An orphaned tsunami survivor cries as she pays homage to the tsunami victims in Nagapattinam on Monday.

One Family...
for her.
And one wave...
of Water...
It came,
Ruining it..
Leaving only ruins...
of their images...
amassed as Tears...
for her.
what sin did she commit,
she herself doesnt know.
A wave of memories...
washed ashore,
in the sea of one tear-drop.
on her cheek.
One Orphan...

Extracts from The Adventures of U-Know-Who.

I wish to share a couple of episodes from the Life of U-know-who, which he narrated to me, with excruciating details.

Episode-1

Once upon a time in hyderabad, U-know-who got to take 20 pple to Industrial exhibition(which runs every year in the month of Jan).Mind you, he didnt go with 20guys but he had to take them...viz..drive them to the exhibition.Now, thats natural..for the importance(effectively affecting) he holds in the lives people living around him and also his near & dear. anyways, those 20 guys( males+females..apparently his cousins & most importantly his maamaajis daughters..Ahem!) being huge fans of u-know-who, wanted him to be with them for all the time they got to spend there.what more! with no dilly-dallying, they wanted to drench themselves in the raining affection of only u-know-who, for which, they asked him to buy a whole-lot-of-things.i cannot remember much about the purchases but it has been told that quite-a-lot has been bought. then came the fun part..err..i mean..the fun rides...the entire gang, apparently, were on a ride-spree and enjoy all the thrills ( & frills) ..after a fulltoo joy-ride session which included Tora-Tora,Giant wheel and stuff like that. the bill for all the thrill..went to u-know-who..and his wallet was heading for a kill. and after the thrill, it was time to chill.U-know-who was on a major spending spree, buying all the piping hot samosas & bhel puris and other chat'ty stuff.apparently the weight of his wallet was not showing much difference, even though u-know-who had taken the onus of entertaining 20fans from his family circle."what else", i thought, listening to the narration..but to my surprise..u-know-who..instead of adding more..has infact edited the story out and shot a final question at me.

"How much do you think i had to shell down that night?"

as always, i had only silence(in awwwwe of him) to respond with. But u-know-who is not an easy man to give up. He demands participation and will prolong the suspense to an eternity until you please him wth the question,"how much?".But then,he doesnt prolong it with silence either.instead, he shoots the order,"Ask how much? Ask me! Come on...Ask me". Finally, when i surrendered to him and asked "How much??", he broke the suspense with is unbelievable answer,"Rs.10000/-".
being a sane man(sometimes atleast),i casually asked ,"How come u carried so much Cash?".

His reply was a revelation of sorts.."I didnt have so much money. I had to use my card everywhere i spent".Everywhere! Thanks to him, for he reminded me through this story, the kind of Progress made by Information Technology in hyderabad.January is fast-approaching and i am eagerly looking forward to swipe my debit card to have a hott Mirchi-Bajji and some joy-ride thrills..

Episode-2

U-know-who had to go to Karimnagar(a district in Andhra Pradesh) in car, along with a friend of his and two girls (when it comes to girls, even James Bond is dwarfed by U-Know-who..i shall narrate his advantures with damsels in future posts). As always, he was driving and one of the females challenged the very basic skills of his life, Speed... within no time, he pulled the throttle..i mean..changed the gears and the car shot from 45kmph to 145kmph in 5 seconds. Ok, Pardon me for forgetting the brand of the car but on the flipside, had i known that, i would have immediately contacted the engineers ,who worked on the car.. only to enlighten their ignorance. I wish they knew that the car was capable of going beyond their expectations and their skill. And only one man discovered it. Ofcourse, he later touched a speed of 205kmph , only to silence that female...which is altogether a different-but-nothing-new-story.

Some habits are too hard to give up.

Credits :

U-Know-Who...for giving me a melodramatic edge-of-the-seat narration, the aesthetic & out-of-the-world quality of which.. i couldnt even dare to touch.

Albert Einstein..for his aphorism,"Imagination is far more powerful than Knowledge", which eventually turned out to be the motto of the one & only...U-Know-Who.

Though not on Public Demand...But on somebody's demand...an Early-Amateur work.

All night long---the effort to make out,
---------------------the meaning in your silence,
---------------------kept me from sleeping.
---------------------the silences fathomed,
---------------------are enigmatic... still...

All night long---a strong pulse beat,
---------------------inside and outside me,
---------------------trying to image,
---------------------the purpose of your silence.
---------------------the image is blurred... still...

All night long---the words unspoken,the tune unknown,
---------------------traced and retraced their lines,
---------------------into the truth in our hearts.
---------------------the truth and the songs,
---------------------are suppressed... still...

All night long---i waited for you,
---------------------to come and read out my poems,
---------------------sitting beside in moon-shine,
---------------------holding my palm affectionately.
---------------------i am waiting... still...

