Bhagto Mee..

Lately there had been a series of instances that were leading to making my married life a 'harried' life. And that was not how I intended it to continue. The missus had given me an ultimatum - and those of you that are married will surely understand my trepidation and also my need to fortify myself with a 'neat large' and the deliberations on the next course of action.

The following day was a Sunday - I met Salvi, who, at that time, was still a paid employee of Madhupushpa Group. Salvi, in his prompt manner - assured me using all the right phrases and deftly passed the buck to the site engineer Kulkarni.

In one of my past lives, I had the misfortune to come across a person by the moniker Santosh (absolutely whose Santosh was being looked at is a deeper question here). This a-Santosh was the site engineer of one of my apartments from my previous lives. 

Prior to meeting Kulkarni - I thought in gleeful deprivity - that when the world ends, Santosh, being the worst site engineer, his end would be prolonged, painful as he agonizingly searches his innards for deliverance, by the good Lord Almighty.

God - it seems has an even blackker (if such a word should exist) sense of humour - he introduced me to Kulkarni and his 'chela' (I am certain of this chela being the incarnate of Murphy - who strikes everywhere - pun intended) a guy who consumed alcohol as an old HM Standard 1000 guzzles fuel for every task. 

Thanks to this Ku-karni and Murphy, I got introduced to the new lexicon in procrastination as they innundated, stymied and buried me under their constant stream of 'Bhagto mee..' for any requests.

I am sure if any one asked Murphy who his father was, he would say 'Bhagto mee..' while not stopping in swigging away..

Over the years, 'Bhagto mee' has become the procrastination tool and a defining characteristic of this special Punekar species. 

Unfortunately, this doesn't end here..

There is yet another species, the exalted Supremos, who use 'Barra.....'(as in OK), 'Hoy Hoy...'(as in Yes Yes), 'Karu Aapan' (let's do it) all accompanied with a gentle bobbing of the head, as if to empathise and sympathise with, for immediate action, only to later shamelessly delegate to the 'Bhagto mee..' species.