Jugari Cross by Tejasvi K.P. Poornachandra

Author:Tejasvi, K.P. Poornachandra [Tejasvi, K.P. Poornachandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2010-04-14T00:00:00+00:00

The Firestone

The check-discounting Agent Sheshu is a funny comical guy always dressed-up in north Indian attire continually chatting with his customers mixing gibberish Hindi in his dialogues. Standing behind his shiny huge copper plate work area for making Paan surrounded by neatly arranged different types of betel leaves, areca, perfumery herbs, and powders, Sheshu works on the Paan and even sometimes educates his customers on how and where to place a paan in their mouth and chew. Apparently once he was arrested by police, but nobody knows why he was arrested. The gossip goes that he serves special paan with marijuana or opium for few of his well-versed customers. But once accidentally he served this special paan to a non-versed customer making that customer go crazy in the busy market after eating the special paan. Alerted by this customer’s nuisance behavior and tip, cops had arrested Sheshu it seems. But it’s so evidential for Sheshu’s wit that he even put this gossip to work to benefit his business.

“What’s up Sheshu? I heard that you were arrested by police once. What had happened? Did you do anything wrong?” Suresh had asked him once about this gossip. Suresh is also a frequent check-discounting customer of Sheshu. Sheshu was an acquaintance of Gowri’s father who had helped Sheshu in his early days. With this personal background to each other, Sheshu was a little more comfortable with Suresh and Gowri to joke on their personal issues also.

“That’s true my brother, I was arrested by police once. Tell me, what else I could have done? It’s crazy running a paan shop you know. It’s too many customers asking for too many different Paans. One asks for ‘Banaras Betel Leaf,’ one yells ‘Calcutta Paan,’ and another screams for a ‘Love God Manmatha Paan’! So tell me, how could I ensure that the folks buying Love God Paan are married or have a legal partner to consume such sex-boasting herbal Paan?”

Looking at Suresh’s raised eyebrows in a puzzle; Sheshu explained little more clearly “One of my customers who had consumed Love God Paan went on eve-teasing rampage on the market street. So police arrested me for selling him ‘Love God Paan.’ That’s the reason nowadays I sell this special Paan to only those customers that bring Marriage Certificate from the Village Board…strictly no exceptions and no excuses for anyone from that rule. But you know what? I will relax my rule for you. You know why? Because I know that you’re married!” and winked his eye.

“Sheshu, Isn’t it not only the Marriage Certificate from the Village Board needed but also a certificate from their wives and partners that these can be issued a Love God Paan?”

“That’s right, my brother Suresh. Those are the ones that bear these guys and may have to carry babies because of this ‘Love God Paan.’ I will make a new rule from tomorrow that whoever buys a ‘Love God Paan’ must also purchase a packet of condoms! Let me get some additional

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