I watched Zee’s original show on ZEE5 titled Life Sahi Hai 2 recently. So anyway, coming to the point of this rambling… Never mind A’s reaction when I returned after an hour. Grabbed my BFF from across the road and we made off with it. Around 10 that night, I had the most joyful spin on it. One day, when I took him dinner–I sneaked the keys out. I ended up accomplishing it far sooner than I had imagined when he broke his leg. I still remember how I had made it my life’s mission to take off for a ride with A’s motorbike because he was so mule-headed about not letting anyone use it. The three were so different from one another, yet had great chemistry. Mom was a loving sounding board for their perceived problems and we had fun. We went out together as a “gang” quite often, watched movies…and as was customary those days, they were ready to help in an emergency that could be anything from a packet of washing soap to finding my whereabouts when I was late returning home. They adored my Mom who was a great cook and very, very hospitable. So these guys and I got friendly, probably because we all spoke Tamil in a Telugu-speaking city. You can tell I peeked into memory lane, can’t you? A and B had jobs while C was a student. B was a good cook, sang well and was easygoing. A was rather reserved, had a steady girlfriend and a motorbike and was very possessive about both. There were three guys who lived in one of the 2BHKs in the building opposite ours, with a floating population, because naturally visiting friends stayed over. I put them in quotes because, obviously, they were the talk of the colony. There was this family with four kids (and growing) that was a delight to hang out with this elderly couple with an empty nest who was sweet to everyone a noisy family with grown up kids who provided entertainment…and of course, “The Bachelors”. Decades ago, we lived in an eclectic neighborhood.
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