1997: Last Friday of April; Hall of Qrs B-140
Year-End Party for 4th Year Physics Batch.
That batch was compact and had the following students (to the best of my and my wife's memory; PoLtS will add any we missed inadvertently, after all it is 13 years ago).
1. Arundhuti
2. PoLtS
3. Dora
4. Sreekripa
5. Indra
6. Dumbu Ghosh
7. Ghazal Kumar
8. A Kumar
9. D Kumar
10. Somchak
11. Tabla Pal
12. Kingshuk
Madhuri and two of her friends from Indira Gandhi Hall were the Guest Artists.
Myself and my son then in Class X (whom they all knew) devised a Game, that we called "Be Thy Classmate". We wrote all the above names each in a small folded slip carried on a tray by my son.
One by one they would pick up one slip each from the tray and read out the name it had on it. The chap who picked up the slip will have to BE that classmate of his that appears in his slip for the next 5 minutes. He will have to introduce himself as best as he could mimic, with family details like home town, siblings, favorites and allergies, and then field questions from the audience that are to be verified as true.
The Game went swell.
The last 2 slips left over matched Indra and Arundhuti. Each happened to pick up the other and tried as best as they could to rag themselves.
Madhuri & Co were the judges and unequivocally, unanimously and spontaneously gave away the 'Prize' to Dumbu Ghosh for his excellent mimicry. Later it was revealed that he was into Amateur Theatricals.
The 'Prize' was: "All the sweets that were left-over".
All of us had a great time while the cooking and serving was going on. RSS and his family were Guests of Honor.
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After a pregnant silence of over a month (during which they 'delivered' a sumptuous Headship on him), Vinit wrote a mail in which, for fun, he awarded three "Prizes" for the best of my blogs:
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First Prize goes to: "Bottom Line"
Second Prize goes to: "Torn fences & Broken Walls"
Third Prize goes to: "Seven Ages of (a Lying) Man"
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He also mentioned that he was amazed to experience later in reality a bluff contained in the last above blog: He and his family were driven all around Allahabad for a full day in the car of a friend just for the pleasure of their long-lost sweet company.
I replied that I myself am most attached to the 100 odd impromptu limericks that happened to me a year and half ago. And my own 'Prizes' go to:
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Silver Medal:
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Thursday March 5, 2009
St Charles!
"Vatican endorses 'Evolution Theory': Banner Headline in Deccan Chronicle, 5 March 2009"
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"We are so pleased and gratified
That Darwin's Theory is sanctified,
Both Pope and us
Came from Apes;
And Sir Charles is to be beatified!"
Gold Medal:
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
What the Dickens!
"Charles Dickens's former home 'Bleak House' in Broadstairs, Kent is up for sale for 2 million Pounds Sterling": News Report
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"The stairs may be broad but the house is bleak,
The walls are broke, and the roof will leak;
The buyer will be taunted
That the house is haunted
By the ghosts of Winkle, Weller & Mr. Peakweak!"
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