Hell

of el
low-earthl
ings,wedidit!Yaathisshubham .Wewentar oundthesunonemor et
ime.
WhatIdon’ tunder st
andis,whyar ewecel ebr
ati
ngitasifiti
ssomesor tofanachievementby
ushumans.Cl earl
y ,
wedidn’thaveachoi ceno?Gravit
yheldusher eandsowest ayed.
Otherwise,mahar ashtr
ianwouldhav edrift
edofftoanotherpl
anetandputtheirki
dsintoa
‘
stri
ct’engi
neer i
ngcol l
egeinJupiterorsomesuch.Thatwoul d’
v ebeenarealachi
evement.

ButIdi gress.Iwant edt otalkaboutcel ebrat

ingNewYear ’
s.Ormor especif
ically,aboutNew
Year’sEv epart
ies.Now, i
fy ouwer er aisedinDelhi
, t
hereisonlyonewayofcel ebrati
ngNew
Year’s.Youdon’ t
.Boss, whoi ntheirrightmindspendsmoneyt ousheri
ntheNewYeary aar!I
under standthatwehav eal lbeent oldpeopl earesupposedt odo‘ cool
’thi
ngs.Li keslidi
ngchest
-downal ongat ableli
ker aj
ni kant,screami ng‘Hi
ev erybodyy
y’innawazzuddinsi ddique(li
ke
sacredgame' s) v oice,buty ouonl yendedupcr ashingony ouryoungersi
blingsi tt
ingont he
othersideoft het able,therebyear ningat hunderoust hudony ourbackbyoneofy ourparents.
Nott hei dealwayt owel comeaNewYear .

Ort r
yingtobel i
kethe‘cool’kidsinthemov i
eAmer icanpi e, whowearsneaker sinsidet he
house, sneakoutoftheirapar t
ment sint
hemi ddleoft heni ghtandgoar oundt hecitysingi ng
songswi thstranger
sandsoon. ..
.Boss,whichmahar asht ri
anki dcoul
dgooutanddosucha
thingIjustcannotimagine!Itrieddoingthatonce(itwasnotev enNewYear ’sEveandi twas
notev enmi dni
ght)andy etIwascaughti ntheactbef or eevenmov i
ngoutoft hebed, forIwas
sleepingnexttomymot her,whosl eptwithhereyesopen. (Itwasaround7-8y ear'
sago. )Inthe
day sbeforetechnol
ogy,mymot herwasaCCTVcamer a,GPSmoni t
ori
ngsy stem andv oi ce-
basedal arm mechanism allroll
edintoone.Sti
llt
hissy stem goeson.ButIam happyndm
addicttoo.

SoonDecember31, atbest, mylandlord,neighbors,fri

ends, r
esidentsassociat
ionwouldputup
a‘vari
etyshow’ anddistri
butepot atochipsandRasnaf orki ds,Magnum f oryoungster
s .So
muchf or‘part
y i
ng’
.Af ewy earslater,whil
eincol l
ege, therewer er umoursabouthowmy
fr
iend’sfr
iend’scousin’
snei ghbour swerepar tofthis‘awesome’ NewYearpar ty,andhowthey
allcount
eddownandr angint heNewYeari ngr eatstyle.Interesti
ngly,nooney ouknewdirect
ly
everwentt othesepar t
ies.Therewasal sothis‘coolgang’ thatboast edofhav i
nggonet oGoa
toparty,
orsomeonegoi ngtospi ri
tualtemple, (im oneoft hem) .all
thewayt hroughNewYear ’
s
Eve.Therewer ealsotermssuchas‘ f
arm housepar t
ies’,‘
beachhousepar t
ies’
thrownatus
poorkids,whodi dn’
tev enunder standwhatt heymeant .Itwasal lagrandmy st
ery ,
andyetI
badlywant edtobeapar tofit.Ndm wai ti
ng...
..
.
When31deccameev er yonereui
nforpl anni
ng,someoneputar esol
uti
onjustlikeagovernment
resol
utionbczaf t
er2-3day stheresoluti
onwasov er,
IAM oneoftheaccusemeanst hi
syeari
alsotookoner esoluti
onseewhatwi llhappen.btenjoyed.I
twasaroundthisagewhent he
newspaper swereal sof ul
lofadvert
isement swit
hcapt i
onssuchas‘NewYearBash’ or‘
New
YearGal a’
.Ent
ryforsuchpar ti
eswaspr icedsli
ghtlyl
essthanthegoingrateforakidneyora
l
iver,
whi chunfort
unat elywerealr
eadypl edgedformyengi neer
ingeducati
on.Itbecamemy
l
ife’
sgoal toat
tendatl eastoneNewYearpar ty
.

Now, 2y ear
slater,
event houghIt otall
ydependonmypar ent'
smoney ,
stil
lican'taffordan
occasionalli
tr
eofpet rol , themy steri
ousNewYearpar t
yconti
nuestoeludemebecauseIam
graduated(Engineeringmostt rustedbr andev er ,
ndi am theoneofthosewhonev erthiNkaft
r
graduationIAM unempl oyed, yesIam! ).Yester daynightwassomemor abl
ef orme, bczfir
st
ti
mei attendedrounddi nnert ablewi t
hv egetarianf ri
ends(uknowwhatImean)ndbeaut i
ful
ly
andcal myrepresentsalsot heev eofnewy ear, isn'tpossi
ble?Btienj
oyed.Otherwiseonesi ded
myot herfri
end'shedoesn' tknowwhatoccasi on, part
ymeansparty.

Irecei
vedasimil
arresponseeverywhere.Peopl
ehadal readysignedupt ospendunnecessary
amountsofmoney ,
therebydenyingmet hechancetodot hesame. So,Iam wait
ingastheeart
h
beginsonemorerevolut
ionaroundthesun.Hopeful
ly,nexty ear
, Iwil
lbeinvi
tedtoa‘NewYear
GalaBash.’
Andwhilewewai tforanother365days,
her e’swishingeveryoneagreatlaught
er-
fi
ll
ed2019.Sti
ll
iam waitingf
orthisday.Happynewy earonceagai n.
2019##