Goli No 16.... Mumbai to Goa …… thodhasa time pass……..

Year 1999……our Annual Plan Meet…. A.P.M………Business reviews………Goal Setting……… Trip to Goa ………The Main Agenda used to be…… Fun…… Food….. Feni..………The entire team was Foodie……………… Lots of food…… time Pass…..some work……We got into a Luxury Bus from Mumbai…… for Goa………at night 8pm…….. me……menon…… dandapani……banerjee…… and bandya…….

Dress code for A.P.M was declared…...Blazer’s …… tie…….. only banerjee turned up in blazer’s…………. rest of us turned up in shorts…. Tee’s……… and jeans…….Banerjee muttered ……………I look stupid with Blazers and tie..……in a bus…………He assumed ………….. we would arrange a car

By 10 clock our Goli started…….. we got divided into teams………Me ……. Bandya…… on one side and Menon……Dandapani on the other ..….Banerjee neutral…….not knowing Bhaat Bill happen……….

……Bandya started in Marathi……………with the conductor……. Me in tamil……..conductor reminded me to talk in………..Marathi……..as he didn’t understand Tamil………..I continued…….video poddu……..Rajni.......He said ‘Hee Goa Bus haay ……Madras naahi’……..He put ………Shahrukh Khan’s………… dilwale dulhaniya… movie…... By 11 clock……….. everybody was engrossed in the movie….... Dandapani………….. went and switched off the T.V………he said loudly…… He wanted to sleep………….Bandya got up shouted…………at the conductor …… TV lav……paisey vasool karnar…………

I garnered support for T.V watching…………few passengers shouted……. Aila… T.V laava………the T.V was put on ……………..Menon meanwhile garnered support………shouted……………who all want to sleep………….A new mob gathered and shouted……….. T.V bandha kara….. zophaychay ………..Conductor meanwhile smelled problem………situation going out of control………..He was confused……….Bandya stood up screamed……….. T.V la haat lavala…. ki haath todnar……….”

Huge commotion……. everybody started shouting ……….. fist cuffs were being exchanged……… Bandya exchanged blows with a few…….. I settled down….…mission accomplished…………. banerjee was very angry………he murmured to me…………you are the Boss…………control your Team……. bhat bill my bife………. think about our company……behaving like …..stupid……… infact…………as he stood up……….somebody pulled his tie………and kicked him on his back side……… banerjee was very angry…………he warned me he will quit …

In the meantime……… Dandapani……..had finished his quota of a quarter cleverly camouflaged in coke bottle…… He was totally tunn….. drunk…… removed his T-Shirt……… and was in his designer chappan…..tikli baniyan and shorts………started doing his nagin dance ……………..in the bus………….Dandapani pee key tight…..

Conductor whistled…………… bus came to halt………. driver announced unless………….people stop fighting ………. and settle down ………. bus won’t move……….. Went to the conductor………spoke in tamil……………enna aachi….. enna ragalla………. Enquired……. Enga rajni…….. Conductor was wild ….. yevda …. Gondhal……. Yevda Tyention…… ani …… madrashiyala rajni pahijey……


People settled down asked ………asked driver and conductor to start…………..It was decided no T.V ……………we all settled ……………. But dandapani was missing………… As the bus was about to start……….. we heard noises coming from the roof of the bus ………conductor got down….…….saw dandapani…………….sitting on top of the bus …………….. shouted “ array melya….. khalti yeh…..Dandapani wanted more respect……….conductor shouted ………………. Array kutriya….. khalti yeh…… Dandapani liked the respect offered to him……..came down after a few more coke shots…………..

It was 2am...….. Lost a lot of time ……… As the conductor………whistled in the dark…………..I smiled at the conductor ……….and checked with him in Marathi……….. Kai Kasa Kai ………….he asked…… hey sagalla kashala……..I replied….. Thodasa…….Time Pass……………