From our childhood days MOMO was interested in science. He was the one in our class-II who discovered the technology of battery light. We were astonished with his self-made gadget with two batteries, one torch bulb and complex network of wires. It was his old
Time to time he built different things and I was one of the privileged to attain his lunch time lectures on science. (Though later we came to know that the theories were not developed by him. Only he used to read some science magazines. It was very rare as we lived in a very remote town)
It was 1996-97 and we were in class VIII when the revolution came. He discovered the most important and useful material “Single use Invisible Ink” code named MAK (Magic Kaali. Kaali means ink in Bengali). The feature of the ink is it is invisible normally. It surfaces only if the paper is soaked in water. Most important if you soak it next time hardly anything is visible. (I will share the technique later).
MAK was an instant hit among us. We used to spend our whole day practicing. We were convinced about its enormous potential. Hidden messages, Chits (OOPS!), Secrets, even some considered it for their personal Dairies (That’s practically impossible as process is good for small texts). However MOMO had something bigger in his mind.
Here you need to know that there was a girl in our class but in other school. She was gorgeous and incidentally the first crush of many of us including MOMO. Her name was (actually is) HSBC or officially HanSika BhattaCharya. (Hey Hansika we are still friends ok). We knew her for almost for a year but none had any idea how to express their feeling. In a bright sunny day MOMO left his first love letter in her bag while we were writing notes in tuition class.
We along with MOMO waited for two weeks for any reaction. Nothing Happened. The year got over and we were promoted to new class. After vacations we came to know that Hansika’s father got transferred to
Only after we got into college he told me that he wrote a poem to HSBC in MAK. I asked then why do you think she had not replied. He said, “Actually I forgot to mention the process to read the letter and she was not aware of MAK. Also I had met her once before she left. She told me that she was very irritated to find some bunch of useless blank paper in her bag. She knew it was me who left it. And she forgave me because anyway she was leaving the place.” Then MOMO burst out in laughter and lectured, “Look I have learnt a very good thing from the incident (or accident). Never in your life complicate things when it can be done in a simpler way.”
N.B: Hansika those were not bunch of useless blank papers but were innocent feelings of many compiled by MOMO.
11 comments:
A comedy of errors ending with a sudden punch of moral. Impressive ending.
Will wait 4 more.
:) Poor MOMO. Can relate to it. This is what geeks land up with most of the time ;)
hey thats really so fascinating post...whenever i try to visualize MOMO and try to catch some thread of the character ...all my assumptions turn out wrong ...gr8 character sketch ..and keep writing ...
will be waiting for more
KYA KARE DIL MANGEY MORE ;P
thanks rim shekhar and sayani.
there is lot to say about MOMO. will try to organize thoughts and write better.
hi i had read ur last post also some time back.sorry didnt leave any comment.as ever u r funny. u sure make us laugh. is momo a character from life or a created one. he is emerging well.
Interesting... impressive reading..
Thanks for visiting my page, hope to see you around :)
Take care
Ha ha ha, made me laugh. by the way, momos are really one of my favourite foods...
thanks for visiting my blog..will drop in to have a laugh.
Lol!!! It's best to leave the secret letters to people like the five findouters ;)
Reminds me of this neat trick with orange juice and an iron box.. hmmm
*runs off to find a victim*
Hey danke for visitin' my blog.
hi You Are tagged ...for being a super comedian ...and a post full of life
hey grt 1 buddy..well put across with humor 2 add on..keep writin..
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