An extract from the Life of U-Know-Who:

Scene-1

An unknown guy, apparently a friend of U-Know-Who, got out of his house, after an argument with his parents..in a fit of anger...Like an angry-young-man of 70s films, he got into his car (maruthi) and began driving at a high speed. Unfortunately, the direction is not known..i mean..he himself didnt know where he was heading..but he was on the way to some place. He crossed the city outskirts and took a Highway..where he drove with such a speed that even japanese cars are put to shame. The scene ends with the car zooming past and fading behind the horizon.

Scene 2

The telephone rang. U-Know-who answered the call.Silence...he didnt speak a word for few minutes..(the camera infront of him moves upclose to his cover his facial expressions)..who is it?what is he/she saying that froze the facial nerves of you-know-who? Finally, to kill the suspense or rather to penetrate it more, he said "I'm coming...". As soon as he hung up that call, the teleohone rang again..this time again, silence..(we dont know who is on the other side? )..but much to our relief, you-know-who said,"its ok aunty...i will take care of it...you dont worry". Now you see..the suspense is partially broken..but not completely.

Scene 3

U-Know-Who got into his car and raced past the city roads. Within no time, he was out of hyderabad, driving in the same unknown direction..but on the very same highway...the only change is that you-know-who has broken the speed record set by his friend, for he is driving at a speed of 200Km/Hr...sorry..infact he crossed it..now, imagine the needle of the speedometer completing a full 720 degrees (360X2=720.. given the fact that its a maruthi..i think the max speed the speedometer reads is 120kmph..am i right?...isnt this really bad..that a car allows speeds greater than 140kmph but doesnt let the speedometer reveal it...anyways..our you-know-who could calculate it mentally..).Within no time(obviously), he reached a place where his friend was waiting for him. His car screeched to a halt...he got down and asked his friend,"what happened?"

Scene 4 (flashback)

The car his friend was driving reached a place near kurnool...forget roads, forget traffic..i mean..he forgot all of it and was still driving at great speed (not as much as u-know-who..mind u..u-know-who is unique in everything..whatever he does..) . something happened in a blink and his car flew and somersaulted in the air...like in-a-typical-tamil-film-of-Vijaykanth. After sufficient turns, the car finally surrendered to Gravity ..but in a very unique way. The car hit the ground Head-ON...90-degrees to the ground...Not a degree more-not a degree less...and since the ground was actually a wet paddy field, the car actually got stuck in that perpendicular position because the center of gravity of the car was exactly in the line of perpendicularity. Fortunately, his friend was very much safe(didnt i tell you that vijaykanth films are inspired by real-life incidents)..and got out of the car...though the car was still stuck perpendicular to the field with its nose punched in. flashback ends.

Scene 5

his friend pointed his finger at the car and you-know-who was surprised to see a car standing in verical position. now, it has to be brought back to its normal position...But is the job easy? certainly not..because the paddy field which was wet when the car smooched it, has now dried up...thanks to the intensely blazing sun rays..and it was already noon..An idea flashed in the mind of You-know-who...Immediately, he got into the car and drove ahead (this time, at a much lesser speed of just 150kmph) to a village. He gathered some people from there and got them to this site. with their help, finally, the car was brought back to its normal position..

Scene 6

U-Know-who took his friend to his home and the anxious parents breathed a sigh of relief...They thanked u-know-who for the glorious deed of saving his friend's life...His friend too couldnt couldnt control his emotions and hailed u-know-who as a........................Super Hero.
all is well...that ends well.

---As narrated by U-Know-Who.

PS: now dont ask impertinent questions like what happened to that awesome car. If that little suspense is not maintained, there wouldnt be any Enigma associated with You-Know-Who...The Saviour.

Strange turn of events. I was discussing about the college festival we guys are conducting on 5th Dec. And in a blink, i tripped over the staircase. Though i could manage to sit in the class during post-lunch session, the pain in the ankle became intolerable by 4:30pm and my friend Govind took me to NIMS hospital. The first sight of the hospital was an unforgettable one...with a guy bleeding from the knee. There was another 1st-time for me there in the hospital...For the 1st time ever, i was on a stretcher. Within no time, i landed in the Emergency ward where the doctors tested my foot by trying their hands at it. A pain-killer injection temporarily eased the pain out.An X-ray was inevitable. After teh X-ray, the attendants startled me with their jargon ," Nurse! what do you want us to do with this CASE? Shall we park here or outside?"..Godamn! i was alive...still breathing and they were referring to me as Case. Anyways, after the X-ray reports were out, doctors confirmed that there was no fracture but a tear in the ligment.
with the bandage Done, i was moved out of hospital, on same stretcher>but just when i was abt to get into teh rick, the pain peaked like hell.i yelled for doctor again. then, Action Replay...i was again brought to Emergency ward..another shot of Pain killer..and after redressing of bandage i was discharged. Doctors advised me not to walk for next 10days.
And here i am, at home..anchored to the bed with a bandage (filmi style u see )..with all the time in the world to write any crap i wish here..
So, u will get to see daily updates on my blog, for the next one week atleast...