Although the fest was over , there was a mood of celebration still. Many had got new friends ( girlfriends and boyfriends rather ) . People interact a lot in the festive moods except for the few shy , not so confident guys like me.
Priyankar (Pinky ) and Pande would never stay in weekends whatever be the emergency. It felt as if they needed oxygen and the bottles were in North Kolkata in their homes. They would leave the college together on Saturdays , have their favourite Golbari Meat ( Golbari kasha mangsho ) and then head towards their homes. But Pande had started complaining that since the last few weeks Pinky is always in a greater hurry to reach his home. He does not even care about the food outside which they had considered necessary to keep their taste buds alive. Sometimes Pinky forces to go home too early may be for that they have to miss some classes on Saturday.
One day Pande had returned college alone as Pinky had told him he would take a few more holidays and return college after 3 days. Pande after returning sat with us and we started discussing these issues trying to investigate the reason.
Pande started , " I feel he is having an affair now . He barely waits for me and tries to leave for his home as soon as possible. You see he is ready to miss the college a few more days and he did not return with me. He is ready to return alone. It was not like this before" .
Hubba got excited and added , " Ya maybe he is having a new girlfriend and he knows that if he tells us we would pull his leg that is why he is keeping it a secret". I was still thinking about it and I asked them back," But did not he tell that his grandmother was ill and almost bedridden ?"
Somen in a serious tone, " May be he is trying to be a responsible son . May be his family needs him. He was saying that his grandmother's health is not so well. Pande sushed him by adding , " He also said that he is having a new girl next door and that girl is quite attractive. He also said that the small girl working as maid in his house is quite innocent ". Somen could not understand the last part , "So what is the problem if the maid is innocent ? " Pande added , " The maid is innocent , he is not . He is surely having an affair." After a little silence Hubba in support of Pande told Somen ," he was never so responsible son like you dude. Okay he is caring and his grandma is ill but all of a sudden his eagerness to go home is really making us crazy ". Pande's mobile rang. Pande's expression told us that it was Pinky over the phone. He picked up the phone in attitude but his expressions changed and he only listened to him without uttering a word except for "okay " . When we asked him the reason of his call Pande looked at all of us and murmured , " His grandma passed away today and he won't be coming to college as of now. Maybe after the rituals are done " . Pande was feeling sorry for the last conversation . There was a silence in the room. Hubba also was in a sorry state. We ended our adda for that day and started waiting for him to return.
After 2 weeks when we were busy doing some practical assignments in our room , Pinky had returned and our joyous scream had informed the whole corridor about it. He hugged us and said ," Sorry yaar , I could not invite you guys in the funeral. One thing I want you to know that you guys would have pulled my leg if you knew that our next door girl was really awesome and we were dating since few weeks" .
Pande with all the grudge doubled because of the repentance he had felt before ,asked him , " Why are you telling that now then " ?
Pinky calmly replied , " I realised that the girl did not know that we were dating and was talking with me as I was a lookalike of his cousin brother whom she misses too much. But don't worry I have brought sweets for you ", saying this he kept his baggage and went to the washroom to get fresh. When he came back he took out two big box of sweets. Our expressions were like we never had sweets in our life. As Pande's eyes glittered Pinky told that one box is for the administrative officer of our college , Mr Mahapatra.
Pande was quite unhappy about that. He expressed , " Why the hell do you want to impress that guy. He is not going to give you any marks in semester . "
Pinky said , " Nothing to do. Its order from my dad. So keep your hand away from both the packets. You guys get that one packet only. Don't touch the other one. Let me distribute them so that everyone gets an equal share." He unpacked one packet and started to separate the sweets according to people in the room. Suddenly Pande plunged on the other packet of sweet and snatched it away. Pinky shouted , "Pande give it back. Don't joke with these sweets of my Grandma's last ritual. There are a lot of sentiments attached.".
Pande asked him few simple questions , " Did you go to pee when you went inside the bathroom" ?
"Yes "
"Then did you wash your hand after that " ?
