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Chheenkna Mana Hai

It was an innocuous little sneeze.

Just below my house, while walking towards the car, a tingle in the mucous membranes within the nasal confines brought out a noisy spurt. Just a measly little chheenk. Yet, when I looked up, I could see time frozen. The doodhwala-shop owner glared in disdain; the lady across the road gasped and pulled her pallu over her nose; the children crossing my path rapidly steered away; and an autorickshaw-wallah, idling around, speeded off.

I looked at them apologetically, but their collective stares were dirtier than what the swines love to roll in.

Just a measly little chheenk. And such a huge reaction. Sigh…indeed, times are bad. I promised not to sneeze again, not in public, not on the roads, till the time this whole swine flu (or H1N1, as the scientists have formally named it) scare blows away.

Oh, with due respects to RGV, for the title of this teeny-weeny post. (I hope RGV takes a clue, and makes a watchable film on this ‘known terror’ than inflicting the audience with agyaat ones. I have already provided him with a title).

14 Comments on “Chheenkna Mana Hai

  1. hey…you are back with what you are good at….thank God for it…actually i thank swine flu :)) had it not been there all over the place, you wudnt hv been back i guess…:))

  2. hey…you are back with what you are good at….thank God for it…actually i thank swine flu :)) had it not been there all over the place, you wudnt hv been back i guess…:))

  3. hey…you are back with what you are good at….thank God for it…actually i thank swine flu :)) had it not been there all over the place, you wudnt hv been back i guess…:))

  4. hey…you are back with what you are good at….thank God for it…actually i thank swine flu :)) had it not been there all over the place, you wudnt hv been back i guess…:))

  5. hey…you are back with what you are good at….thank God for it…actually i thank swine flu :)) had it not been there all over the place, you wudnt hv been back i guess…:))

  6. hey…i cudnt resist my joy when i read your post after a long time…that too i am the first person to read i guess…so out of sheer joy, i think i pressed the “submit comment” button 5 times….sorry 🙂 do keep writing yar

  7. So good to see you write!! Yea it’s crazy what I’m hearing about the swine flu…… What have you be upto?? And I will shamelessly ask – ye sweety kaun hai? Koi naya patra lagta hai ya fir koi purana with a new name hai ?

  8. LOL. Yeah, one should be extra careful in maintaining hygiene these days and the whole ‘Swine flu’ matter is surely not to be treated lightly, but one shouldnt overdo things! What U saw around U when U sneezed was the overreaction(mechanically following govt’s instructions):)

    Lekin ab toh its coming under control na, toh ab cheenk sakte ho bindaas 😉

  9. good to see you back. Though it is an over-reaction, 2 people I know had H1N1 so one really can’t be too careful.

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