It was old Pune-Bombay highway. I was excited to get into college of my choice. IIT , the best college in the country. There was no blade of uncertainty that I was one of the finest girls in my school. I chose to bike my way to Bombay.
Reason why i chose bike was to feel the actual essence of scenery on the way. Weather was calm and amazing, cool breeze was flowing. Mild drizzle perfumed the surroundings with the scent of fresh soil.
This beautiful moment gave me sense of Deja Vu, as though I have recently been here, same place, same time. But as far as i remember this was my first visit to Mumbai.
Then what was that which brought me in Flash back?? I was trying to ignore this question as i so badly was in love with the enviroment, the nature!
It is the same place where something has happened, I was crossing the milestones on my bike and still clueless how can I be so sure what the next milestone will be. 20 Kms into the highway, and I never thought how come I being the girl can drive the pulsar so smootly as guys wont dare. What is it in me that is making me do all the stuff. How can I never study and still top the premier engineering institute in the country. How come i know the path so well. These questions cropped out first time, and I still had no clue whatsoever.
It is the same place where something has happened, I was crossing the milestones on my bike and still clueless how can I be so sure what the next milestone will be. 20 Kms into the highway, and I never thought how come I being the girl can drive the pulsar so smootly as guys wont dare. What is it in me that is making me do all the stuff. How can I never study and still top the premier engineering institute in the country. How come i know the path so well. These questions cropped out first time, and I still had no clue whatsoever.
Continued driving with a Question mark in my mind whether if i was best of all which made me do all that and achieve which was not so expected or is it just my good luck? These are Questions which i think everyone wants to know from life. But Life is so tricky, it leaves all the answers to us like a jigsaw puzzle, we are expected to handle it with patience! But who really have that much patience in this fast life where ppl dont have time to have proper meal. We sometimes love to go with the flow....and we die with this jigsaw puzzle:P May be because this is the only medium to pass our time when we'll b gettin decayed in our lonely n spooky grave.
:P
Ooops i got off the track, what do i do, my mind doesn't stick to any one topic. Oh yes now i remember where all this started from.... - Deja Vu......
Swoooosh .... a Maruti car passed by me. The number plate MH090000 is so familiar. Within an eye-flick my bike is tail-gating the car. It was not out of revenge, neither curiosity but u was there, overtaking the car. It seemed to me like an old Hindi horror movie going out of sorts, only this time it is real. I just overtook the car and with a feeling like winning the Olympic Gold Medal , i saw my rear view mirror. I had to brake hard. I stopped by the side. There was no car behind me, nothing which I overtook. Was i hallucinating. No, the car was there for sure.
I stood there for like 5-7 mins in perplexed mode, still difficult to digest no sign of Car. But hell, i also had a glimpse of driver, he too seemed to be familiar. It certainly wasn't mere hallucination, it was much more than that...
Well i had to reach before sunset so i preferred not to waste much of time n continued driving.
But i couldn't convince myself to not to think about it, i was still trying to recall who the person was in driver's seat. After half and hour's ride, it suddenly got clicked that person was none other than my friend's Father, Mr. Chaddawala. But what was he doing in that car. Oh its obvious he was also travelling, but how he got vanished within fraction of sec? Thats impossible!! I'm sure he wasn't born with some superpower. Err this question was annoying me. Instead of getting scared or nervous because of such horrifying experiance i was actually feeeling annoyed. If he was playing any prank on me, God swear , i will do justice to his name soon.
I reached the college on time, thanks to my speeding pulsar. All eyes were set on me, as I took out my helmet. "A Girl"!!!, and i thought this is Bombay. Can't they just digest a girl driving a bike. But they were surely seeing something else. They were looking at my bike. It was splendid, but not that everyone staring at my bike when i was present. It was my insult. But as i turned back to see my bike, it was all muddy, The back wheel had no air and it seemed its a remote model of an age old bike.
I just kept on staring at my princely bike being torn apart like a hapless girl surrounded by goons in middle of night by the unknown forces of nature.
Swoooosh .... a Maruti car passed by me. The number plate MH090000 is so familiar. Within an eye-flick my bike is tail-gating the car. It was not out of revenge, neither curiosity but u was there, overtaking the car. It seemed to me like an old Hindi horror movie going out of sorts, only this time it is real. I just overtook the car and with a feeling like winning the Olympic Gold Medal , i saw my rear view mirror. I had to brake hard. I stopped by the side. There was no car behind me, nothing which I overtook. Was i hallucinating. No, the car was there for sure.
