Disclaimer- I've been getting a lot of messages and emails regarding this post and how there is dissatisfaction at my vermin. But this article is not meant to portray him as a horned being. Rather it is meant to be an informative statement to everyone who is curious to know what had happened from my point of view. There is no intent of provocation and any alleged provocation shall be deemed as self inflicted and spineless. I have reasoned out why and how many of the occurrences and participants were involved and I have passed my humble opinion on each.
Standing on the shoulders of giants, that's my ploy today. Dare I say this would be the finest post on this blog since the Annie Tay one:)
Its a metaphor i apply meaning 'One who develops future intellectual pursuits by understanding the research and works created by notable thinkers of the past'
especially Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather) and Sergio Leone(a fistful of dollars, The good the bad and the ugly, Once upon a time in the west, Once upon a time in america)
See after and interesting and enjoyable night, I rushed to class as usual.
Anthony then ditches Kelvin and I to go canoodling, so lets leave it there. Kelvin and I decide to attend the finale night- as they were serving free food. Also there was a need to see Cayman perform. ( i prefer this spelling of his name).
And whilst the performance, I was approached by 2 juniors. Namely Sri and another burly looking guy. He speaks very politely requesting an audience and I duly oblige. As we walk outside, I meet the fellow members of the clan to which I am escorted to the bus stop and offered a seat. Yes, till this point I am clueless of my impending future. Next thing I know, 4 other guys (all sem 2 jrs excluding Tharveen) approach me. Yes this is very much like the Raja Petra interrogation but lets just leave the analogy there. There is a girl with the bunch but she stays away, like a dame in the old spagetti western films that chooses to walk away.
Tharveen: hey you got a problem with me is it? What is it?
Sanjeet: err yeah. (though I always saw this as a mutual understanding that I found us on different planes of communication most of the time.)
Tharveen: What did you say to the junior (who happened to be his friend)?
Sanjeet: She asked if i knew you and i said yes, but i don't like you
At this point he had his fingers in my direction so I duly stood up and fingered back. Pointless i know, but I was trying to engage in the same plane of communication. So to this he asks me why did I have to say that. And I told him well, i dislike your demeanor. Now here is where I lost him. See demeanor delineates your behaviour, attitude, the way you carry yourself. What he interpreted of this I guess I shall never know. May I add that it was awfully rude of me to continuously smirk as the interrogation went on. Then came a collar grabbing scene. And i didn't oblige to grab his collar in the presence of his 5 onlooking henchmen. And in my amazement, his friends grabbed a hold of me and set him free. See it is a fundamental unwritten law that you put your dog on the leash and not the stray.
But lets keep going, after all fundamentals are only for the rest of the world. We're indians. Here comes the initiation. A mano-e-mano challenge was tossed. Well directly phrasing it was a "ONE on ONE", with 6 of his onlookers in a dark secluded area. I was reassured they would not interrupt as the fight would take place. Now at this point i started reasoning it out. the moment the fight breaks out of hand, its gonna be a 6 on 1 foot-stomping session. And the verdict would be Sanjeet got his ass kicked. I mean seriously, they didn't seem like the type that had that kinda integrity to let it be a fair deal. Plus if they were true to their words, when the scuffle broke out, they'd grab their guy and calm him down, not the stranger he was assailing. So I said how about we fight in a more public area, and at this point I am taunted by the burly guy. Why your parents raised you to be a daughter is it? We had a stare down. Now may i point it out its freaking silly to have a staredown with a person wearing spectacles because they dont get wind in their eyes and hence their eyes remain moist longer. but then again, these weren't neurosurgeons i was dealing with. so yeah it was quite clear who blinked.
I laughed at this point. And it occurred to me that it was rude to laugh when someone wants to pop a cap in your ass, but hey, 6-1 over an issue of my opinion in a fist fight. Of course the quick wit of me got to them. i said well at least I'm not an animal. to which Tharveen replies, i bet you got no cock. i bet you got a pussy. why don't you find a girl in chow kit n fuck her like a lesbian.
