Chapter 8
A Priceless Discovery
We walked over to the ‘Hire a Cab ‘counter. “Where do you wanna go?” I asked her. “Palakad” she replied. “Palakad it is!” Saying this I walked over to the counter. “How much to Palakad?” I asked. “The answer given shocked me just as the Ahmedabad earthquake shocked the people of Gujarat.
“560 rupees only, sir.”
“You must be out of your mind.” With these final words I left the airport in search of an auto. Then I suddenly thought of Megan. What will she think of me now? As if she could read my mind, she came beside me and said, “Even I would have taken an auto.”
We got an auto fairly quickly coz Megan was hot. We got into the auto and started our journey.
We had traveled for about 25 minutes, when I heard a familiar but unrecognizable sound. The more we traveled the louder it got. Then suddenly at one moment, I screamed, “Vandi Nirthada Patti!” (Which means stop the vehicle, dog!)
The driver stopped abruptly, amazed at my outburst. I got out from the auto to investigate the sound. It sounded like someone was singing ‘Mast Kalandar’. I thought to myself, “Only one person sings Mast Kalandar in the middle of the night, in this voice.” Was it……. I reached the corner and glanced at the beggar. He held a small purse and his hair was pulled back.
“Kailash Kher….”, I asked with doubt.
“ Adam mere beta!!! Kese ho aap?”, he screamed and hugged me.
“Get off me! You stink, bitch!” It didn’t matter coz he didn’t understand English.
You must be wonderin how I know him. Actually I was the lead guitarist in Kurkure Desi Beats Rock On’s winning band and also the only reason why we won the Be Heard concert.
“ To hal-val kese hai?” he asked. “ Sab teek-tak hai.”, I replied.
“ Aap kese yaha pahunche? ( How did you get here?)
“ Ha….long story hai. Mujhe Rock On se kick off kiya, Nikhil Chinappa ke saath. To bahuth problems ho
( Yeah, long story. I got kicked off from rock on along with Nikhil Chinappa. Many problems, and now I live in a small house with nikhil.)
“Nikhil khan he?” ( Where’s Nikhil?” )
“ Vo ither he chain. Nikhil darling, jaldi aao, koi hai.” ( He’s here. Nikhil darling, Come fast, there someone.)
Nikhil came running and when he saw me he said, “Adam, dude, what a long time?”
“ Yeah, good for me.”
He said, “ U look like a C- Grade actor trying to be a rock star.”
I replied, “ We all are actors, all rockstars.”
He said, “ That is the most bakwas statement I’ve ever heard in my life.”
I replied, “ Fuck you dude, you live with Kailash!”
I left them alone to do whatever they wanted to. I praised myself for completing my mission. I climbed into the auto and took out something. This will keep us enjoying our lives for the next few weeks.
The purple object shined in the moonlight.
Yes, It was Kailash-Ji’s purse.
