... BAAKI MERE PEECHE

It is not necessary that the day that starts with your foul mood should end in a similar way!

I was in such a foul mood this morning, that I was determined to throw myself out of it, before the donkey brayed!

So, the first thing I did was: pay tribute my good-old friend Mulla and his darling donkey.  Yes, how, one morning, he had overcome his own foul mood, I remembered that story… and, I decided to pay homage to my never-say-die friend in my morning post. 

He had pointed to the ‘centre of the Earth’…. Right under the right foot of his sweet ass! To pour more stink on Mulla’s foul mood, an extra-smart bumpkin had asked him, “Hey Mulla, can you show me where the centre of Earth is?”

After sending that post, I had felt a lot better. A lot liberated, in fact! Many got back to me to tell that it had ‘donkeyed’ away their foul mood, as well. One of them was my dear, dear friend and a well-wisher, Shri Uday Acharyaji. Just Uday, to me. He wrote: 

“So, Gerry, you now have a huge fan following!”

I did not wait to reply:

“Uday sir, hope, it is not the kind Israni had in ‘Sholay’… “Aadhe Udayji ke peeche… aadhe Anupam (his handsome, young nephew) ke peeche… baaki mere peeche!”

The message had already gone with that ‘Israni’ in it! Before Uday could yell out, “Ye Israni kaun hai, mere bhai?”, I sent the correction:

“Sorry, that Angrezon ke zamaae ke jailer – Asrani!”

 So much… as far as my fan-following goes!

Yes, “…Baaki mere peeche!”

Love you Uday… Love you Mulla… Love you all.

I hope, your mood doesn’t stink, any longer! 


Mine doesn’t. 


And yes, I also hope, 


you will find ‘the centre of your Earth’, 


there – right under your ‘right’ foot!

“Chill, sir,” a college kid had pepped me up this morning, when she had sensed my foul mood. 

The Sun is about to set, and the donkey has already brayed… I am already out of its reach… Yes, I have already told you!

GERALD D’CUNHA

Pic.:Vijay Patrick D'Silva