I miss your madness Sravana Kumara!

"I miss your madness Sravana Kumara!"

Anil posted this on my wall.Where did I lose my madness?

There were times when me and my roomie in Bangalore had formed a 'Madiwala mallika Sherawat Fan Association' and practiced 'Tai Chi' at the oddest of hours(preferably at 2:00am, on the rooftop)! That was when my madness probably peaked! We wrote each other such idiotic mails that the Congress Party is AP would look like the most disciplined of associations. Such limericks and ideas were born that would Lewis Carroll stir in his grave!

There was the 'Bammagaru' madness when one of us would scream a shrill 'Bammagaru',at oddest of hours again and we would be ROFL!It was hilarious, a Bammagaru scream would usually be followed by many more Bammagaru screams that went shriller and shriller drowning in the cackles!Bammagaru!!!

That was also when we broke free on a beach in tiny Vettuvanganni. The madness continued well into the night till we almost had no clue about how we would reach Chennai. We did reach Chennai in wet clothes and frizziest hair,dirtiest pants and beach sand in all folds(all!) and as if to lighten the madness we dined at some super-hep place and caused at least 1500 head turnings!

Now head-turnings!

My neck has frozen,it refuses to turn. Its been over a month and no one seems to know the cause! But now that I realize that I have lost my madness, which was obviously 'light' on my head and substituted it with heavier 'wisdom',it all seems to make sense!

My head is full of wisdom(not mine,lots of borrowed wisdom!). Last week at the Orator's Club I ended my short speech on 'Self-Deception' quoting Oscar Wilde!My 3 minute oration started in the Mahabharata and ended with Oscar Wilde touching upon Global Warming and the disputable divinity of Krishna.

I have also realized I am no longer titillated by music in the myriad ways that I was earlier. I enjoy the repetitive noise of Arya-2 , 'Shiva Shambho'(adhurs) and Sheila Ki Jawani have trumped all the melody of Guzaarish!

Also! I tried cooking about a week ago. I tried making the famous Hyderabadi 'Double ka meetha' with disastrous results. The garden is a mess and the caterpillars that I allowed to grow on the Drumsticks are invading our garden!It rains caterpillars all day, the other day, I 'bagon'-sprayed them and fell nauseous. I doubt if even 1 caterpillar was killed.

Our garden yielded 2 tomatoes as opposed to the 100 gm of wheat that grew last year! I sowed paddy but failed to save 1 sapling! My marigolds refuse to bloom even after they are 3 foot tall! The little cacti has a bud that will not bloom!I am wondering if it is a tumor and not a bud!

I do not understand. The whole world seems to have no interest in my madnesses! What after Tim Burton ruined 'Alice in Wonderland'?Is madness going to the dogs?

I am hoping the orthopedic that I will see in 30 mins will have tips to lighten my head apart from some to strengthen my neck. I hope my name-forgetting illness is cured as a side-affect.(I can remember the Drs. intials as YD and not the name!)

Did I tell you about Avil, the sleeping pill?

When Massio and myself had sleeping trouble in college we liberally doped on Avil. So side-effects aren't always bad. That is enough sidey-ness for today!

See you in some other mood!Oops!If you happen to be less than 18 years of age, I hope you wouldn't practice what I didn't preach.