I stood there for like 5-7 mins in perplexed mode, still difficult to digest no sign of Car. But hell, i also had a glimpse of driver, he too seemed to be familiar. It certainly wasn't mere hallucination, it was much more than that...
Well i had to reach before sunset so i preferred not to waste much of time n continued driving.
But i couldn't convince myself to not to think about it, i was still trying to recall who the person was in driver's seat. After half and hour's ride, it suddenly got clicked that person was none other than my friend's Father, Mr. Chaddawala. But what was he doing in that car. Oh its obvious he was also travelling, but how he got vanished within fraction of sec? Thats impossible!! I'm sure he wasn't born with some superpower. Err this question was annoying me. Instead of getting scared or nervous because of such horrifying experiance i was actually feeeling annoyed. If he was playing any prank on me, God swear , i will do justice to his name soon.
I reached the college on time, thanks to my speeding pulsar. All eyes were set on me, as I took out my helmet. "A Girl"!!!, and i thought this is Bombay. Can't they just digest a girl driving a bike. But they were surely seeing something else. They were looking at my bike. It was splendid, but not that everyone staring at my bike when i was present. It was my insult. But as i turned back to see my bike, it was all muddy, The back wheel had no air and it seemed its a remote model of an age old bike.
I just kept on staring at my princely bike being torn apart like a hapless girl surrounded by goons in middle of night by the unknown forces of nature.
Took a deep breathe and moved forward. I felt like an alien whose spaceship landed by mistake in Mumbai, all new faces, new people, but feelin was usual one - weird and nervous. As i continued walking , i could feel peoplez eyeball following me, may b becoz i actually looked like an alien. Huh Jokes apart, people always tend to treat tomboyish girl as sumthing unusual so may be that was the reason.
My Dark green Cargoes, Blck full sleeves T shirt and Sleeveless hood, guys like hand bands and punky neclaces and of course my messy uncombed Hair made me look not so girlish, hence grabbed unnecessary attention.
Well i have this bad or may be good habit of staring back at those who stares me, and i love to embarrass them. Thats Funn!!
By this time, my stomach was gettin flat as i haven't had anythin from like 5 hrs, so i decided to go to canteen and hog...my bad luck, no vacant table...but there was one vacant chair where a gang of guys were sitting. I didn't care and sat there as i wasnt able to control my hunger. So i just went out and ordered my burger. With a burger in my hand, someone called from back , Tommy cho cho ... I didnt care to look back. The guy started hooting and one of them came to me. "Tomboy tommy", we want your introduction. Can you please join your seniors. I wanted to go out, but then , i don't care about them.
I had taken a bite from the burger , when this guy calls out, " when will you fill us , jaaneman". It was so lewd but everyone laughed. I kept my cool. Chewing my burger. They cracked a few more jokes, but I was concentrating on the burger.
I stared at the person cracking jokes and he fell off the chair. No one knew what happened but I was laughing. He was a fat guy , dark in complexion and wore glasses. One of the guy called out , Pallu get up. Stop staring at burgers u fatty. I was laughing loudly , and just murmured .... Pallu gir gaya (pallu fell off). Then they clarified his name is Paul and they call him pallu. I asked him , "are you trying to do my ragging".
All laughed , and said, no we are not trying. We will be doing it. I said , then first prove yourself. Lets do a bet. If you win I do whatever you say today in ragging, but if i win , i select one of you to do whatever I say for a week. And you will not lay hands on any girl again for ragging. Do you have guys to accept it.
They all laughed . I replied, "I mean it. Anything" .
The guy replied , then we select the game we compete in, and if we defeat you , all of us will rag you whole night. I was so sure that these guys wont be even able to touch me. First thing they offered was running. I defeated the best one among them. They realized i am too athletic for them to be defeated. So they asked me to go off , and no one wins. But now i was mad. I said , say anything and compete. Else you wear bangles for all your college life.
The seniors could not take it. Then realizing i am still a girl , asked me for arm wrestling , pull ups and wrestling. I must admit, these guys from Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore were defeated with an ease as the hot knife slices the butter.
I had taken a bite from the burger , when this guy calls out, " when will you fill us , jaaneman". It was so lewd but everyone laughed. I kept my cool. Chewing my burger. They cracked a few more jokes, but I was concentrating on the burger.
