Deepavali memoir 3

When I like something the next thing we like to do is to talk about it. Talk about that in every other opportunity you got - no matter you still have that or you lost it. Or at least I would like to hear about that. I believe this is not just my problem :)

P.G.Senthil, he is one of my old bus-mate. We used to travel to the school in the same bus.He is not my class but my neighbor. Beside this there were nothing common between us. I think it was when we were in 7th std and one day Senthil mentioned about his dad's plan to open a fire-work shop a week for deepavali. Did I just hear cracker shop !!! yes. He said. His dad is actually a small time business man. I dont know why, if I think about it now its just so crazy, because I was so happy about that idea. Still not sure why I was so happy. I started asking more details about the shop, their plan. How long they want to keep the shop, where do they get them from sivakasi an so on. It was i think 10 days before the diwali day and I start asking him anything and everything about the shop. I'm sure senthil would have wondered what happened to me. Infact my curiocty even continued a week after diwali, asking what have they done with the left overs. I remember he once said irritatingly that, I dont know da, i think we returned them back.

In the same year he failed and continued 2dn yr doing 7th. Latter I lost his touch.



In the same year, somehow my dad came up wiht the new idea of buying fire-works directly from the manufacturer in Sivakasi. But how?. We can get that thru post. Post - how is that possible. Its simple we send MO for some amount and they will send parcel to the address we specify. Oh thats a good idea, but do you know some one to send to? I dont know we will find that out. From that time I started searching all the news papers for fire-works add and finalized a company - I still remember the name - "Kaleeshwari fire works". My dad said ok, lets M.O. 100 Rs to this address. 100 Rs? Dad thats very less you will get nothing. No no dont worry in Sivakasi things are really cheap and you will actually get a lot. So 100 is more than enough. So what about the list - how will he know what to send? No, they ususally have a gift-pack and that covers most of the items you need. Dont worry.
Sometime my dad comeup with such very not-so-down-to-earth type ideas.


I went to the nearby PO. and was filling a M.O. I took the help of postman Mani there (my dad couldn't make for some reason.) Mani was asking what this is money is for and I explained. He was surprised ay my answer "Do they do that?" Ya they do. How long will it take, for which I dont have answer.

After sending this MO, I have his feeling of exitement as though am expecting a huge pack. Twodays passed no response. The third day there was this postman on my door step. I was so happy to see him and was wondering how big the pack was. He handed over the part of M.O. where it was written "rejected by the receiver !!".