Celebrate The Moment

                                                                  Chapter - 3

Sudden high pitched  volume of  TV  worked like   hammer  blow on QUEEN of  realm of sleep  who embraced  Avinash whole night  took him out to a world where  there were no hurly-burly in surroundings.  Avinash  got up and sat  in fit of anger rubbing his both eyes  with the  tip of his fingers, flung his shawl  away.   After sitting  a couple of minute  in same state he limped forward gave  glance at  clock  hanging  on top of wall. It was 9.30. He looked around few of them  were still sleeping. Nisar was reading newspaper and enjoying  sip of tea.

"You enjoyed good sleep after exertion of yesterday. Isn.t it" Nisar said looking him sitting on bed

Avinash smiled , caressing his unkempt hair from his fingers.

" I was no doubt extremely jaded yester night.' Avinash replied  folding his shawl.

'What is your plan of today.'

" Nowhere to go.'  Nisar said looking at newspaper

Avinash took the towel from wall hangers which was  bolted up  at wall above his bed  he  moved towards bathroom in midway,  he stopped to gave cursorily look at newspaper while passing by  bed of Nisar. 

After coming from bathroom he  dried  his  hair  with towel, poured hair oil on his one palm rubbed it with other,  oiled on  his  half  wet hair.  Avinash was  fond of fragrance though didn't like using   perfume  instead he   used facial cream . He pressed on the neck of tube of BOROLIN took cream on top of his index finger brush randomly  on different place of his face, closed mouth of the BOROLIN from its cover, then rubbed his all around his  face from both of his palms.

He came towards the bed of Nisar  lifted newspaper  lying on one  side  of bed then came back on his cot Nisar was watching  Television. 

'' TAJ, Pls come here. Can you  get  me  coffee  and packet of  cream  biscuit from tea shop.' Avinash called room boy who  was passing by.

'Would you like to get ?.' Avinash  asked looking at Nisar

' I have just taken.' Nisar replied

'Anything else' Taj interrupted and collected 50 Rs from Avinash.

After going through headines of newspaper  he  again  stretched out on bed, closed his eyes  since program on Tv  was not of his  interest. Later Nisar got  remote control and kept on changing the channel  until he found discovery channel and stopped.

After few minutes Room boy came with  coffee  and packet of  biscuits. Avinash finished coffee folding  newspaper   muttered " No  activity  tomorrow so no roaming outside'

Both  were not getting bored as they  were watching very interesting program coming  on discovery channel. Time passed so swiftly that  both could not realize that lunch time had also almost passed.  Avinash looked at clock it was 2.00. 

" You wont take lunch' Avinash asked

Nisar  saw at his wrist and said" i have deliberately delayed. I don’t like to have lunch in peak hour standing in queue, waiting fo r other people to vacate  their seat. Anyway lets go now" Nisar  stood up went to bathroom to get fresh Avinash  followed and then came out.

Both came out from guest house  Nisar stopped  in midway asked Avinash if he wants to go in same hotel they had gone last night . Avinash refused . Both were walking down  in open and wide street, atmosphere  outside was little  hot  They had hardly taken few steps  that both got stuck  in  halfway in traffic jam , one person craned his head out through wind screen  of his car  begun  to shout at sweating hand  cart puller  who was trying to make way out from chocked  block scene with his cart laden with medium pieces of cartons. After crossing over some bikes and other small vehicles making way, finally  both succeeded in coming out from the jammed street . Screeches of wheels, honking of vehicles and scorching heat were creating little problems on street for pedestrians as well others passerby too.

" Are you vegetarian" Nisar asked

"No, I eat everything "Avinash  replied

'Beaf  also.?'

'No.' Avinash smiled

Both entered into a  keralite hotel which looked clean and spacious from inside Nisar was well acquainted from almost all hotels, Most of the restaurants and hotels in this locality are run by keralite.

Nisar ordered  two chicken Biryani  meanwhile Avinash went  through the menu  lying on center of dinning table he was searching out the price which was written on right of every dishes. He said to himself price is reasonable and affordable too.  After finishing  the meals  they paid their bills individually there was not any type of formality came on their way while paying their bills normally as it happens between new friends.

' Taste and quality were not as good as i had in party in Bangalore on the eve of engagement of one of  my friends.' Avinash said. Nisar smiled

"Is there not any place out here to spend some time" he further enquired

" There is park here  but it normally opens after 3 oclock .' Nisar  looked at his wrist

They  decided to  spend  sometime  in the park which was little away from the hotel .They crossed  two street,  stopped in midway  for a while in front of a school where children were playing  basket  ball then headed straight, after walking couple of minutes more both entered inside th park. Both roamed around taking close view of  different kind of flowers plant arranged beautifully in circle after short  round trip they decided to  sat down on wooden chair which was situated at the center, surrounded by  extended branches of  tree. Rays of sun were reaching on their chair  filtered crossing through dense leaves of the tree.

