Raghu seeing his watch for the time "7.45" - huh, gives a big sigh and starts from his office. Raghu is a medicalrepresentative who markets medical equipments to different doctors and hospitals. Most of his time is spent on the road with his bike. He loves his newly bought pulsar without which he would hate driving. As he crosses IIT, one boy waves hand for a lift. He slows the speed and corners the bike.
The boy runs towards him and says "Uncle, koncham gandhi silai bus stop la drop panringala". Smiling at him asks him to get on.
Raghu - "Enna paatha uncle maariya iruku?"
Boy - "Yaara paathalam uncle nu solli thaan palakam".
Raghu - "Enakenna vaisu irukunnu nenaikure?"
Boy -"Theriliye..."
Raghu - "18 years da"
Boy - "oh ok... enna 18 years thaana ??????, namba mudiyalaye"
Raghu - "Bryan Adams song '18 till i die' ketathillaya... enna paaathu thaan paadinaar. Actualla 24 aaguthu, but 18 at heart"
As the boy giggles, Raghu asks his name and he says that his name has P.Vittal, studying 9th std, had come for IIT tuitions and that his house is in saidapet.
Raghu - "P.vittal... nice name. Un perle maths professor P.R.Vittal nu orthar irukaru theriyuma ?"
Boy - "Theriyuma va... avarkitta thaane tutions padikuren. Vector Algebra ve karichu kudichavaru, enna ore vishayam avarkitta pidikathathu... semma aruvai poduvaar. Notes ku bathil avar kudukuru advise thaan jaasthi. sometimes crack maari pesuvaare"
Raghu - "Professor appadi ellam solla koodathu da. seri girl friends ellam irukangala, inniki Feb 14th aache valentines day'ku ethuvum special illiya?"
Boy - "Girl friends irukange.. but special friend yaaarum ille. Ungalakku?"
Raghu - "Enaku iruntha thaan, intha back seat emptya irunthurukathu le... "
Raghu keeps asking him questions and the boy keeps replying. As raghu travels via saidapet, says that he will drop the boy in saidapet itself. As they cross the saidapet bridge.. the boy says "ingaye vitturunganna, antha street la thaan enga veedu".
Raghu feels young as the boy calls him anna.. stops the bike, smiles at him. "Thanks na... " says the boy and Raghu says "Oru nimisham."
"Professor P.R. Vittal engappa thaan. Naanum avar kitta padichavan thaan. Unna maari naanum avar kindal pannathunndu, appo antha advise ellam kadi'ya irunthuchu... aana avar sonnathey keturuntha, inni ippadi road roada suthi medical repa irunthaka vendiyathule. En friends ellarum software la nalla position la irukange. Marathode arumai veyila thaan theriyum Nalla padi, Bye"
10 comments:
hey...super post again...liked the narration...:))...n i like how u always end up with a thought or advise in the end..:D
Nice story.
Thalaivaruku innum cinema aasai pogalai polirruku??? ;) Screenplay nalla irruku.
Keep storying! :D
Thats one of the best posts i like in ur blog :)
And the conversation between the two is too good and very natural! :)
Sorry for the late entry... ;) Keep posting... I think, You should give a try in big screen.
@mystery
Thnx a lot for your post. I make it a point that i leave a message and always want to tell it in a way that reaches people. Im glad that the narration is good. Will keep working on it and improvise it.
@gundumama
Athu enna innum cinema asai pogalaya?? Thats gone too deep into me. My sole will not rest in peace without becoming a director...With your comments i will keep storying, thnx :)
@ponnarasi
One of the best post, really ? Very happy about that. The conversation is natural because part of this story is real. I happen to return frm office and as i was crossing IIT, this boy called vittal asked lift. Once i asked his name, i recollected P.R.Vittal and so the rest of the story was an imagination. Late'a vanthalaum latesta vantha maari oru comment panninathuku thanks
i am also a student of PR vital that is y i am a software professional
P R Vittal is really my dad and it was quite interesting to see this one!
@anonymous
Very surprised to see the comment from PR Vittal's son. Like I have said in my previous comment I just remembered the name as i did BSC Maths and rest of it was imagination. Can i know your name please ?
P.R. Vittal!
Oh the memories, of the "special" tuition I took with him in the summer of 1976 with Asvin Varadarajan.
Amazing teacher and legendary even way back then.
We were going to appear for the first 10TH Std ICSE in Dec 76 from Hyd Public School and my friend's mother T.M. Malati decided to travel to Madras for the tuiton enable us to face the exam with confidence.
The name is so unique and the personality even more so
that it just stuck in my mind even 3 decades later
Sumeet New York City
Gr8.. Good story anna..... Really good...
Keep on writing anna...
I am presently fortunate enough to attend Prof Vittal's classes in Quantitative Techniques in management (ITM Chennai) - Ramadas Mannattil
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