DRAWING ROOM:
Arpita- (shouts)Shona,
are we going for Madhu's birthday this weekend?
Pinaki- Can you please
come out of the bathroom and then speak to me? No point shouting from
there, I cant really hear you, except the weekend bit!
Arpita- (shouts)
alright, wait, i'll be out in a couple of minutes!
Pinaki- still can't
hear you babe! (murmurs) these women are more stubborn than badly
brought up kids!
Arpita- ya so I was
saying..
Pinaki- (startled) What
the....?? You said a couple of minutes didn't you?
Arpita- Yes, but you
said you were not able to hear me at all?
Pinaki-
Umm..ya...it....you know...sounds....ummm...muffled...you know??
Arpita- Ya I know! Can
you hear me now baby (licks Pinaki's left ear)
Pinaki-
hehehehehe...huhuhu, dont do that, i'm ticklish there!
Arpita- Ya ya alright!
Listen, I was asking whether...
Pinaki- No, I have
plans for the weekend!
Arpita- And why isn't
Madhu's birthday amidst one of your plans? And by the way you heard
me properly from the bathroom.
Pinaki- Yes I did,
because you were shouting really loud, it's audible, but it's annoying!
And the weekend plan was made earlier than I got to know about
Madhu's party. Besides, she didn't invite me directly!
Arpita- That's alright
baby, she told me to tell you! And how would it look if I go alone
there?
Pinaki- Then don't go
alone, come with me, i'm meeting a few friends from high school for
some beer and pool!
Arpita- Do I know them?
Pinaki- You know about
them!
Arpita- See? But you
know Madhu, she's your friend too?
Pinaki- No, she's your
friend, I befriended her because she was your best friend from
college, and whenever I would come to your college, I would meet you
and her together. It was not out of choice, but almost out of
compulsion.
Arpita- Pinaki, this is
the limit now, you are continuously being rude, and am taking it!
Pinaki- What's being
rude in this?
Arpita- Why can I
befriend your friends as if they are my friends and not feel
obligated and you befriend my friends out of compulsion?
Pinaki- This is about
Madhu, not all your friends. Why do you generalize all the time?
Arpita- No, right now
its about Madhu but there have been other instances! It is pretty
apparent that you don't look at my friends in very high light and
think that they don't match up to your intellect or something!
Pinaki- Look, this is
getting somewhere else now, you asked me whether we were going to her
birthday party or not, so I said no I have other plans. Simple. Over.
Arpita- Alright! (gets
up and walks out of the room)
KITCHEN:
Pinaki- Ok fine, we
will go to Madhu's, alright? Is it saturday or sunday?
Arpita- Saturday
Pinaki- Oh great. I can
shift my plan to sunday.
Arpita- No need, don't
do me this favor. I won't force you to come with me to Madhu's if you
don't want to!
Pinaki- No you are not
forcing me. It is my choice. And can you look at me and talk please,
instead of crushing coriander!
Arpita- It's not
coriander, these are mint leaves. You don't know jack shit about
cooking do you?
Pinaki- Whatever! Pay attention to me..
Arpita- Alright. Tell
me.
Pinaki- I'll come with
you to Madhu's, ok? Now just hear me out why I didn't want to come.
Arpita- Why?
Pinaki- Look i'm very
non-cultural, if there's a word like that! I might be a bengali but
i'm neither a musician nor a painter nor a poet! In fact I wasn't
even a good football player. These people who come at Madhu's place
are all true and pseudo intellectuals who sing beautifully and
narrate great poetry written either by them or by Tagore! I don't
like it there. Its suffocating for me. I only drink with my friends
and gossip, that's my hanging out! Are you getting it?
Arpita- Baby I
understand, but you can do what you like all the time na? This is
someone's birthday, cant we manage this much as grown up individuals?
Pinaki- Precisely why I
said i'll come with you!
SATURDAY EVE AT MADHU'S:
Tejas ( Madhu's fiance
)- Ok who's next? We can't let this stop, just one after the other we
need to keep singing, or else the whole point of a Karaoke is lost!
Lady in Rich Saree- Ok
i'll try a Rabindra sangeet...i learnt during my school days!
Lady's husband – All
bengalis have...that's why we are so weak in
mathematics.....hahahahaha
(LOUD LAUGHTER OF THE
WHOLE GROUP)
Tejas- Actually maam, I
don't think this Karaoke machine has Rabindra sangeet songs fed in
it. You'll have to select something from this diary, all bollywood
songs...
Madhu- Arpita will you
sing something? You used to be so melodious in college days!
Arpita- Haha, hardly,
nowadays not even our singers sing melodiously, how do you expect me
to do it?
(LOUD LAUGHTER OF THE
WHOLE GROUP)
Pinaki- Excuse me?? Can
I sing a song?
Tejas- Sure dude, which
one?
Pinaki- Kuchh to log
kahenge, Kishore!