Now when someone says that to you, don't you feel like laughing all over. its game, set n match. the wit was lacking, and the desperation was setting in for my counterparts. I said anything you say man. And no offence to him, but he has a lisp, and i imitated that lisp childishly after which he grabbed my collar and pushed me away, and I duly reply by grabbing his collar and pushing him aside, to which his chain shatters. Yeah i know, childish to say ''nye nyeh nyey nye nye'' but for some reason some people still get annoyed by it LOL. And then I am taunted that he would break my specs. anyway, at this point he realises its a stalemate and the burly guy, who introduces himself as Karthik comes in. He pushes me and I duly push him back. Yes, I am a firm practitioner of Newtons 3rd law. And he says you're a pussy is it, and repeats it 4 times. I kid you not. he asks me why won't i fight privately, and i said how bout we do this public la. to which he claims i wanted that so people would come and SAVE ME, which whooshed past me. it was a no brainer but lets accept it for now. and i said,well if a fight breaks out in Uni, i'll get you guys expelled and I'll go on to be a surgeon while you guys rot:). to which they kinda realise they're not the WuTang CLan. anyway he compliments my metallica shirt and says i should fight cos im wearing MATTEL-ica. nope not metallica but mattelica.yes, i know, James Hetfield, i sincerely apologize for his lack of exposure to the outside world. its metallica- me(r)-tal-icka- not Mattelica and Metalheads unlike gangsta rappers are not malicious. If you have ever been in a Moshpit, YOU'd learn that although the moshing seems rough, if you're injured a fellow random metal head would pull u out of the mosh and offer you a drink. Yes metalheads are a very friendly close knit bunch that're misunderstood. We dont go around acting BAD like Hiphop R&B gangsta rapping 2pac wannabes. So he calls me a pussy and i reiterate well at least im not barbaric. and here comes the bombshell, YES I AM A BARBARIAN he says. at this point i could not help but notice how he kinda looked like Mark Henry from the WWE. I start giggling again. and he calls me a pussy AGAIN. SO i asked him if he's actually seen one, and he says of course. I felt like saying, i mean a proper one, not one in a book or on a porn video, but i just giggled again and i felt my phone vibrating. btw doesnt this look like a pussy?
At this point Kelvin calls to ask where i've gone and i said, im outside with tharveen. Kelvin assumes i'm busy bonding with them and raggin juniors and so he indirectly hinted he rather watched the performance. And then they ask me if he's coming to ''back me up''. and i said no, and he asks why, and i said cos he's busy watching a performance. at this point they ask me collectively don't you have friends in IMU?
This thought flashed my mind, well i do but well, we've got better things to do then engage in petty schoolboy/barbaric arguments. but i smiled and said'' apparently no. well at least none like yours''. and they get annoyed at this point, dei dont be sarcastic ah. dei dont be sarcastic ah. to which i reply ''so its ok for you to raise your voice but being sarcastic is forbidden''.
Thanks for the pic Sarah!!
Tharveen replies, ''i shout you shout back la''. i giggled again. lol. this was fucking hilarious. i kinda get where he was coming from. see his point of view was, you fight fire with fire. not douse it with water. but well, like i said it was a 6-1 battle of wits and it was quite clear where the honours was going. and karthik for some reason wants to fight with me now. Damn they love me. And they were mumbling some stuff in tamil and i duly ignore. And they were about to say something when my phone vibrated. so i said wait up i got a msg. Ray asked me if we were repeating our actions of the night before and i started giggling. talk about timing. and i said nope. and we got on with the interrogation. by this time i was about to walk away when Sri closed the exit. Karthik blows smoke in my face not realising that we do it all the time during shisha sessions and have a great laugh and so i smile. he asks me why im shaking, to which i draw my hand out and say, look, steady as a surgeon's hands. LOL the surgeon-talk really got to them. I was anticipating an ''offer i could not refuse''. ( The Godfather)
I also informed them that unlike them i was one of the better students in my batch. I missed this point out but somewhere during our intellectually degrading debate, tharveen cites the reason i dislike him as 'Because your batch is not as HAPPENING as mine'. Right. the egoistic, self centered comment of an M1 student. but lets not generalise this. The trashing their batch got during the previous and current IMU cup supersedes this. Also the record breaking no of failures in their batch. but well, they're more happening than M206 in his eyes cos--- err because? yeah this flies by me and i giggle as well and say yeah right with a smirk that only Sanjeet can deliver.
AND while i loathed in my intellectual brilliance and academic perfection, I sensed they were bored of me showing off my credentials and they said look here, next time someone asks if you know tharveen, just say no.
To which i said nope. I'll just say yes but we dont get along. and it was fine. I offered to shake on the deal, but i guess my seemingly un-manly pussylike gesture of shaking on deal was turned down because he says we dont do this. right, self proclaimed barbarians. anyway, it bugged me so i asked how was saying yes but i dont like him any different from yes but we dont get along. To the average individual, this was a clear similarity but well, lets face it, its not exactly the same and so they argued that. LOL, and at this point i giggle again. I'd be quite annoyed if i were them, i mean you bring some smart alec who outwits 6 of you, and giggles while you're scolding him. damn. oh yeah, before that, Karthik takes a cheap swipe, which i construed to be a slap and so i duly reply. And then his other mates refrain him and put him on the seat. Sri meanwhile comes and says you call that a slap, you must be a pussy. Right, 6 Vs 1, in a dark secluded area, and i reply every remark with a smirk, every physical provocation with a physical provocation, but I'm a pussy. Yeah, i kinda like his logic. but well he's in Sem 3, he's got a long way to mature. Mind you he is a fellow JPA scholar. I know, it saddens me too. but anyway, so yeah, at this point we reached a settlement and I stick around to in my own words catch up with my Juniors. This infuriates them even more and Tharveen decides to get a survey. he asks his other juniors if they like me. this one dude, Sanjay dev Singh (yeah, a punjabi) says nope enthusiastically. And he's quite stout so its kinda hilarious but i just play him the stare. another guy who has a resounding resemblance to Denish from M206 only skinnier (who i later find out is named Jay) also says no. They hate possibly the most intelligent INDIAN BOY in IMU, darn. And Sri the peacemaker tells me to leave now before 'anything happens'.
