Timelessness

"Sonu wake up !! you need to go for a haircut today" ..Mummy shouted from the top of her voice. I completely ignored Mummy ..took the blanket and slept again… I had the habit of never waking up in the first wake up call. (Which I am maintaining till now)..

Mummy shouted again “Sonu wakeup its already 4 , you will be late otherwise”. I said irritated “its to early, I will go at seven”. Mummy replied “No, we will go now, it will be too crowded at 7 and I have lots of work to do unlike you”. I said "what?, i also have lots of work to do. I need to go to school, study and etc." (I thought i made a good use of word etc.,I like this word:) )

Then i realized Mummy is also coming with me and got up in a shock “Why are you coming with me for a haircut, I can go alone, no need for you to come”. “No, I will come with you that ‘Nai’ [Barber] is not making your hair shorter, I can’t send you twice a month for having haircut it costs very much”. I said “what?, it costs only 5 rupees and i am having my haircut perfectly fine, If I make it more shorter my friends will ask me if I am in a sainik school”. I completely ignored the fact that it was me who was forcing the Nai to not make my hair shorter even after him telling me that your mummy will get angry if I don’t make your hair shorter.I told the Nai that I will go to some other shop if he makes my hair more shorter than what i tell him. The nai happened to be a part time worker in my papa’s department. ”I am coming with you ,now get ready fast” Mummy told as if she didn’t heard a single word from me.

I got up and thought while brushing ‘heck why we are going for a haircut so early’ Then I thought may be before going to school I can have my haircut, anyways my hair were very long and I was sure that without haircut i will stand outside the assembly as a punishment today.Mummy shouted from other room "Take one biscuit packet from Kitchen, I will make some thing when we come back"."I cant have anything so early, we will have chats in the market". I shouted while brushing. Mummy replied "I am not going to buy anything, have biscuit if you want otherwise don't start shouting in the market" I brushed my teeth, got ready slowly, took one biscuit packet from Kitchen(something is better than nothing) and went outside and asked Mummy again”why are we going so early we can go later na ” She didn’t replied.

We started and after some time I saw some boys playing in the field and thought how come they are playing so early. I asked mummy and she replied that everybody is not like me who sleeps so late. I thought , what? I woke up at 4 today.

We went further and saw a group of students coming back from tuition and I felt really very shameful that I am waking up so late and everybody wakes up so early and goes to tuition. I never thought that all the places will be so lively at that time.

We got further and suddenly I realized that it is getting darker instead of getting brighter and i thought how this can happen and then it came to my mind that its not morning and I woke up at 4.00 clock in the afternoon J

PAN PASAND

I think i was in class 6 or 7 when our new canteen wala started selling this new chocolate Pan pasand in the school canteen.There was a very good ad which used to come in DD -1 at that time, i think they stopped selling this now. Never found this in any shop after completing school :(.It used to cost 25p paise at that time. Somebody gave it to me once (rather i took it from him) and i liked it very very much. But at that time there was no daily pocket money for me and was meant to be given only in some festivals. So eating Pan pasand was restricted only when some of my friends gave me (they became very good friends once they gave me) or when i used to get(take) some chillars from the Pooja or when my mummy/papa gave me some when looking at my innocent(crying) face. (I got so many things using that innocent/crying face. Now after so many years i am never able to make that same face again)

And one fine day in the 2nd period one back bencher came to me (he used to sit in the last bench and me in 2nd last:) ) and told me that his friend (used to sit with him) has told that if i give my science notes (i was supposed to be very good in science, in fact good in all the subjects) he will give me 10 pan pasand. I looked at his friend and saw that his expression was as if he will pass the exam only if he gets my notes (i should tell that his fail percentage was more than his pass %). I was in a dilemma what to do . Even if he would have asked directly for the notes i would have given him and thought of telling him that you can take the notes without giving anything. (thinking that he will thrust some pan pasand in my hands as appreciation of my good deed). But 10 pan pasand was too much for me and my greediness gave in and i said ok . I gave my notes to him and he went back to the pan pasand (back bencher) guy, had a small talk and came back and gave me 8 saying he will give 2 tomorrow. I thought of taking my notes back thinking how can he do that. Anything else i would have agreed but two pan pasand..... But again i never had more that 2 pan pasand at a time in one day so i thought 8 is ok...somehow i will manage..
I had one instantly and thought of having 3 more today and keeping 4 for tomorrow. But keeping pan pasand in my pocket was really tough and i ended up sharing one with another of my friend (Nobody shoud have a friend like him, saala he took my pan pasand).
So i got scared and had two one after other.That time the lunch bell rung and i went outside and to my bad luck one sir caught me and asked "are you a girl why have you put lipstick?" I was like how can he tell that.(At that time getting compared to a girl was too much a insult for me, I think can say the same thing about getting compared to a girl now also.No offence to anybody:)) I told him i had pan pasand that's why my lips are red. He took me to the staff room and shouted in front of all the teachers "see this guy has applied lipstick, go and wash you face". Everybody started laughing anfd i ran to the bathroom but only washed my lips in revolt and not face. Now again i went to class had one came to bathroom washed my lips .. went to class had one and again came to bath...
So i had all of them praying to god that hope he will need some notes again tomorrow........


P.S. - for those who are wondering i never got my 2 due pan pasand :(