 Avinash stretched  out himself  on wide chair, gave a glance around. Various  type of plants of  different sizes and  trees  were arranged beautifully , there was also  small playground a little far  away from them where  kids were playing in middle of the ground.

Nisar  swayed on chair  to feel more comfortable  beside Avinash , slackened his head to lay down on top edge of wooden chair.

 Children were playing on  ground, falling and standing to climb on  top of iron slide to  slide down in opposite direction without fear and worry. Parents and guardian were watching perhaps feeling proud and enjoying  innocent ,immaculate activities of their wards. Nisar was also  smiling on their activities. One boy couldn't climb up on top of slide as his other friends were jostling much to climb and trying to surpass each other. his parents came forward enabled him to reach on top perhaps he was not so physically strong to compete his other friends.

'Every one might have  committed some naughty acts during his childhood days.' Nisar said breaking silence.

'I didn't commit any naughty act in my childhood days.'

'I had committed mistake though it was not intently which I could not forget till now.' Nisar said  looking at children playing in the ground

' This is the incident of year  when I was in vth standard' Nisar said and after a pause he started  " Although I have never been naughty  in my childhood days . But I mistakenly did one naughty act that evening  which I have never forgotten,  After committing unintentional act i hid  myself  in store room of my house fearing to be caught and punished for the misdeed. I was hearing the noise of family members  from inside  who were searching me in every  corner of house. Eventually i was caught by my maid servant who came to take flours and other stuffs from store room wherein I had taken shelter. I was trembling inside having thought of being bashed up.

“ Nisar yahan Chhupe hain" Maid servant called out

' I came out of store room , scared of facing wrath of my  elder siblings who were searching me everywhere .

" Why did you hit  Enam's head'  One of them asked me

I begun to tremble  more after hearing it since I had already seen blood rolling down on my friend's forehead.

I replied with fear having thought that they would not believe in what I say yet I started .' Enam, Harris, Andalib  and I, all  were playing in SAIBAN Compound, competing who can throw the brick higher, cross the last floor of under construction building. Suddenly the piece of  brick slipped from the grip of my fingers and it hit his head. I had not hit intentionally." i replied looking down at my feet as i was surrounded by other members of my family as if i committed  big crime.

" But Enam was telling that you had  hit him  intentionally " one of them said angrily

"Nahi " i looked up at him. I was  nearly broke out.

Suddenly one of them  caught hold of my hand and took me straight to the house of Enam where i got shocked to see his banded head

Bacha hai, ghalti se lag gaya hai, Sahi  hai na beta"  Enam's  father told me  putting his hand on my shoulder. I  shook my head.  i was released thereafter  without  any punishment  since i had no fight with him before so they realized this  incident  just coincident instead of a sort of  result of retaliation. Still I had not forgotten that incident

Nisar described story meekly,  looked nostalgic.

'This is amazing  childhood tragic comedy which inscribed still  in my mind I could not forget. When I see boys playing and fighting each other I begin to remember my naughty acts.' 

' What is tragic Comedy ?' Avinash inquired

' Would I have been a litereture  i  could define  it  properly  and make you understand since i have heard it somewhere so i mentioned it.' Nisar defended himself making  it clear.

'Little knowledge is dangerous thing.' Avinash commented  with smile.

'Anyway this  is good place to spend some  time  here rather than watching Tv in guest house'.

"You are absolutely right, I come here straight from station  when i come back from office , spend couple  of minutes  here before going to  guest house.' Nisar said turning back with  little jerk where senior citizens were sharing family matters among them.

'Nisar , What do you say about response of yesterday  which  I  got from company,.' Avinash said veering the topic.

' What do you think.? Nisar asked

"In my view , company should have mentioned clearly  in advertisement that only experienced engineers are  required for the position  unnecessarily i had to waste my time. I am surprised they even didnt  keep my resume." Avinash said showing his anger.

'Forget what happened yesterday  i am also  little surprised. I think either HR was not efficient  or it was company HR policy   to return resume of freshers" Nisar said laughing.

"You must  have also faced your interview after passing out. What had been  your first experience in the city when you first went for interview" Avinash  asked

Nisar laughed looking at Avinash

The experience which Nisar  had  gone through  way back in 98,  the reason which was given for rejection of his  candidature  had some logical fact so he had to admit it and accepted the plea given by HR.