Few great men
I think i've been writing a lot of sob stories these days. now i'l tell you some stories about some of the interesting guys.
There is this guy (we will call him NG), whom i think is still alive, who started to write his memoirs in one of the magazines after his retirement. the language was good, and the anecdotes were very interesting. i sent him a letter through the magazine and got a reply so promptly as if he made the postman wait and wrote the letter and sent it off.
he is a retired employee of class A of the central government. when, after long periods of interaction through letters, we met, and he was hellua guy. imagine a guy in his 70s, but still very active, with big diamond studs on both his ears! and he was pretty impressed that i too had pierced both ears unlike most idiots who have only 1! but the most striking element in him was not his studs. he got his mustache styled after the painter dali, twirled up straight just like him using wax that he orders from hollywood. in fact, his resemblence with dali is so much that once when he was in paris, dali's servant mistook NG for his master.
when i thought that NG was one of the most interesting personalities i'e met, he told me this story:
he lived in an 8 storied building while working in calcutta. the building housed mainly government guys - railways, army etc - all big shots. once, when he and his wife were going out, they met a frail, old mangolian looking man (TN) at the ground floor. TN asked him where brg. kak was staying. NG replied 8th floor. old boy started to climb up the stairs, though both the lifts were at his disposal.
though kak stayed in the 8th floor, when you count it from the ground floor, you have to climb up 9, and NG told the old man so. he turned back, gave the couple a warm, reassuring smile and continued climbing up the never ending steps.
for some reason, TN stayed in NG's mind the entire day. he admitted that he was worried that he would even see the dead body of the man at his doorsteps.
by the evening, NG got really worried. once he was back home, he called up kak and told him about TN. kak said don't worry, he is safe and invited the couple for a special dinner meeting at his place.
though he was relived after what kak said, he was completely convinced only after meeting the old man, with the same smile fixed on face. kak ushered the couple in and said TN was the guest of honour. while walking towards the old man, NG said how he was worried about such an old man climbing up all the stairs, how irritated he got because TN didn't take one of the lifts, to which kak just smiled as reply.
they got near the old man. kak first introduced NG and said to the couple, ``meet tenzin norgay, the first man to conquer mount everest..''
There is this guy (we will call him NG), whom i think is still alive, who started to write his memoirs in one of the magazines after his retirement. the language was good, and the anecdotes were very interesting. i sent him a letter through the magazine and got a reply so promptly as if he made the postman wait and wrote the letter and sent it off.
he is a retired employee of class A of the central government. when, after long periods of interaction through letters, we met, and he was hellua guy. imagine a guy in his 70s, but still very active, with big diamond studs on both his ears! and he was pretty impressed that i too had pierced both ears unlike most idiots who have only 1! but the most striking element in him was not his studs. he got his mustache styled after the painter dali, twirled up straight just like him using wax that he orders from hollywood. in fact, his resemblence with dali is so much that once when he was in paris, dali's servant mistook NG for his master.
when i thought that NG was one of the most interesting personalities i'e met, he told me this story:
he lived in an 8 storied building while working in calcutta. the building housed mainly government guys - railways, army etc - all big shots. once, when he and his wife were going out, they met a frail, old mangolian looking man (TN) at the ground floor. TN asked him where brg. kak was staying. NG replied 8th floor. old boy started to climb up the stairs, though both the lifts were at his disposal.
though kak stayed in the 8th floor, when you count it from the ground floor, you have to climb up 9, and NG told the old man so. he turned back, gave the couple a warm, reassuring smile and continued climbing up the never ending steps.
for some reason, TN stayed in NG's mind the entire day. he admitted that he was worried that he would even see the dead body of the man at his doorsteps.
by the evening, NG got really worried. once he was back home, he called up kak and told him about TN. kak said don't worry, he is safe and invited the couple for a special dinner meeting at his place.
though he was relived after what kak said, he was completely convinced only after meeting the old man, with the same smile fixed on face. kak ushered the couple in and said TN was the guest of honour. while walking towards the old man, NG said how he was worried about such an old man climbing up all the stairs, how irritated he got because TN didn't take one of the lifts, to which kak just smiled as reply.
they got near the old man. kak first introduced NG and said to the couple, ``meet tenzin norgay, the first man to conquer mount everest..''
posted by greyMatter at 12:03 AM
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wowie...gobsmacked
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