Sunday, December 16, 2012

A bunch of househusbands

(A long time ahead,in a galaxy far far away.......at a tea party at Yaaadit place on a Sunday afternoon four househusbands gather.Yaadit, Ragas, Rekry and Farath)

Yaadit: Hello lads..did u hear the latest news
Ragas: Wats that Yaadit? Don't tell me Sincy is again started mumbling to herself.
Yaadit: Ragas...its not that and she is just started...forget it. I know where u will take this.The point is they are finally "Nar Mukti Morcha" has approved  the case of househusbands
(Everybody jumps up and starts dancing..)
Rekry: Finally..finally salvation for us men. No more exploitation from these women..Give our freedom back..Down with Nari's
Farath(yawns): Lets see till where it goes..these ladies aren't going to give us our freedom back..u can forget about it. We ourselves signed the 50-50 accord  and look where it landed us. The whole society is turned upside down...Our forefathers should have had vision. No one could have foretold that these ladies would sue us all men in one second for damages done to them for generations..how the hell am I to pay against my elder generations              crimes. 
(The joyous mood turns gloomy as Farath's introspection hits home...Sunday is much bleaker suddenly. Yaadit..not to be turned down)
Yaadit: More news..Wari's daughter was spotted with Ragas's son
(This news catches Ragas when he was about to sip his tea..and he chortles on his tea with eyes wide apart as if somebody just punched his midriff)
Ragas: Oh those 2 ..that Wari's and Babiya's daughters..those pests..they keep on hooting on guys in the neighbourhood.They have turned the whole mohalla in
      shame. I will not bring this ignimony to my house. What will his mother say?
Rekry: Heard that Wari's daughter carries a gun!
Farath: Rekry..really ! Man where is this equality thing going...U know what that Babiya's daughter calls herself.....
Ragas: No...But It is going to be another wild thing I know?
Farath: She calls herself "Lioness 2"...and heads the "Men Tresspassers will be prosecuted"...an incarnation of Devil....
Yaadit: Yeah..we didn't even leave the Devil..even he has to be a lady according to the newly modified accord..
Farath: Yeah..read it...But this is just pressure from these organizations..they modified the accord to include female Gods..and every religion had to follow Smart move I say..that took everything upside down. With the religion coming under the preview of the 50-50 accord, the patriarchy toppled to give away to
a forced matrilineal society but with men coming under a special guiding clause.The luminaries of the movement from the women side...Dukus, Harit, Hena, Riatna, Yagu..thought well and long
(At this point Rekry's geek son arrives crying in a soiled shirt..Rekry almost forgot that he had bought him to the party)
Rekry's son: Papa..see no that Kari (wari's daughter) threw mud on me
Rekry: Don't cry baby..we will take ur mom and go to meet Wari. She should have her daughter in control. 
Ragas: (laughs aloud) And Rekry u think that will solve things..Remember last time u and Wari's husband ended up calling bad words to each other which were never heard in the annals of mohalla and of the country...(Winks at the rest of the househusbands to join)
(Everybody joins the fun and starts laughing. Rekry sits down ..pink faced as the whole incident appears. Apparently, these kids had made a video of the incident and posted in on MyTube. It was the most viewed video of that year)
Rekry: RAgas..u should take care of ur own ordeal..ur son was spotted with them..next time it will be similar for u..maybe more harmful. 
(Finally..Rekry gets the audience with this retort)
Farath: Rekry has a point...all of our only sons are of the same age and go to same school as these girls. And if they flunk one more year.....
Yaadit: they will be in the same class as our sons...I don't wan them to be together..God save us then!
Ragas: Yaadit..ur son is damn talented! I don't think these girls will be a match for him...
Farath: I am more worried about Ragas son....he seems to like them. I am sure they will take him to their wild parties and night outs!
Rekry: We have trouble controlling their mothers..and now their daughters are a step ahead of them....Let the male god save our sons!
Yaadit: Yah...such bad things. Shucks for things of what we do for these ladies inside the house and inside the bedroom...
Ragas: Rekry..heard your father-in-law is visiting you?
Rekry: Yah..I am having a night mare already. He is a stickler for cleanliness..the whole family is like that. How am I supposed to control a fussy in law, a military mom and geeky son...God save me..
Ragas: Is he still blaming u for your decision of only having a son and not a daughter or for that matter a single child....
Rekry: That never stops...its just going to get worse now with her father pestering the mother for another child . I will not be able to manage another child..
Farath: But, biologically its always the mother who will have the child...the 50-50 accord does not allow genetic mutilation and the nature's process should be followed. Thats punishable crime of the state.
Rekry: yes of course..i don't have to go through that process which was a miserable prototype experiment. Men were never made by nature to carry kids...there was no sense in trying that experiment....the results were shocking...Mishaq..sucha  good photographer..lost his mental balance after that....
Yaadit: So now we have a force equality and a matrilineal society...Wonder what happened to good old love....?
Ragas: thats on its way out..it was such a great fashion to fall in love....write about it..sing about it...
Farath: I remember my first blogs for her..I was so surrounded by ladies all the time..and the 50-50 accord changed everything
(Mist gathers in the eyes of the househusbands..each dwelling on the harsh reality of love...the times long gone)
The bell chimes to 4 and a Diwali bomb explodes in Yaadits lawn. The power of the bomb breaks all the panes of the window and nearly causes the TV to fall..
Yaadit(Rushing outside): Who the hell was that?wari..u..u..come back..i m going to ....
(Kari and her female friends are lost calling names in a gallop)
Yaadit: I am going to register a police complaint...against these pests
Farath: Whats the point...the police will be always soft towards the girls...they just have had their complete freedom in a thousand years..if u file a police case to the lady inspector down there...u r going to be returning empty handed..
Rekry: Ok..everybody time for me to go..I have to prepare a lot for my in laws arrival..don't want to give them any small points to hanker over...
Ragas: K lads ..see u next time with more masala news..But do read the Nar Mukti Morcha bulettin with the details of the cause for househusbands
Farath: And a toast to the host of today Yaadit
Yaadit(still fuming): Ill get those rogues....Wait...u..u...(starts mumbling)
Ragas: So the habit has caught on to you..
Farath: Call it a day Ragas..Bye Yaadit

(Everybody leaves)

End of scene.
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(Story motivated by an article in Times of India regarding househusbands. Please bear with me for my idiosyncracies and navity.If I hurt somebody..apologies)

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