Considering the usual frequency with which I update this beauty, I know its been some time.
Never mind, the wait is worth it.
So looking back at the last week, a lot happened. I wrote a further piece on ‘
funeral chants and prayers’ (what I intend to make into a book of short stories comprising of both prose and poetry). It shall be placed on the blog soon for feedback. Considering that the theme is pretty macabre, I advise readers to look at the writing in objective
singularity and not create any hyper-adaptive images/thoughts in their head.
Ok, besides that, Rudy’s play ‘a bit on the side’ directed by
Amir Raza was a knockout laughothon. The boy has talent oozing out of every cell and the storyline left one begging for more. Set in modern day London , a hospital’s head neurologist is about to deliver the annual lecture when he learns that an affair he had with one of the nurses 18 years ago did in fact create more than just gossip, he has a son whom he didn’t know about. Adding to the comedy of errors is an in-house pantomime, an irate sergeant on the prowl, a slightly clueless matron and ofcourse the trusty sidekick enacted by Amir Raza himself. I was in splits for many parts of the play where comic timing and slapstick delivery mixed perfectly. A rib tickler for sure. The second of Rudy’s plays I’m seeing and this one vastly different from the first which was a smaller production directed by him solely.
The play was followed by an awesome blues performance by Lou Majaw & Ace of Spaces at Haze. A kickass classic rocker with embarassingly tiny shorts, barefoot and accompanied by the most fantastic bass guitar playing one can hope to see up close and personal. Sang aloud to ‘all along the watchtower’ and felt the need to burn them fingers post the initial beers. Me and mr. seth then returned to VV for a 5 hour session of jamming (ill be putting up videos of our new song ‘one burbon, one whiskey and one beer’ soon), admiring lyrics of qawali music and being treated to the best fricking covers of ‘all along the watchtower’ by barbara keith and mazzy star’s version of wild horses. Phenomenal. P.S.- Anyone who reads this has got full permission to find and please send across ‘all along the watchtower’ by Barbara Keith to me at my email address dhruv.chitgo(at)gmail.com. I've been trying to find this song for 2 days now but just cant...Help! I shall reward you, handsomely. And that basically means a handsome person will come see you. That being me. Ok, not much of a reward, but what the hell.
Moving on, Saturday was a marked return to the fabled courts where I’ve dazzled many a crowd in my yesteryears….basketball at the sports complex behind my house (which surprisingly rocked quite hard…the quality of the tennis courts, squash courts, running fields and cricket ground was admirable). After destroying V and G in one on ones that would make T-Mac proud we got a 4 on 4 full court game going. The stamina level (stemming from the daily 2.5 km running) was put to the test and boy I was glad. Seeing vasu sprawled across the court after exactly 7 minutes shouting “dude screw the
fallback, I’m fricking dying here” was enough for me to realize that the fitness level needs to be maintained. I made fun of him on how he was 22 going on fricking 40 and V vowed to get cracking at the gym. As always I knew he was full of shit but will do my best to motivate the boy.
Returning home on Saturday night the evening plan to chill at elevate had kind of reduced to sheer chaos and pandemonium. Long story, short moral; never plan for things too much in advance. Something inevitably can/does go wrong. There’s a murphy’s law in there somewhere Im sure. Ended up picking up S and heading to the ‘capitol’ where (after last weekends horror show at climax) the rhythm was most certainly on with micky and amit (resident djs) mixing up some top notch medieval vinyl numbers. Late night conversations ensued with kranti and sethi over all and sundry; the midnight buffet in the foyer area outside capitol providing much needed nourishment....kickass fun.
Slept in late on Sunday followed by reveling in sharapova’s brilliance (and the fact that she is a superman hottie) and pakistan’s terrible batting performance, the rest of the day was spent in
‘pair upar karke’ (that literally means feet up on the table style) relaxing.
Last night was an evening that turned out to be much much more warm and fun-filled than I imagined. Mal is back in town for a week (short break from his MBA) and consequently KG decided to throw a dinner scene at her place to bring some close friends together. Met with SP which is always nice and enjoyed KGs dad’s unbelievable hospitality. I don’t think there was even one point during the evening where I wasn’t being fed (literally) or being provided with any allowance of an empty glass. This ofcourse playing one of the key roles in the slightly hungover Dhruv of this morning. Never mind, 3 coffees and a litre of water fixed that.
Back to the evening…discussions flew from work and what old friends and seniors of mine in college were upto, to marveling at the awesome relationship AM and KG share (I cannot frickin believe they are going to get married next year) to discussing ‘snakes on skewers’ in Beijing and the various sites and destinations of choice to visit in Macau. Good fun, good memories made. Dang I should have taken some pictures.
The last week brought news of epic proportions. For one half of the creators, the move to ‘T’ seems nothing short of strikingly imminent. Such excitement, such challenges - worthy of a man of his ability and dedication. The new environment will suit him and I can’t wait to be part of this next phase. I once spoke of righteousness and how it envelopes every life no matter the state of good, evil or unintended existence.
As you sow, so you may reap. Cheers.
Truly epic, she has once again rocked, and shall continue the conquest of the nation of domination. A fantastic next step, proved the critics wrong and got exactly what was needed. Return to the motherland one month in advance. Switzerland loses the cuteness, India readies itself to embrace the darling. With open arms I might add. Can someone give me exact dates please? Someone please respond. Anxiety accompanies the excitement. Where do we go now?
I booked my tickets to Jaipur btw.
SM and
VJ if you’re reading this- I missed you guys and there is much to catch up on. Arrival in Jaipur on Friday the 22nd and departure shall be the 24th. Midnight conversations, coffee, hanging around the pink city, laughter over those 8 months, toasts to success and good health. It’s all happening. DC is coming to ya. Im coming to ya.
IC is over, the news, reviews and tales lay claim to the fact that it rocked pretty damn hard. Cheers to everyone who was there, you certainly did your best to make us wish we were there. I didn’t miss it all that much though hahahahaha.
oh and
sidps got a blog. im still not confident in him posting anything of worth, but omg, if he does get posting- im sure itll be brilliant (this assuming that verbal and body language based humour can get converted into written scripts with ease)
Today is also bhie’s bday. My baby sister, at one point my mentee , and a good friend who has come a long way. Here’s wishing you a great day full of happiness and loads of laughter. Knowing you, I bet there’s lots of laughter and happiness to everyone in your company. I hope you get some back as well.....
Chalo bas. Now it is time to go. have a good day/week you guys.
