Confusion Confusion

Our young friend Soumyadeep Tarafdar aka Deep had invited us to his birthday party last May .Yet for some unknown reason he cancelled his party and hence most of us ( Arja,Riju,Babai and me) were very much annoyed .You see we as our parents say , have become far too old to have birthday bashes and hence whenever someone invites us to a party we find our feet in seventh heaven .Thus , from time to time we would remind Deep that he had forgotten to give us his birthday treat and he would often assure us that he would invite us to his house very soon.

Last Sunday when we had finished playing a gruelling game of cricket (6 over shorthand, with me scoring 2 ducks) Arja suddenly got hold of Deep and locked him with his famous Arja Block .We suddenly remembered Deep's promise and Riju in true "Mastan"style said " Ei khavabi na mane?"Thus with his life-in jeopardy Deep invited us to his house on Tuesday at 12 pm. However he constantly reiterated that "Baritey na o thaktey pari ".

So we were quite confused on whether Deep was serious or not .Moreover when I gave him a call on Monday and said that we would be coming the next day he seemed totally off-guard for a second but later said that everything was as per schedule.

D-day started with me receiving a call from Riju with him saying "Baritey bollam je khete jaachi kintu tarpor keu na thakle case hoye jaabe."Babai too gave me a call and it was decided that we would all assemble at 12 pm and force Deep to give his treat in case he forgot.Things went as per plan and we decided that if Deep was not at home then we would go to some place nearby and have our lunch. Yet we were caught off-guard again .When both me and Arja stealthily neared Deep's main gate it seemed that no one was home but by God's grace Deep was at home and so was the great food which his mother had cooked for us .BOTTOMLINE ,IF YOU GET AN INVITATION TO A PARTY WITH THE HOST THREATENING TO PULL OUT, DONT WORRY,IT WORKED WELL FOR US AND WILL FOR YOU (No Guarantees however)

Bibaswan has launched his new team "Team Bibaswan" with the catchline being "You Never Walk Alone".Well good going man for we all hope that you never walk alone.And let me remind you that Gandhi was more popular among women than Dhoni, so dont cry over your lost locks.

Some time back Alpana Aunty asked me the kind of girl that Arja was fond of .I replied that he had no special preference but was always fond of girls with facial hair.She took it quite seriously so Z please dont kill me for this .

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