Upcoming 28th

Ohhh yes.. His birthday is coming up - so an ideal topic for my very overdue Bro Hardy and his dumb ex-girlfriend Anupamaa.

Annupama... wait a minute.. are you serious.. what kind of name is this. Seriously bro you gotta think on this issue. No not the girl I mean, I am talking about the name. In our great country, I have heard names like Anu and also as Pama... but Anupamaa.... Please gimme a break.. Anyways personal choice  

I remember the days in college when my Bro used to hang around with this super dumb girl.. Now when I say "Super Dumb" you might think I am too shrewd . But I recollect their conversation from college days.

Hardy: Hey Anpammy (this is what he used to call her.. It's sick right? ). A puzzle. What is that you put in your coffee.
Anpammy: A spoon! Your hands! Your face!
Hardy: (Hint) It's white.
Anpammy: Paper! Snow! A ghost!
Hardy: (Another hint) It's heavier than milk.
Anpammy: A rock! A dog! The earth!
Hardy: Okay.. Pass.. Just forget it !!!

Hardy had a hard time throughout his life without choices. Life is never about choices !!! I wonder who said, "Life is full of choices".. and the one who did, should probably re-think on this. Let me explain you from beginning, "The End of Freedom", the freedom of choice when it was taken away.

The only simple wish Hardy had was to be born as a girl. So that she can have guys asking her for a date. But he was born as a boy and is now asking girls for atleast a single date.

Then the naming ceremony happened. Now you wont understand how bad he feels deep inside when we friendz call him Bhalu, Petu or Motu. Guess what he would have felt if he was named with some unique name like "Surendranath Annappaa Rajan". Now I know why the naming ceremony happens when the child is sleeping. If my parents would have named me like Surendranath or Annappa or Rajan, I would have walked out straight from the room and would have never returned. He still thanks God for not been named something horrible.

When Hardy's hormones started flowing, school teacher did not let him sit near to Dipti Jairaman - A punjabi babe which later got admitted to A.C. Patil's electrical department.

Neither was Hardy anyday willing to go to school, as school never had good looking class teachers. Hardy's passion for aunties was always consistent and he was always disappointed with some 55 year old man always soaked in History and Civics... but civic sense he had none. Whenever Hardy set his eye on some nice girl, his teacher used to scold him.

It got worst in college. He had no choice but to join A.C.Patil college which theoretically was under Mumbai University but all four/five years it seemed to be a Patil's University. All professors are with last name Patil. They taught nothing much but expected a lot. I wish someday engineering colleges understand that not all can be like Newton…if an apple falls, just eat it and do not end up calculating the Gravitational Forces.

More older you get, lesser the choice you are left with. Take for example, Hardy would have no option in his marriage decision. Once upon a time after the college ended, he fell in love with a girl whose name started with "S...".. Now whenever she decides to marry him, there would be practically NO choice he will be left with.(that he could put in use.) He won't be able to see the choices available to him   (P.S: Someone is going to kill me. So keep calling me for next 1 week to make sure I am alive )

But anyways, Hardy forgetting the crises of choices, for your upcoming 28th birthday, I would say:

You still drink scotch in a cup.
Then You refuse to catch up.
Happy birthday dear brother, you’re old,
Though you’re older than I, truth should be told.
As a sibling, you are better than gold.

Happy Birthday Dude.