Now why did i want a public audience you guys ask, well to display my wit. See if a crowd was there to witness the quickfire that outwitted 6 juniors, i would be exalted by now. but its a case of has-beens and this post serves as an honest opinionated commentary. I walked back into imu n informed kelvin.
This is classic, Kelvin says why din you tell me. ARggh I missed the fun. this is schoolboy stuff la. the pack of six then reenter the atrium to which i greet them and start irritating them, asking Sanjay if he has had his meal, in Punjabi to which he nods his head and just to be fair to karthik, i translated it for him to ensure he wasn't offended or anything. he smiles back, the storm has calmed it seems. then Kelvin asks tharveen what happened and he says your friend has a big mouth la. LOL, he got a first hand demonstration la. anyway, Kelvin says its such a small issue that was blown out of proportion. anyway Sri then comes n adds in, well Sanjeet din call you cos he said you wouldn't come. Now at this point i reassured my initial belief. that this guy lacks integrity. See if i had witnesses to back me up this wouldnt be the case. but i had clearly told them he's busy watching the performance, i do not wanna waste his time. and that was it. but yeah, i like this guy Sri. JPA dude apparently by merit (although i have my suspicions). Cos i remember when he failed his EOS 1, and came to me asking me for help, i sat there and gave him many pointers on what they may ask. And this Judas turns around and nips his nose where it doesn't belong, in his shoes any right man would've said, look i know u, i know tharveen, i feel ur in the wrong but you guys settle this yourselves. Not gang up 6 v 1 and call me a coward for agreeing to fight mano e mano but only in a public place with the watchful eyes of everyone in IMU. In all honesty, I actually thought it was plain dumb luck he failed and that he had potential. I kinda see the lack of basic impulse transmission to the cerebral cortex at this moment. Haih, if only Caporegime Clamenza was here to do justice to this whole situation.
about tharveen, well, fair to say la, although his demeanor was childish, and his methods were less convincing, he planned this all quite well from the escort to the bus stop till the settlement. though if he had came and said, Sanjeet, i dont like you, you dont like me, but i dislike the fact that you said this to a junior. she happens to be my friend and i dont want to give her a negative impression on me. I would've shook on it and say Ok thats fair, im sorry:) simple. but yeah, the drama. typically indian. the other juniors, jay, sanjay and raj( whose names i found out while exiting) i mean they all know my name, so its only fair i attempt to know theirs. Credit to them. after all they stuck behind tharveen although oblivious to the issue at hand. I recall being in those positions back in school, joining a group knowing there is an issue, but not what the issue is about. But yeah, they were polite in their demeanor so kudos to them. To Karthik, well, as burly and barbaric as he is, i guess deep down he just wanted to help an ailing friend out. To be fair to him, he did smile about it later in the atrium so he's ok. Sri, well this guy has kinda left a blemish on the good name of Indian JPA scholars, and rest assured i shall remember him in the event that he requires any more assistance in an impending exam. After all, I am a fair adjudicator of integrity, i did apologize to the person i offended in my blog.
To those involved, like Kelvin, sorry i din call you down la.
Seng Chye offered his respect and reassurance that he knew i could take them all in a verbal battle of wits hands down.
To Chong Bing, you missed out
To Anthony, for some reason Tharveen sees you as the mutual party here and wanted you present during the argument. you ditched us man. What ever happened to bro's over ho's( lol he used tat when i botched a CS game to talk to someone)
I kinda get why so many races look down on Indians. at times i feel like agreeing with Pei Shern on her racist, exaggerated remarks on us but well, judging by the display today, i guess at some point it was vindicated. So i apologize to the other races. i know at times you feel like cropdusting us away:)
To Ray, who was later informed of the scenario, thanks for the backup offer along with pei shern. yes, it would've been nice if you guys were there but i think it panned out quite well this one.
to the girl who told tharveen i didn't like him, no hard feelings, I bet you feel '' yes, but we don't get along'' and ''yes, but i dont like him'' are very similar
anyway, i would like to thank Ennio Morricone for the Soundtrack for The good, the bad and the ugly.
Many times during the argument, i kept picturing myself as Clint Eastwood taking on a whole bunch of thugs from the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and this compilation was ringing in my head. Yes Clint was called Blondie in this movie, and I was called Pussy:) interesting right?? Anyway do leave your comments on what you guys would've done in my shoes?
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, REMEMBER
Do you know tharveen???
Yes, but WE DON'T GET ALONG..
Remember this statement!
Quote for the day;
Veritas vos Liberabit. "Seek Justice, seek Truth, and you will live to think differently." ~Patrick Henry
