MALGUDI DAYS

Was out for an after-lunch stroll when I found myself staring at Bips (Bipasha Basu) in one of the ad's placed in front of Planet M. Bips ka jaadu chal gaya and my legs took me inside the store ...he he he...

I was just looking around when I saw the MALGUDI DAYS (RK NARAYAN) episodes for sale. I took one of the CD's and gazed at the cover. It teleported me in space and time to about 17-18 years back to the place where I had spent my boyhood days. Nostagia... a pleasant and peaceful village in mid kerala towards tamilnadu. School days were all about strikes or teacher less classes (govt school) and full days of cricket or football in our school ground. But it was fun throughout. And yes I woke up everyday thinking I would meet "her" in my tuition class or in the bus or anywhere.Was too much worried about how I look...combing my hair was an event in itself . Deo's were not known and the only way to smell great was "soaping" and dabbing a lot of powder. Life was simple and innocent like those in RK LAXMAN's cartoon on the CD Cover. Temples , ponds, silly gossips ,rented cycles and no "fikar" about tomorrow...

" doob ja mere pyaar mein...doob jaa mere pyaar mein" Hard Kaur's voice blaring on the loudspeakers woke me up from my trance...


Back at home, I enjoyed watching "Mithaiwaala", one of the short stories from MALGUDI DAYS. No overacting, no hyper emotions...just simple people and their simple lives... It has a mild choking effect...simple and sensitive...watch it if you have not...its a time well spent...