Day started as usual early in the morning by 07:00 am, for other it was too late to start a day but for me it was too early in the morning because I am still enjoying my childhood as I live with my parents. My dad shouted thrice to ask me to get ready for office and thrice I avoided his order because I had full confidence and experience that my dad would come to my bed personally and would alert me to get ready for office before it became too late to catch the train for surat as it had already became routine for them, and my dad did so. I reached to bathroom where already my towel and inner wear were hanging. I did not even take notice of those arrangement in bathroom for who arranged that for me knowing my mom would have already done so, when I was taking my bath my mom shouted "roj iske liye subha jaldi uthkar nashta banati hu aur ye roj aadha raasta chhodkar hi chala jata hai". I knew that today also I was either going to skip or to take a little bit breakfast in hurry to catch train to reach my office at Surat timely, and again my dad asked " Ghadi aur Mobile liye ya nahi". I answered from the gate of my home loudly "sab le liyaaaaaa". I picked up train from Ankleshwar and reached Surat at my office where my boss had already made his presence and indeed he was waiting for my entry into his chamber as mostly he used speaks with me during office hours and most of my office time I have been spending in his chamber with him. When I reported him my presence, he asked " aaj nashta kiya ke aajbhi bahar karega", I laughed and started my work. Half an hour later my mobile rang with "Mota Fruit" name displayed on it. I replied to Mota "assalalm alaykum" and mota said "walekum assalam shaikh sahab ratnagiri keri(mango) nahi khani is baar". I said khani hai magar tum yaad kahan karte ho muje, mota again said sahab dophar ko phone karta hu aapko thik hai, I said ok and disconnected phone.
For last nine years I never had my lunch alone while on duty because usually I always invite or bring any of my friend, colleague or subordinate to take lunch with me and for this I am well known in my group. Many of my close friends tell me that unnecessarily I am spending a lot of money in habit of inviting other peoples dailly in lunch, but I like this habit and have been enjoying this for last nine years.
Today afternoon I phoned my friend Munna Tiwari, who picked up my call and without any conversation laughed politely and asked "sahab aaj kahan chalna hai khana khane ko ?". I told him "tu aato ja pahele", In between I finished some of my official file work and asked my subordinate to bring back those files. Within ten minutes Munna Tiwari with whom I had telephonic conversation a while ago came with his bike at my office, he parked it and took entry into my chamber and said "chaliye sahab".
When we both were getting our selves out of the chamber of my office one of my subordinate told me "sahab, bahar ka achra kachra khakar kis Hospital me bharti hue ho bata dena hum log aa jayenge khabar lene ko aapki" we laughed altogether. My subordinate was right and surely right as this was his experience with me in past many times.
When we reached hotel, Munna asked "sahab kya mangvayenge", I said "aaj muje khane ki ichchha bilkul kam hai isliye jeera rice daal fry kha lunga bimar ki tarah". Munna was unhappy with this order and he forced me to change order but I had neither that much hunger nor I was feeling well to take lunch due to heavy acidity. I asked Munna to change the order for food on his wish, he read menu book for a minute and he also ordered jeera rice and daal fry. I asked Munna "arey tu kha jo tuje khana ho" but Munna replied nahi sahab garmi bahot hai aapka order sahi hai. I said Munna "dekh munna me bimar jesa hu isliye daal fry bola magar tu kuchh achchha mangva le", But Munna refused to take food other than jira rice and daal fry.
When lunch table was served with the order placed, I was in no situation to take lunch due to heavy acidity. I avoided lunch and asked Munna to complete his food. For him this was nothing new and he was well aware of my acidity history, he didnt even took care to ask why I was not taking my lunch. After finishing lunch we went to cash counter and Munna Tiwari asked for bill which I took away from his hand and paid for that. If Munna had paid bill than I would have returned him his cash on the way, and Munna knows this very well. On the way back to office I asked to Munna that "Munna tere ko kuchh dene ka baki to nahi he na, aur agar baki bhi ho to bhul jana". Munna laughd and we reached our office.
Again at office my suordinates told me "aavi gaya achro kachro khai ne", I replied "ha aavi gaya". But they had really no idea that I was still without food due to heavy acidity.
When Munna was in discussion with again my mobile rang displaying "Mota Fruit"s name, I picked up call, Mota Fruit asked "shaikh sahab me bahar hu Surat se, mera aadmi railway station pe khada hai agar aap uske pas jaoge to wo aapko market se meri dukan pe se ratnagiri keri ki peti dilwa dega". I told Mota Fruit that "arey mota abhi dhhoop me thak ke aaya hu aur ab bilkul himmat nahi teri keri lane ki aur khane ki". Mota Fruit said thik hai sahab me 10 minute me phone karta hu. Then I thought of Munna to ask him to go to market for me and bring Mangoes from Mota Fruit but I avoided as we had lunch together just minutes ago. Munna asked me in good faith "sahab me chala jata hu market me keri lene ko". I scolded him saying "sale terko bahot jaldi hai har kam me, tere ko mene bola jane ko ke hunshiyari marta hai, chupchap beth". Munna is my 10 year old friend and I can talk to him in all manners. After discussion of half an hour Munna went back to his work and I started my office work with self invited hunger.
After an hour i was really suffering heavy hunger so I asked one of my subordinate to come with me for snakes at near by restaurants, we reached there where I ordered masala dhosa, my subordinate was laughing at me as it was neither lunch nor supper time but I finished it satisfactory and we went back to office.
By 0430 pm Mota Fruit again called me on phone and asked my location, I told him I am at office. He said "sahab aadmi peti leke aa jayega office 10 minutes me". I replied OK. Within 20 minute a staff of Mota Fruit was at my office door with a large size wooden box of mango. I asked that man to bring that box back to railway station as by evening I was going back to Ankleshwar by train. Mota Fruit's staff reached to railway station in same auto in which he had came to my office earlier and called me to inform that he has already reached station and had kept wooden box of mangoes in custody of one of my subordinate who is posted at railway station.
When I reached railway station by 0630 pm a few minutes before arrival of scheduled train, I had again thought in my mind "ye peti ko kaun uthakar ac coach tak le jayega aur wo bhi engine se 4th dibba bilkul aage". Actually I was in search of a man who can pick up my box to ac coach as I was carrying my laptop bag and still I would have needed help if I was empty handed. I don't know why we want our work to be done by others when we are in power of controlling other subordinates and enjoying lots of privileges during that particular tenure.
My one of subordinate present nearby me understood my problem and shouted towards a person looking like a collie but was not in a dress of collie. That man who looked like collie brought my mango box to train's ac compartment and the same box was deloaded at Ankleshwar station by some unknown labor brought to my service by another subordinate who was posted at Ankleshwar.
At present all my family members are enjoying test Ratnagiri Mangoes at late night.
Lekin jab mene pure din ka hisab lagaya to muje yeh ratnagiri keri me kadvash lagne lagi kyun ki is keri ko ghar tak late late kai majdooro ka hak chhina hai mene aisa muje mehsus ho raha hai abhi ratko uski vajah bas itni hai ke ISLAM KE USULO KE MUTABIK """"MAJDUR KA PASINA SUKNE SE PAHELE UNKI MAJDURI MIL JANI CHAHIYE""""""" jo kahi na kahi me dena chuk gaya aaj apni sahabgiri ke guroor me.
Insa allah kal hak ada kaunga un majduro ka aur fir dekhenge asli mithash kya hoti hai.
By - I I SHAIKH
