The Zoya Factor by Anuja Chauhan

Author:Anuja Chauhan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-02-05T15:13:43.845042+00:00

The cows are fed

Only I am hungry,

Krishna Krishna, you are my bread

I am a timid tremulous deer

Wandering hither and thither

Slay me with your lotus-smile

Oh my navy-blue hunter...'

It was like a bad dream. The little song had just eight lines, but Jogpal warbled on, repeating the words again and again, scraping his bow across the sarangi strings enthusiastically. Mon and I somehow managed to keep our faces straight, but Armaan started to giggle and fidget. A quick-thinking minion smoothly slid a huge bowl of potato chips in his direction and he grew still and just crunched steadily through the whole recital.

Jogpal cunningly kept varying the tempo, so we'd keep thinking the end was near but whenever we got our hopes up, he'd slow down again, toss one little curl off his forehead with an almost feminine gesture, and keep on going. A good twenty-five minutes had passed before he hit the high notes with an awful flourish, his nostrils working overtime: 'Oh slay me with your lotus eyes, my navy-blue hunter!'

And then he dried up, teary-eyed, flushed and obviously expecting applause.

We clapped enthusiastically.

Jogpal smiled modestly and took a delicate sip of water. 'So did you like my song, beta?' he demanded of Armaan, his Yankee twang coming and going in waves. With a gracious wave of the hand, he indicated that the sarangi was to be taken away. Monita and I perked up instantly.

Armaan surveyed Jogpal solemnly over the rim of his third Zing! glass for a bit and then asked, 'Now can I sing a song?'

Jogpal looked a little taken aback, he obviously hadn't thought of himself as a mere opening act. 'By all means. Of course of course...' he said with fake heartiness and Armaan nodded quietly, hopped onto his feet, wiped the golden-brown Zing! moustache off his upper lip, clasped his hands together and chirruped:

There's a bear in there

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.