Health And Ha Ha Ha

“Why were not you there seated on the wall today?”
“When?”
“The time when I was returning from the school!”
“hum?? No I was very much there. Instead you...........”
With a light break taken by the bus driver a big break halted a sweet dream. Tchaaa... There was a shout from the front corner. “Is this Sagarpur Stand?” My sleepy eyes got wide open as alerted ears rang the alarm bells. As soon as I heard a harsh voice of “Yes” with suffixes and prefixes, I was out of the bus from my seat at the middle of the bus. A few words from tough showing, harsh speaking but wax hearted kind of Haryanwi TAAU, I look back and fleshed a wide smile showing yellowish teeth (obviously I didn’t clean my teeth till then as I was travelling the whole night and that too in a bus) and out of the bus. Mid November, winters were about to knock the doors of Delhi, time around quarter past 5. Had I not shown that alertness I’d have gone a few stands away and that would have been more than enough for my already exhausted body and sleepy eyes.
Suitcase on left and a big bag on right hand standing at the bus stop I suddenly got stuck by a thought bug J. Very few people around, I was thinking of that small dream and then moving head down then quickly towards right and a grim smile on face, murmuring to self. ‘How big “Makkhi choos” is she, coming so miserly even in dreams.’
Suddenly I realise a passer by is looking at me a bit surprisingly then I thought ‘Oh! What am I doing standing here? Don’t you think there is a room waiting for you, Mohan?’. I thought it would not be wiser to have a rickshaw to go with since it’ll take me there within 10mins and then I’d have been wandering here and there waiting to get the main gate open. I didn’t want to disturb Anil/Deepak either. So I started moving towards ‘tent wala school’. Walking in a constant speed, looking at the path only, I could have been easily misjudged of having taken marijuana dose. But I tell you feeling sleepy is bigger problem than it is when you take marijuana. My take ... Don’t start arguing this.
Even I was walking on foot my speed was good enough to reach at the street where my room was, in no considerable time. Might be it was the freshness of the morning atmosphere or whatever I was there so quickly. But still it was a lot of time left to hit 6:30 by the clock, the time around which the main gate of the building used to be opened. Now!! Head towards adjacent park!
Taking left from there, on the way to nearby park. One grey-haired couple, a fatty-motty aunty, a jogging youngster were co-walkers towards the park. On reaching at the park I saw a bench at a corner and that’s too fully empty, my face wore a mild electrifying light. Though there was hardly anybody at that time who would have keen to occupy even a part of the bench, but you generally don’t see empty benches (anywhere). I threw my suitcase and bag at one corner of the bench and dumped myself on the other. Though morning was so pleasant but it was not even a single bit as good as I was experiencing till day before when I was in my hometown Pithoragarh. Now you can understand my state of mind, a bit home sicken. Took a long breath through nose and ousted it adding some carbon (CO2) adding an “offooh” kind a voice J. In second breath I realised there is something which is not smelling as good as I’d have expected in that fresh morning. Instead stressing much I bent my neck towards my back and tried to relax a bit. Then I saw a young lady jogging there coming towards the bench where I was sitting. As she was just crossing that bench se took her hand up and closed her nose and passed hurriedly around there. I got surprised and sat a bit alerted.
“I am just sitting over here, not shitting!!”
Moving my head in some disappointment, I was totally disagreed with her act. But as my head facing towards right, my eyes just stuck at the right corner of the bench. Few lines got sketched on my forehead, eyebrows shrank, so the eyes, lips got very wide, looking detestably, a “THOOO!!” sound followed by a “GOoooo!!” sound came out of my mouth. Closing eyes I hurriedly grabbed both bag and suitcase and walked away from there quickly.
Around 50 meters away from that position I found another bench, inspected around and then put both suitcase and bag on the bench and sat in a corner of the bench. I took a sigh of relief there. Still more than half hour was there to spent on the park. I was in comfortable position and as soon as you get comfortable position you get complacent. I was already feeling sleepy, I was starting take small naps of sleep there itself. A couple of naps and then I realise somebody laughing. I opened my eyes and saw a young lady, hiding her laugh by putting hand on her mouth as soon as I saw her. Ironically she was coming from the direction of the bench where I was sitting just before.
