PASHYA 'DA' FATKA, VIR 'DA' DHABA & KULCHAND 'DA' PAAN

Hey everyone..
This is my first blog. I was waiting for quite a long time, finding different reasons to start blogging but just clouldn't find an interesting subject to write upon or may be i was just lazying around avoiding it intentionally..(hmm.. this one actually sounds genuine..). But anyways here I am. Finally penning down my first blog. Here it goes...OK.. one more thing..Now before starting off, I apologize for that insane title. But just couldn't resist using it. Reason, you guys will find out as u read on. So, here it goes.. again..

My exams got done on friday & dad had already made a plan for the weekend. I was supposed to go to PUNE to some "aunty of mine's" place. He really wanted me to come with him & mom to meet this aunty and her family.(crap.. i just don't get the concept of what our folks mean by "meet someone"..).Anyways i hopped on and agreed to the plan. Not because I can't see my mom & dad disappointed. But because they were supposed to go by our car & I so desperately wanted to drive. Yea seriously...The level of desperation was same as my dad's. Although his was for a different reason--getting a "free driver". Anyways , all things set & we moved out on saturday morning at around 0700 hrs & thanks to the "free driver", we all reached my aunty's place by 1000 hrs. And ha the drive was actually amazing.

The place was awesome. Trust me guys, we people in mumbai have forgotten the concept of bungalows. An entire 3000 sq ft area just for you & your family. Amazing... I liked her place alot. Oh. i just forgot to mention. She has a son, Satya, of the same age as me & doing the same studies as me. That was the main purpose of me going with my folks. I atleast have someone to hang around while our folks can have their same old "who's who & who's done what" chats. So as expected my plan was set for the night.

The coming night was simply superb. I wanted it to be exciting but it turned out to more than what I had expected. Satya called up his friends in the afternoon—“ Pashya, Anpya, Shikya &Vickya..”to meet up in the night. These are not their real names ofc but the “..ya lingo” which
they have can butcher any damn name in this world. So for them I was "Lalya". Anyways, of all the above, Pashya was kinda the leader. I could make that out in seconds after I met him. An average guy with an average posture but a mouth big enough to eat up the entire world. That was Pashya. After picking him up from his workplace, we three—me, satya & pashya head off on satya’s bike to live the night away. And yes, we drove ”Tripsee – Triple seat” The night had just begun guys.

As Pashya drove through the roads of Pune, Satya was calling up the others to decide the meeting place & I was just enjoying their conversation.Words which I had never heard before were given to me in opulence. It made me laugh my heart out. Pashya, as I mentioned above was famous for his “kidas” & I got a full fledge display of that when he was driving. His cuts and speed defined it all. Speeding away, he tried to cut away another bike on the road which had like two 6 ft guys on it & somehow managed to do it by brushing away the rear tyre. Satya started abusing and reproving Pashya’s act & I could only say “ Bhaga.. Bhaga.. Woh log peeche aa rahe hain..” And as expected they caught us in just a 500m chase. Damn you.. Pulsar manufacturers.

Now here we were. At around 0000 hrs, five of us in the middle of some “chowk”. The two guys called up their boys to bang the hell outta Pashya. Satya asked me to stay back as he intervened in between. Pashya managed to settle down their heads with some contacts of his & I was just an onlooker. After some talks as one of the guys warned him off ,the other just saw a chance & let out a big hand on Pashya's face. Satya intervened & even he got one. I was jus shocked. All you see in the movies and fight scenes is totally different than what you perceive it LIVE..!! Thankfully, I didn’t get anything. Dunno why. The guys just left & Pashya was furious. He just wanted to break open the big guys head. We went to Anpya’s place but met him on the way. Pashya explained him the “matter”as I looked & Anpya explained him why they can’t settle it the night itself. Anpya was a more matured guy comparatively. But both of them had one thing in common. Their contacts with the “bhais”. Ater a lot of talk, Pashya went off to freshen up & come back. Meanwhile, Shikya & Vickya joined us at the same place & Satya just said one thing—“ Saala, mujhe maaloom hain..yeh Pashya ch****a aaj rat ko settle karke hi rahega “.I was just looking at the entire situation & wondering what more the night had in store for me. And trust me guys I wasn't disappointed.

