Hurley ka Byah !

TIME: 1130HRS, PLACE : BARMER. (RAJ).

I was sent a air ticket of a Kingfisher airline to Delhi from Jodhpur. Time of departure: 1510hrs. Jodhpur is 175Km’s from Barmer. I talked to a taxi driver, he said “Sirji, tension na lo, pakad lenge, bahut time hai. “ Even after having this solid affirmation ,I still slightly doubt hurriedly packed my bags and told him “ Bahiya daba do”.

Time 1400hrs: Destination Jodhpur (still 60kms).

I said “ Bhaiye jara is oont(camel) ko bhaga lo.”
Driver.” Sirji koi tension nahin hai, bada time hai.”
I was a little surprised what the hell was on his mind.
Then he disclosed the mystery, he thought we could just directly board the plane so even if we reached at 1500hrs it was , according to him, well before time.
It was then I realized why he was so damn confident. I told him to hurry up so that I could reach before 1500hrs.

Time: 1435: Searching for the Airport.

Abe tujhe airport nahin pata, kaisa taxi driver hai, aur be tu itne maje main kaise bola pahuncha doonga. Jab pata nahin tha phir kahan le jata be. I was yelling loudly at him, some hurried phone calls and the usual public interrogation helped me reach there at exact 1500hrs. He was right, we were there in time (to be precise as per his defininition of ON TIME).

At times celebrities can help you out, BUT ONLY AT TIMES, the Liz Hurley and Arun Nayyar wedding helped , the rush of visitors flying by a charted plane to Mumbai had led to the flight to Delhi being delayed, due to lack of Parking space at the Jodhpur Airport. Thanks Hurley and Mr. Nayar. Now it was delayed by over 2hrs, but I never got bored, I had a lot to see, with ladies from all around the globe, in the best possible scanty public clothing, likes of preity zinta, the bride herself with her son. My colleagues call her the “bacche waali biwi”.

As far as the males they were no less with all the weird flashy pinks, floral shirtls, jeans cut here and there, pointed not so pointed shoes, and the females and males all had one thing in common all wore sun shades, even inside the airport. The designer Rohit Bal himself was there, nayyar dulhe ka bhai apni biwi aur biwi ke bache ke saath( bhaiye kya pata yeh bhi bacha saath lekar aayi ho). I had only seen such kind of funny clothing only on the ramps, or late night FTv, and I always thought who the hell would wear them. Its here I got my answer.

Anyways thanks to the wedding bash I could catch my flight meet no actually see in reality the people who looked beautiful on screen, I have started loving photography, I think photographers are magicians, they can make things, people look extremely beautiful .

NAYE KA EXCITEMENT…

It usually happens with all of us , when we buy something new we are really excited to show it to all. Could be anything from clothes to electronics, furniture, gadgets or perfumes etc etc.

Recently me and one of my dear friends bought a new digicam. That’s where the story begins. As soon as it arrived, the whole night he just kept reading and experimenting with the various features available, i really appreciate this inquisitiveness and honour it. Hope this stays post marriage too. Anyways after having known most of them, felt elated to have bought such a wonderful cam. Clicked pics of sleeping half naked, weirdly clad pals, with flash focused directly on the face to get a portrait image….”jaise shaadi waali close ups hoti hain, ajeeb ajeeb se pose main”.
When asked what the hell he was upto….waking us all up. The reply “Abe wildlife photography karenge, practice kar raha hoon”

This was photography, when it comes to clothes ….shirts and jeans etc good to wear and show. I have met a dude who was particular about his undies…only blacks and dark red. Even greater was his enthu to wear it and take a round in the hostel corridor so that it is noticed well. Now that’s what u call excitement.