A funny little photo - Bhagavad Ajjukam
Some time ago we did a play at the Chinmaya Heritage Centre, Chetpet, for the Dean Foundation. It was for World Hospice and Palliative Care. There were a bunch of other colleges who did some other stuff too, though we managed to watch only one of them go at it, the WCC girls with their A cappella band which was pretty good. It was fun, though a little confusing. I don’t think the play was meant to be done under lights, with mics and all. Not too bad, though it could have been nicer with more than the 9 days we had. The funniest part was Pipe’s ramblings in Sanskrit whenever he forgot his lines, plain hilarious. Aadi and Varma were hilarious too, the little kids loved Aadi’s Yama’s Messenger act! Anyway, yeah, I could go on about everyone but what made me think of this was that today Sundar (our mridangam dude, totally expert, him and Arundhathi, go see their shows sometime), yeah so Sundar, he tells me that we showed on some local Tamil channel. Yay! If I’d known we were on TV, I would have had “HI MOM!” painted on my chest. Nah, I wouldn’t have, but I would’ve liked to. Here’s a little photo of the show which I managed to get out of the Indian Express (October 10, City Express):
So anyway, after our show, this dude Cary was picking out the winners for the raffle with us MCC crowd making a ruckus in the corner over every win. I nearly managed to fool everyone into thinking I was a girl named Amrita and after accepting my prize and giving my acceptance speech I was ready to go back to my seat but the real Amrita’s friends landed up and pinched my rightful prize. Ah well, next time, next time…
Oh and they gave us surplus women’s talcum powder, those nice folks. I liked the abundance of ‘refreshments’ better though. Very hospitable folks. Real hospitable folks.
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Amrita, o Amrita…
Wherefore art thou Amrita…
I loved the way we caused havoc when that Cary guy called out the names… So hilarious…
Till that band appeared and we just ran out of the hall as noisily as we could :D
Comment by Isha — November 2, 2007 @ 2:51 am
You MCC people are a threat to the country, I say.
Comment by Marc — November 2, 2007 @ 1:39 pm
Isha: Ha ha, yeah, totally. But he was a sport, you’ve got to give him that.
Marc: Why the country? Think big!
Comment by roshan.george — November 2, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
What else could he do? :D He had to deal with us! (you, in particular…)
Oh no, we MCCians aren’t that…bad. We’re simply adorable *cough*
Comment by Isha — November 2, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
Ha ha ha, well, there was that bit where he promised a prize and never gave any. I want my prize. I have been cheated, adorable or not.
Comment by roshan.george — November 2, 2007 @ 3:27 pm
Find his number and address. Terrorise him.
If you need any assistance, please, I’m at your service!
*unpacks her hairstraightener*
Comment by Isha — November 2, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
Uh-oh, I can hear voices in my head telling me, “No, don’t do it. In her lust for blood she’ll turn on you when her task is done.” I think I’ll listen to them this time.
Comment by roshan.george — November 2, 2007 @ 4:19 pm
Hehehe… No I won’t. I’m not that cruel to my friends.
Worry not, Amrita. I’m not that blood lusty anymore.
(Had my fill here in Deutschland :D)
Comment by Isha — November 2, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
That sounds awful! Seriously, it has this vampiric feel to it.
Comment by roshan.george — November 2, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
Did you see the wonderful blood lusty pic of me and Gitanjali? THAT was vampiric.
We edited one of our weird pictures and made it all evil. Sadly we were told we looked better in the manipulation than in real life… Sigh.
Comment by Isha — November 2, 2007 @ 5:13 pm
Ha ha ha, hilarious. You can’t expect anything else, that’s the price you pay for hanging with this bunch.
Comment by roshan.george — November 2, 2007 @ 6:52 pm
Hmmm, should I link to pictures of George?
Comment by Marc — November 3, 2007 @ 7:28 pm
Oh no, not you and your funny pictures. It doesn’t matter, they’ve seen me when I’ve been blown out of my mind. Just not when I’ve got a gollum haircut.
Comment by George — November 4, 2007 @ 12:17 am
Oh… There must be something to those pictures…
Marc, please do show us some :D
Comment by Isha — November 4, 2007 @ 1:51 am
Nothing to them. They’re boring, that’s all. Real boring. Wouldn’t want people to be bored.
Comment by George — November 4, 2007 @ 1:57 am
Yeah, right!
I wanna see those pics! :P
Comment by Isha — November 4, 2007 @ 3:47 am
No, honest. You don’t.
Comment by roshan.george — November 4, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
What will you give me to withhold such damning material, George?
Comment by Marc — November 4, 2007 @ 4:39 pm
Respect. No man would ask for anything more.
Comment by roshan.george — November 4, 2007 @ 4:47 pm
Hey! This isn’t fair…
So typical for you guys (and Grumble Bunnies). Suddenly change your mind and all. Sigh.
Comment by Isha — November 4, 2007 @ 5:20 pm
Oh, that’s because guys can objectively determine what the right course of action is, and then proceed along those lines. Now girls…
Comment by roshan.george — November 4, 2007 @ 5:34 pm
*bursts out into uncontrollable laughter*
Good Lord, Amrita, your humour is wonderful. Hilaríous!
Comment by Isha — November 4, 2007 @ 5:42 pm
That was below the belt!! No pulling Amrita out into the limelight now. Unfair.
Comment by roshan.george — November 4, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
Hehehe… I’m sorry. I just had this funny urge to write that name again. But I must admit, it does suit you very well.
Comment by Isha — November 4, 2007 @ 6:00 pm
Nonsense! What is this defamation business, it most certainly does not suit me well. Poppycock, bollocks and all that.
Comment by roshan.george — November 4, 2007 @ 6:29 pm
Seems we have upset Amrita. There there, Amrita.
Comment by Marc — November 4, 2007 @ 11:41 pm
I knew you should never have found out about that. I knew it.
Comment by roshan.george — November 5, 2007 @ 12:50 am
Awww, Amrita. Don’t be shy!
And we’d love to see those pictures!
Comment by Gitanjali — November 8, 2007 @ 4:55 pm
I’m not being shy, I’m just asserting my true self, not some opposite sex alter ego!
Comment by roshan.george — November 8, 2007 @ 6:14 pm