We were just deciding what to do ahead in the night when Pashya came in blowing the bike horn as if it were a train, all smiles on his face. We knew something had happened & bingo..Pashya did as Satya had said. He took some “Sachya” with him, searched the big guys out and even whacked them, all within the span of a mere half n hour. Now I came to know why they used to call him—Baadshah of their group. I was impressed. I asked Satya how he managed to do this & all he said was—“ Uske paas Sachya hain.. Unke paaas kya ghanta kuch tha..”

Phew..!! That was one close encounter. But now all was settled & we were on our way to "somewhere" which yet was undecided. I just wondered what more i'l have to face because the night was just young.

Unamiously,(except me obv..) it was decided that we are heading towards VIR’DA’ DHABA. On our way, Satya told me that this was one of the most happening places to be on any weekend in Pune. Pashya & Vickya had promise me one hell o a time & trust me guys it was one hell o a party going on. There was a bacchanalian going on which included young & old both. For the first time ever I had seen around 500 drunk people just doing the two things which they were best at—drinking & dancing. Music was overflowing & was adding fuel to the lightning atmosphere. The ambience of the place was simply amazing. Even a person who has got two left feet viz Satya couldn’t resist shakin a leg r two. The energy in those drunkards was seriously conducive. After an half n hour dance we were relaxing on one table, both tired & enthusiastic simultaneously. Satya explained me that all the people who work in the different I.T. companies in Pune come over in the weekend here to chill out. I was just stunned to look at the party happening. All the people unanimously shouted at regular intervals VIR ‘ DA’ DHABA… CHAK DE PHATTE as the owner VIR SINGH looked proudly at them. There were “Dhols”, “Nagadas” everything. True to its meaning, VIR ’DA’ DHABA kicked ass.

After finishing our food, we were about to get back on our bikes when Pashya asked everyone whether anyone wished to have a paan( betel leaf). I agreed & that was my mistake. But who knew a simple “paan” would shoot you so up high in the sky which even the “vodkas “ & “ whiskys “couldn’t. He asked me whether I would like to try the “KULCHAND” flavor. I agreed & when the first bite went into my mouth, the world seemed to rotate much faster than you had ever leant in your physics class. My head started spinning & for the first time I felt I’l actually fall if I take a step or two further. I somehow managed to go near the bikes as Satya & Pashya took them out. Satya didn’t have the paan. That was very good for me as I was traveling with him. Halfway through the journey I was returning back to my senses. But still there was a little merry go round like feeling. We reached back at Satyas place at around 0300 hrs. Vickya dropped off Pashya & Anpya and went off to his place. As soon as Anpya got down from the bike he fell down & simply couldn’t get up. All he could do was abuse Pashya for feeding him the “paan” while we just couldn’t stop our laughing. He somehow manged to get up & walk with us into the bungalow. As we sat, he held his head in his hands & continued the good work of abusing Pashya. Rest all of us were just laughing our hearts out. In no time, we were on our beds.

The night was just folding itself up. I was lying down on the bed reminiscing all the anecdotes . My head was still spinning & in that spinning head like moment, I spun a fibre of thought that I would surely write about this one of the most adventurous night of my life. I got up the next morining. The hangover was still felt. Pashya & Anpya had left. And I had just started the structure of this first blog of mine..

Cheers
LALIT

P.S:- Now you the reason for the insane title of this post & also the reason why i couldn't resist using it. N ha one more thing. Thanks for reading my first blog. Hope to find you guys soon in somtime. Btw here are their actual names...
Pashya = Prashant
Anpya = Anoop
Shikya = Shikhar
Vickya = Vicky & last but not the least
Satya = Satyakam

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