I stared at the person cracking jokes and he fell off the chair. No one knew what happened but I was laughing. He was a fat guy , dark in complexion and wore glasses. One of the guy called out , Pallu get up. Stop staring at burgers u fatty. I was laughing loudly , and just murmured .... Pallu gir gaya (pallu fell off). Then they clarified his name is Paul and they call him pallu. I asked him , "are you trying to do my ragging".
All laughed , and said, no we are not trying. We will be doing it. I said , then first prove yourself. Lets do a bet. If you win I do whatever you say today in ragging, but if i win , i select one of you to do whatever I say for a week. And you will not lay hands on any girl again for ragging. Do you have guys to accept it.
They all laughed . I replied, "I mean it. Anything" .
The guy replied , then we select the game we compete in, and if we defeat you , all of us will rag you whole night. I was so sure that these guys wont be even able to touch me. First thing they offered was running. I defeated the best one among them. They realized i am too athletic for them to be defeated. So they asked me to go off , and no one wins. But now i was mad. I said , say anything and compete. Else you wear bangles for all your college life.
The seniors could not take it. Then realizing i am still a girl , asked me for arm wrestling , pull ups and wrestling. I must admit, these guys from Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore were defeated with an ease as the hot knife slices the butter.
So...here we are, i was surrounded by all guys who were hooting for their frndz/ seniors. I had no support, All alone, i was little shaken up by this. I took Bappas name (God) and put all my effort to win this bet!
I was a tough competition for them, when they realised this, they started passing filthy comments on me "Bet is just an excuse, we got a pleasure to touch u girl and this is just the beginin -- Of the challenge" I ignored, had no other option, they were certainly trying to divert my mind. I lost my patience when a guy of their group, oh i should admit he was hot, i got mesmarized by his physique, anyway i lost my patience when he got very close to my face n whispered "remember, will rag u "Whole night"!!
i was about to stand up n beat him then shoooooot, one girl grabbed him from collar and said "Dude have balls to compete sportingly, dun try this cheap methods to win bet ok, i wont let it happen atleast not it my presence" and she winked at me
I stared back and unknowlingly , as if from from inside a radiant force came out. The guy crashed in his chair. The girl had a mobile phone in her hand, and announced , "I just did record the bet, and MMS it". So if you guys wont go as per conditions set, you will be ragged. Heard Police, did you.
It was readily easy for me to beat the hell out of the guy in wrestling. But i was not thinking about the fight. The events of the day ran down my memory as i crushed the hapless Pallu in my arms. The strength of seven horses running down the poor pathetic thing who was nearly suffocated to death, unknown to the fears he will have to endure coming week, dressed like a sissy girl and made to do things which he was dreaming i would have done to him in night. He shouted, " I give up. I can be your slave, but leave me now". The word slave , brought me back to senses, but i asked again. He repeated the sentence, and as I was going to leave her, the girl gave me a set of bangles. Before I could think of the use, the bangles were up Pallu's hands and all were laughing. I am not sure how much a man was still in him now.
It was readily easy for me to beat the hell out of the guy in wrestling. But i was not thinking about the fight. The events of the day ran down my memory as i crushed the hapless Pallu in my arms. The strength of seven horses running down the poor pathetic thing who was nearly suffocated to death, unknown to the fears he will have to endure coming week, dressed like a sissy girl and made to do things which he was dreaming i would have done to him in night. He shouted, " I give up. I can be your slave, but leave me now". The word slave , brought me back to senses, but i asked again. He repeated the sentence, and as I was going to leave her, the girl gave me a set of bangles. Before I could think of the use, the bangles were up Pallu's hands and all were laughing. I am not sure how much a man was still in him now.
AS I moved forward towards the door, my eyes were searching for that Girl who intervened. I know i m bold enough to tackle these things easily but still an unexpected support from stranger makes us feel good. I searched for her in canteen but no traces of her.
Day was ending, i was also tired and exhausted because of travelling and no rest, and then this bet thing.I so badly wanted to sleeep. Now I'm going to meet my roomies also. I was told room is shared with 2 more girls.
Was kinda excited to meet them. I reached room and no one was there, there was nobody in room in morning also when i came here to drop my luggage. Seems like these girls come here just to sleeep. Ok, i was dead tired so i dont know when i fell asleep on my bed!
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