[Disclaimer: This is true and based on two people, Aparna and Rameswar. Rameswar, with all likelihood would not remember me, if he did, it does not matter. Aparna on the other hand, is a very close friend of mine. So, Apu, if you read this by chance, take it in a funny way, for you are a very funny person;-)]
While growing up, my younger brother and I used to always team up playing in the evening hours on the sand heaps in front of our house. We used to make temples in the wet sand and would collect all the withered Nerium flowers from the tree floor and decorate our temple.
Occasionally, my friends or my little brothers friends would join us and by the end of the evening, we will end up making a stupendous looking structure....
It was one such evening, my little brother's classmate in school joined us in our venture who lived in the next block. His name is Rameswar and was widely known for his mischievous nature. He would push kids to the road, would beat up other kids, the list goes on and on. So, it was kind of surprising for us that Rameswar decided to join us for making a temple!! We were not very apprehensive, but gave in later on. It was new years eve, and we all were indulged in collecting greeting cards. The more one number of cards one gets, the more popular he/she is. While playing, suddenly Rameswar got up and asked my brother to give the postal address of our house. My brother little surprised, asked why? Rameswar said, I have decided to send you a greetings card by post, so give me your address. My brother was kind of illiterate then(did not know how to write), so with this news, he got very excited and came running to me and narrated me what Rameswar said him. I got even more excited. I went inside pulled a square piece of paper, and started writing our address. In the end, the hand writing was not looking that impressive to me, I was afraid that Rameswar may decide against sending us a card if the handwriting was not good enough. So, I decided to redo the whole thing again. In that process, I may have done it several times, before the writing was near perfect. With lot of pride with my own work, I handed that piece of paper to my brother, who in turn gave that to Rameswar. I was thinking how long it will take for the postal people to deliver a card from across the street, may be 2 days... Then suddenly, I heard my brother coming to me running and telling, Rameswar tore the address paper and said, "don't have so much hope that I will send you a card", and ran away. All my dreams got shattered like a pack of cards and I remember that event till today. So, if anyone says they will do something for me and don't do that, then I simply say "Don't Rameswar me".... You can also use it, if you like.
Storey of Aparna is slightly different. By the way, in our recent meeting we knighted her with a new suffix "namuni" means "sample". She truly is a sample and now she proudly flaunts "namuni" in her name stamp in each email.
Aparna was my room mate during my Ph.D days. I will tell more of her storeys later, but for now, let me tell why I would like to say "Don't Aparna me". Many times Aparna and I used to go to shopping/exhibitions and buy range of products. Before getting into the bus, we will be talking, joking nicely, then suddenly she will shut down completely. She will not listen, not talk, simply look out through the bus window. Initially, I was kind of pissed, later I accepted that, it is after all her "true nature". I had a small Luna during my Ph.D days and I used give Aparna a ride when the Luna would start. But many days, it won't start. I will be struggling kicking it, then Aparna will coolly walk off passing me let alone stop and ask if I needed any help. She does that walking off quite often. If you are walking together, for no reason, what so ever she will walk off. So, if anyone walks off on you for no apparent reason, you can just tell "Don't Aparna me". So for today I guess these 2 terms are enough:)))
While growing up, my younger brother and I used to always team up playing in the evening hours on the sand heaps in front of our house. We used to make temples in the wet sand and would collect all the withered Nerium flowers from the tree floor and decorate our temple.
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| Nerium indicum(Kaner flower) |
Occasionally, my friends or my little brothers friends would join us and by the end of the evening, we will end up making a stupendous looking structure....
It was one such evening, my little brother's classmate in school joined us in our venture who lived in the next block. His name is Rameswar and was widely known for his mischievous nature. He would push kids to the road, would beat up other kids, the list goes on and on. So, it was kind of surprising for us that Rameswar decided to join us for making a temple!! We were not very apprehensive, but gave in later on. It was new years eve, and we all were indulged in collecting greeting cards. The more one number of cards one gets, the more popular he/she is. While playing, suddenly Rameswar got up and asked my brother to give the postal address of our house. My brother little surprised, asked why? Rameswar said, I have decided to send you a greetings card by post, so give me your address. My brother was kind of illiterate then(did not know how to write), so with this news, he got very excited and came running to me and narrated me what Rameswar said him. I got even more excited. I went inside pulled a square piece of paper, and started writing our address. In the end, the hand writing was not looking that impressive to me, I was afraid that Rameswar may decide against sending us a card if the handwriting was not good enough. So, I decided to redo the whole thing again. In that process, I may have done it several times, before the writing was near perfect. With lot of pride with my own work, I handed that piece of paper to my brother, who in turn gave that to Rameswar. I was thinking how long it will take for the postal people to deliver a card from across the street, may be 2 days... Then suddenly, I heard my brother coming to me running and telling, Rameswar tore the address paper and said, "don't have so much hope that I will send you a card", and ran away. All my dreams got shattered like a pack of cards and I remember that event till today. So, if anyone says they will do something for me and don't do that, then I simply say "Don't Rameswar me".... You can also use it, if you like.
Storey of Aparna is slightly different. By the way, in our recent meeting we knighted her with a new suffix "namuni" means "sample". She truly is a sample and now she proudly flaunts "namuni" in her name stamp in each email.
Aparna was my room mate during my Ph.D days. I will tell more of her storeys later, but for now, let me tell why I would like to say "Don't Aparna me". Many times Aparna and I used to go to shopping/exhibitions and buy range of products. Before getting into the bus, we will be talking, joking nicely, then suddenly she will shut down completely. She will not listen, not talk, simply look out through the bus window. Initially, I was kind of pissed, later I accepted that, it is after all her "true nature". I had a small Luna during my Ph.D days and I used give Aparna a ride when the Luna would start. But many days, it won't start. I will be struggling kicking it, then Aparna will coolly walk off passing me let alone stop and ask if I needed any help. She does that walking off quite often. If you are walking together, for no reason, what so ever she will walk off. So, if anyone walks off on you for no apparent reason, you can just tell "Don't Aparna me". So for today I guess these 2 terms are enough:)))