‘I think she knows the shit controversy. Or what !! Or may be I am looking sleepy and hence a fool. Since people here are taking fresh air walking, jogging, exercising here, except me no one is seated on a bench. Even grey haired TAAUJI’s also around here. And ...‘
As I was thinking this, I felt somebody laughing vigorously again. Looked behind a couple is doing this time I thought. But for obvious reason the sleepiness that captured the eyes suddenly eloped. Now as I got alert I heard a whole bunch of people at some distance laughing loudly. In a mixed mood of surprise and curiosity I got up, without disturbing curious eyes from those people, I slowly picked bag and suitcase and started moving that direction. I started slowly since the sound was not clear. Ears got extra alert, eyes intact at a fixed location, I was moving as if a tiger moves towards its prey. As I was getting closer the voices were becoming clearer and my feet were moving faster.
Around 10 odd veterans standing to form a ring were laughing loudly and that’s too continuously.
‘What special joke one would have cracked? So that these people are laughing continuously. Joke must have been quite exclusive. Let me find out and have a blast with them.’
‘Or they are laughing at somebody? No they are not kids anymore kidding very early in the morning.’
‘Or they are laughing at our generation which is so fully materialistic, preferring closed door gymnasiums over fresh air environment.’
‘Or What...?’
I was in front of them till these thoughts taking rounds in my mind. For my agony, as soon as I reached over there the impact of laugh riot was gone. Grandees were greeting each other as if the meeting was over.
‘Are these politicians, discussing some important issue here? No, this kind of fair politics is impossible nowadays.’
Suspense mounting, I followed one of the veteran, on the way returning to home. Hasitated for a moment and then went onto ask..
“he.. he.. Must have been cracked a great joke? All of you were laughing vigorously there.”
“Ram Ram Beta!”. I got an electric shock. I didn’t even bother to greet the veteran. The greeting from uncle was more of a JHANNATEDAR slap. Anyway he resumed.
“We were not joking. No one comes here for a joke. All of us come here to make our body fit and prepared for the hectic work schedule during the day time. You see grey hairs on my head. But I am as fit as you are, or even more. I have done morning exercise throughout my life. It is give and take policy if you won’t provide healthy air to your body, how long do you think it will support you...”
“But you were laughing....” I suddenly interrupted, thinking the lecture time get prolonged and I have no more patience left especially for lectures as was coming after just completing graduation.
“Yea we were laughing. But that is an exercise.” Stunned to know this. I was thinking blah blah but its an exercise. A thick smile on my face, listening further.
“This exercise beats your stress, keeps you calm and helps you in concentration. “ and that and that and that.
After greeting him a good bye, I headed towards my room. I was thinking how much ignorant we were becoming towards health and our body. As veteran uncle rightly said it is our body which will be with us till the last lap of life. If we won’t care for this, we cant say for sure how long it will function properly. It was 6:35 by now. I opened the gate went upstairs. Anil was still sleeping, Dippu was brushing his teeth.
After greeting and taking a few quick updates about friends, I pulled a sheet and covered myself and slept........
Whole lesson on HEALTH AND HA HA HA.... was nothing.
But now I feel HEALTH AND HA HA HA is more relevant and very important.

A Letter To Dear Reader

Dear Reader,

As I've promished to move ahead of "Virgin Post", I am here again to bother you with some arrays of word then sentenses and eventually a thought. I really hope to have a very cordial, unprecendentedly noughty and warm relationship with you all. For me my readers are my priceless assets. I'd love to care for that ever. I am going to share with you the emotions, feelings, thoughts, problems and dreams.

I may even pinch you with noughty comments at times, but never at the cost of your love and affection. I may tell you not to read me anymore but only for the shake of saying this. :)

So here we go. I am going to share one of lovely experiences that I 've had. The very next blog is going to be named as "Health and Ha Ha Ha....". I'd not like to detail it here otherwise it'll get started here itself.

:) One question ?

Would you mind to encourage me???? ;)

No!!! then as soon as you go through the posting from me till the last line, below it you'll find a link that will lead you to a text box. Just bubble up whatever you feel... I'd love to gleefully accept.

Sincerely

Mohan Chandra Joshi (MoJo)