2010 , Argentina Vs Mexico Knock out Stage clash .. Half Time Analysis on at a certain 7th floor flat in an apartment whose name bears an uncanny resemblance to the ambassador of love ..


Dick : “Dude !! did you see that Tevez Scorcher … whadda shot .. I wonder how he could generate such power ”
Me: “ Timing Mate .. Timing .. The way you hit the ball ..”
Dick : “Yeah … but how to time the hit .. and where do you hit the ball should also matter ..Isn’t it ??”
Me: “True .. Generally you can generate such power when you ‘punch’ the ball ..sweetly”
Dick: “ Punch ??”
Me: “ You should be careful where the ball hits your foot .. To punch the ball do not hit it with the end of your feet ..near your nails .. you should hit it with the region four inches above your nails just where the flat part of your foot is .. You can also give directions to the ball by hitting it either with the inside part of your foot or the flip side of it .. the outside ..”
Dick :“ hey that is cool .. where did you learn all this stuff ?? Man I so wanna try it dude ..let me attempt it on the big dice here ..”
Me: “At your own risk .. Mate ..”
A large thud is what follows … then some “ooooh”s and some “aarrggh”s as the dice rolls on the ground a bit reluctantly.. as Dick holds his right foot and limps back to the bed ..
Dick: “ I guess I did not hit it sweetly enough ”
Me: “Perhaps ..You wanna hear a story ..”
Dick: “ Hell yeah man ..what is it called ??”(he turns down the volume of the TV set)
Me: “Well lets call it ‘the Slide’ .."
Dick: “Okay .. strange title ..Anyways start ..”
Me : “ Hmmm .. Once upon a time …”
Dick : “ Dude !! oh no .. not in Mumbai please ..”

Me : “ Nahh.. Once upon a time in Calcutta .. the mecca of Indian Football…”

Interview !!

Of late the blogosphere has seen a flurry of posts , tales of a spurned lover , miseries of a man who landed up in a city which is a nation by itself , gibberish from a pretty young thing . No wonder it is a rapidly growing industry , attracting eyeballs , attention and leading to frustration , rage and at times some wry smiles and smirks .. So in this edition we come to one of the newest additions in this industry , a rank newcomer who had been written off but who has now decided to write back into people’s heart (so he claims).

As I step into one of the flats of an apartment which has been named after one fine ambassador of Love ( or perhaps Archie’s Cards) I find him sitting on a wooden easy chair , clad in a dirty white T shirt screaming “ Impressions” ..a pair of black shorts and aviator sunglasses . Surely not a good first impression from the youngest entrant in the industry . As I am offered a seat on a big size dice ( not even a Bean bag in his apartment) I switch on my recorder and this is what follows …

Me : Sunglasses inside the flat ?? Style huh ..??

He takes them off in a flash to reveal his red , swollen eyes which are pretty much half closed ..

Him : Every eye that is open cannot see .. and every eye that is closed is not sleeping . Conjunctivitis !! He he !!

Me : awww ..scary !! put it back on please !! Yeah .. so why you ? Isn’t there too much of a clutter for a newbie like you with no prior literary experience ?

Him : Yeah there is .. amazing clutter ..cacophony .. of poems dedicated to love or lack of it .. poems on insects .. some posts drawing inspiration from “ZAK” though they are hardly as lethal as his swing bowling .. and I would perhaps add to all of this more than anything else ..

Me : So what is it you are going to present to us ? Poems ? Zakism? Or some plain mumbo –jumbo ..

Him: Nah ..my stories .. a slice of my life ..with dollops of masala and truckloads of emotion ..just like the way they like ..

Me: They ?? who ??

Him: The masses .. See I wont write something that would give you sleepless nights ..that would buzz or sting your inner-self .. strip you of your clothes.. It would be plain entertainment.. Masala ..Fiction .. Art .. a colourful painting ..

Me: So anybody you have roped in to assist you to bring out your juices of creativity ?

Him : Naah .. I don’t like those creative lot .. cigarette smoking tongue lashing people who say “ lets paint the grasses Red”.. Hey it is my story .. my grass .. and I want to paint it green ..

Me: how do you plan to promote your creations??

Him: Lets see !! I believe in the power of content ..No misleading titles ..No puns on the male organ .. No telling people “ hey check out my new post !!and do comment”.. Once I will put it up it would be there .. whenever the masses feel .. lets see the world through his eyes ..they would visit my link and read .. Nah not read .. enjoy (takes his glasses off and winks )

Me : Hmm there have been people who have given one hit then faded into oblivion ..Are you sure you wont end up like them ??

Him : Like who ?

Me: Sher Lee ..

Him: Ohh .. yeah where is she ?

Me: Dunno !! Planning something big I suppose !! So what is the name of your venture ?

Him: The flip side..

Me: ehhh ?? what the ..?

Him: We all know that if you toss or flip a coin it could come heads or tails, well the flip side is what happens on the other side of the coin... Ok secret is I tossed a coin ..Heads I write ..Tails .. I don’t .. I tossed the coin .. It came down Tails .. Even then I chose the other side ..(howls with laughter)..

Me: Ok ..thank you ..that should be it ..Best wishes for you venture ..Have you created something for the first post ??

Him: Thanks !! Yeah I have ..

Me: Hmmm some “mumbo-jumbo” This will not work ..This cannot work(in my mind )..What is your creation ??

Him: Ha ha !! my first creation is you .. the scribe !!