Kamine(e)

It is a story of a guy who got admission in one of the premier technical institutes in India with the help of his determination and hard work. Within only a few days of his college life, he had several friends in the college. He was even getting good response from his professors too. The college could have been a heaven for him if he could also had achieved the attention of the girl students. The lack of attention from girls might be attributed to his attire and the language, for which he must not be blamed totally as it could be just only because he hailed from a small village – ‘REWA (M.P.)’. The guy’s name was CHHADAMI and his friends at the college nicked him as ‘CHHADDU’.

One day, after a class was over, a girl called Chhadami from behind. It was the first time in the college that he heard his name uttered by a girl. As soon as the name reached his eardrums, a current surged through his body. He was stunned by a sudden cold breeze. The girl came to Chhadami and said, “You were really good in today’s class.” Instead of replying, Chhadami kept standing in stunned silence.

It was after a minute or two that Chhadami replied, “Thank you.”
As the girl wanted to continue the conversation, she asked, “May I ask where are you from?”.
“I am from……” Bharat ko to english mein India kehte hain but saala Rewa ko english mein kya kehte hain…. yeh to mujhe kisi ne bataya hi nahin.” (Chhadami gave it a thought)
After a minute, he continued, “from….ladies first.”
“Ladies first?? I did not get you.” the girl replied.
“I mean, first you tell – Where are you from?”
“Ohh, I am from Mumbai”, the girl replied.
“And I am from Rewa-bai”, Chhadami quickly replied.
The girl chuckled. “How funny you are. I think, that’s why your friend nicked you with such a funny name -‘Chhaddu’. By the way, if you don’t mind, I came to you to say that your slippers have worn out.”
Suddenly, the cold breeze turned hot.
“Ohh, this is…. (‘Aaj kal’ ko english mein kya bolenge….kya bolenge)….. today’s and tomorrow’s fashion.” Chhadami replied back with a red face.

Many a times, Chhadami was told by his male friends about his slippers but he ignored them. But since this time, it was pointed by a girl, he had to take it seriously.

On the very next day, Chhadami went to a mall to buy a new pair of slippers for him. He tried many pairs out there but since he wished to buy the BEST, he was not going to stop just after seeing only a few dozen pairs of slippers. His frustration level was increasing with every pair of slippers he saw. It was getting very difficult for him to select the best. Finally, it was a pair of slippers with images of different beautiful flowers on it, which drew Chhadami’s attention. He was fascinated by it’s looks. As he was trying out the pair, he observed from the corner of his eyes that two girls were looking at him.

‘Yehi to hai woh joda, jiski talash mujhe subah se thi. Jab yeh donon pagal ho rakhi hain, in chhaplon ko dekh kar, to pata nahin uska kya hoga…..‘, he chuckled.

“Ab jab woh mere peron (feet) ki taraf dekhegi, to kahegi … KYA CHHAPAL LI HAI CHHADDU!!..“, Chhadami kept mumbling on his way to college.

Next day, after a class was over, Chhadami stood at the gate so that the girl could notice his slippers while coming out of the class. As the girl passed by, she chuckled. He was ecstatic on seeing such a beautiful smile on her face. Once again, a cold breeze started blowing for Chhadami and this time, it was accompanied by a romantic song as well.

“Chahe tum kuch na kaho…. maine sun liya.
Ke saathi pyar ka…. mujhe chun liya
chun liya…… Maine sun liya………
Pehla Nasha, Pehla Khumar….”

It was only then, the song paused and the cold breeze turned hot, when one of his batch-mate came to him and said –




“Chhaddu – Yeh Ladies Slippers hain!!”

P.S. 1 – Song of the day: Dhan Te Nan… Tan na na
P.S. 2 – All characters and events in the post are purely fictitious. Any resemblance with either dead or alive is purely coincidental.