Nirenjan’s Space

… of the Blogger’s meet which was held on Saturday eve. Like the good boy that I am, I reached the place at about 6.15 and saw that our man Vijay had been following me. Me being stone deaf, I didn’t hear him calling me until I had almost reached the “landmark”. Turned out that he had been waiting for almost an hour. Anyway after the usual pleasantries, I called up curses (who apparently was hogging on Ferrero Rochers with Ferrari & Praveen). And curses in his usual style said they were at the famed Planet Yumm and would be there in a few minutes. Vijay & I kept chatting for a while until they came and Ferrari saar insisted on taking a couple of long distance shots of us.

Kartik & Joshy soon joined us. Kartik, ever the “charmer”, was still upset at the report of the first meet. Soon, Two Penny - also known as TP - joined us. Since TP wishes to remain anonymous… Also among the usual suspects were Ravages and Pleomorphous. Morphie did not reveal his true identity throughout the meet. Some kinda secret agent probably… Among the other newcomers were The Optimist - Murali and Lean Dude who looked like he hadn’t had a haircut since he was born. Sorely missed was our thalaivar S.K. who even asked for directions but didn’t turn up.

The meet started as usual with Kartik wanting an intro about everybody and how they got into blogging. The oldies (Ravages, Morphie & me) were fairly tired of this old routine and wanted something different, but Kartik got his way (or so it seemed). There were the usual talks with our controversial topics, what we wouldn’t blog about, etc., etc., zzzzz… Then there was the occasional encounter with the jakkamma, pani puri guy and sundal vendors. Not to mention our fair share of beggars, who were shooed away, though they always returned, and in greater numbers.

Sophia and Sangeeta called in. Ethereal (or should I say virtual) presence was better than nothing I suppose. Anyway, they wanted to say Hi to everybody. No prizes for guessing who shouted Hi the loudest.

Finally, our celeb journo called in. Turned out that she was waiting near the Baskin & Robbins store. Ramya Madam - no report in paper???

After catching up with Ramya, Vijay, Kartik & Joshy beat a hasty retreat (if you could call it that) and the rest of us made tracks to the nearest bajji stall. Molaga bajjis all around. (Not to mention Vaazhakka, Uralaikizhangu, Vengaayam and Cauliflower). Dripping in oil and smothered in chutney, these bajjis tasted like manna to us folks. (Seri over build up vaendaam). Curses was silent and every word he spoke was a miracle. Seemed that he was attempting to message one of his many girlfriends on the sly. Praveen was equally silent. Probably those two were contemplating how to snick the remaining Ferrero Rochers from Ferrari (if he had any left after the first round).

After the usual 2 (and sometimes more) rounds of bajji gobbling and photo snapping, we had to disperse. Nalla bajji saaptaacha, ippo thoonganum baa. Wogay, guddu nait…

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