After a little silence Pinky said packing back that opened box, " Okay this packet is for Mahapatra then ".
Priyankar (Pinky ) and Pande would never stay in weekends whatever be the emergency. It felt as if they needed oxygen and the bottles were in North Kolkata in their homes. They would leave the college together on Saturdays , have their favourite Golbari Meat ( Golbari kasha mangsho ) and then head towards their homes. But Pande had started complaining that since the last few weeks Pinky is always in a greater hurry to reach his home. He does not even care about the food outside which they had considered necessary to keep their taste buds alive. Sometimes Pinky forces to go home too early may be for that they have to miss some classes on Saturday.
One day Pande had returned college alone as Pinky had told him he would take a few more holidays and return college after 3 days. Pande after returning sat with us and we started discussing these issues trying to investigate the reason.
Pande started , " I feel he is having an affair now . He barely waits for me and tries to leave for his home as soon as possible. You see he is ready to miss the college a few more days and he did not return with me. He is ready to return alone. It was not like this before" .
Hubba got excited and added , " Ya maybe he is having a new girlfriend and he knows that if he tells us we would pull his leg that is why he is keeping it a secret". I was still thinking about it and I asked them back," But did not he tell that his grandmother was ill and almost bedridden ?"
Somen in a serious tone, " May be he is trying to be a responsible son . May be his family needs him. He was saying that his grandmother's health is not so well. Pande sushed him by adding , " He also said that he is having a new girl next door and that girl is quite attractive. He also said that the small girl working as maid in his house is quite innocent ". Somen could not understand the last part , "So what is the problem if the maid is innocent ? " Pande added , " The maid is innocent , he is not . He is surely having an affair." After a little silence Hubba in support of Pande told Somen ," he was never so responsible son like you dude. Okay he is caring and his grandma is ill but all of a sudden his eagerness to go home is really making us crazy ". Pande's mobile rang. Pande's expression told us that it was Pinky over the phone. He picked up the phone in attitude but his expressions changed and he only listened to him without uttering a word except for "okay " . When we asked him the reason of his call Pande looked at all of us and murmured , " His grandma passed away today and he won't be coming to college as of now. Maybe after the rituals are done " . Pande was feeling sorry for the last conversation . There was a silence in the room. Hubba also was in a sorry state. We ended our adda for that day and started waiting for him to return.
After 2 weeks when we were busy doing some practical assignments in our room , Pinky had returned and our joyous scream had informed the whole corridor about it. He hugged us and said ," Sorry yaar , I could not invite you guys in the funeral. One thing I want you to know that you guys would have pulled my leg if you knew that our next door girl was really awesome and we were dating since few weeks" .
Pande with all the grudge doubled because of the repentance he had felt before ,asked him , " Why are you telling that now then " ?
Pinky calmly replied , " I realised that the girl did not know that we were dating and was talking with me as I was a lookalike of his cousin brother whom she misses too much. But don't worry I have brought sweets for you ", saying this he kept his baggage and went to the washroom to get fresh. When he came back he took out two big box of sweets. Our expressions were like we never had sweets in our life. As Pande's eyes glittered Pinky told that one box is for the administrative officer of our college , Mr Mahapatra.
Pande was quite unhappy about that. He expressed , " Why the hell do you want to impress that guy. He is not going to give you any marks in semester . "
Pinky said , " Nothing to do. Its order from my dad. So keep your hand away from both the packets. You guys get that one packet only. Don't touch the other one. Let me distribute them so that everyone gets an equal share." He unpacked one packet and started to separate the sweets according to people in the room. Suddenly Pande plunged on the other packet of sweet and snatched it away. Pinky shouted , "Pande give it back. Don't joke with these sweets of my Grandma's last ritual. There are a lot of sentiments attached.".
Pande asked him few simple questions , " Did you go to pee when you went inside the bathroom" ?
"Yes "
"Then did you wash your hand after that " ?
After a little silence Pinky said packing back that opened box, " Okay this packet is for Mahapatra then ".
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