Samjho ho hi gaya !! ...

There were rumours but nobody thought it would happen so soon. People of the written word, we’re not talking about the sensex correction, the Mumbai rains or the Mumbai – Kolkata Air Deccan flight. No sir, the subject in question is the engagement of 2 of my closest friends and their march toward the end game of holy matrimony. Hari Shyamsunder aka lambu aka autopilot aka gilahari will officially indemnify his life imprisonment with Archana Mallikarjun of archi/u/ana fame and let it be put on record that this piece of news ranks along with ‘spreading sweetness and light’ as a continuous fountainhood of joy for an old friend.

Anyways, you know the kind of cloyingly congratulatory piece, with paeans of praise about the chief protagonists; well, this is one of those. And I’m not kidding either. Ever so often have I seen friends go underground after marriage and resurface on every birthday or something with a ‘abbey kahan hai yaar, milta nahi hai aajkal’; here, however, things are different. Archu is as integral if not more an H-mezz-ite than Lambu and manages the onerous responsibilities associated in such an organization with aplomb be it corner-house, paradise, homo you’re wrong or gogi anything case taking. And as far as I am concerned, the proverbial saying holds firmly true – I am not losing a boyfriend but gaining a girlfriend.

All the best you two and heartfelt congratulations!! Here’s to the bestest new age couple I know, God bless!!

PS: Lambu, the currently high levels of the pH scale notwithstanding, you do know where to come when lower levels necessitate a temporary change in accommodation. Archi, how’s Betty – into depression or not yet?? J