Boys will be Boys

Dear Friends and Foes,

I have been entrusted with this dishonourable job of putting down last night's (18th) events- the big 89' batch bash at CGA. Dishonourable, not because we are dishonourable men -how can we be with the likes of Jewel, Heera-Moti et, etc, but because all our deeds were re-lived. Re-lived to the extent that our 'gangster friend' (Khanna of-course, not Sandhu) was up on a chair and with the oratory skills of Mark Antony, lucidly explained the intricacies involved while growing up. Seema Malik, Ms.Khan, and Bela Dogra all got due coverage. With wives being all ears to Khanna , we had to use the services of Honorary monitor, Sandhu, to get him down to earth. 'My son counted Khanna uncle going up, four times.

This glimpse should be enough to give you an idea of the amount of 'daroo' that must have flowed, but it was the attendance which made all the difference. It was indeed a pleasure to meet Dr. Jewel Johl after nineteen years, flanked by his wife and two year old daughter, Nimr. Mr. Kackaria still looks the same and his son goes to Strawberry Fields, his faith in Atul Khanna's education restored after the events of last night. Thank god he didn't hear Gauri and Chadha on the conference call that was taking place on the lush lawns of CGA. The bright side being that we are hi-tech and understand what conference call is all about.

Another move that picked up momentum was to convert our very own Salman Khan to his 'patka' days. The latest Bollywood news is that even Salman has donned the turban in an upcoming movie, so Lohwie (fcuk, i can't figure out how to spell his name) can have the muscles but 'amirt shako' at the same time. Luckily, the SGPC has no restriction on 'muscles'.

Did some one say SGPT-SGOT (Liver levels) because our opthamologist (eye) friend Dr. Sandeep Janjua also had a lot of information to share about 'liver disorders' and keenly hearing him out was our 'Gill Baiji'. Here is a live account-"Yaar, Janjuay whiskey te liver di maan chod dindi hai'. Oye waiter, ek peg de". Poor liver. The rumour is that Jewel has actually made an inventory of all abuses hurled by Gill Bhaji en-route to Solan , on Tuesday.

The other topic that came up for consideration was about posting pictures of 'nangi kudiyaan' on our group. Sorry, Mr.Pramanik, in your absence we abused you like hell. But then, you shouldn't have objected to such juicy idea. Mr. Lohwe Pahwa you can go ahead but with a warning note. For example you don't want to embarrass Abishek opening this mail in his office-he can't be seen looking at 'tits' in his Manhattan office.

We also had the privilege of having Tejroop's older brother Navjot at the party. Sammy claims the 'Sehmi brothers' were Chandigarh's very own Michael Jacksons, something that was confirmed by Jewel. He vividly recalled Tejroop's private dance performances to Khan and Dogri and how he was privy to it through the shadow.

I can go on and on because nostalgia was at its peak, jhappis-pappis the warmest, and the clamour so familiar, but I must stop, for I know our reading capacity very well. And I'm no Bro. Burk who can enforce this damn piece. But one thing is for sure, there's nothing like meeting old bum-chums. And guess what- no wife cribbed the isolation. Perhaps they enjoyed seeing the 'boy' in their husbands.

Cheers
Khushwant