Jan09:
Calcutta / Baruipur
remember this is the place where I met Archana Devi for the first time her ancestral house. went back this year but refused to visit the Choudhury Bari as i dint wanted to visit Archana Devi. As she has lost her glory and her aura. she now colours her hair to look young or does she wear a wig god knows? but i heard lately she has been loosing lot of valuable things. so i am sure i can always make a replica of those objects and sell them in chor bazar.
Feb09:
As i mentioned Archana Devi is been loosing lot of her valuable things. it seems(as per the newspaper report) 2nd or 3rd Feb she visited Bombay. on the way to her flat she was robbed. the story sounds exactly like Dhoom film.
2 men in one bike, she in a auto (her driver was sacked that day so she had to take an auto as had no money for the pre-paid taxi) so she is in a auto, biker follows the auto, left side is the auto and right is the bike and suddenly the guy who is sitting behind the bike snatches her bag which is in her lap. she tries to scream but no sound (total mute), as this happens on a dark crowded flyover she cant ask the auto guy to chase. she screams at another biker please chase them, they ignore her...
she has lost her jewelery laptop and important documents which she had stored it in her hard disk.
I am sure I can find the originals in the chor bazar, when i go to sell the replica i should check for the originals.
she runs to the police station and she is made to sit for hours. it is mid night and still they are asking her questions: which flight did you take? when did you last visit Bombay? tell me the story from your last visit to now? i have to prove my Sr how you landed on the highway flyover.
are you married? you live alone? are you a Maharashtrian? why where you carrying these stuff with you? dont you know they are so expensive you should have kept it in you house. was your laptop Mac or apple make up your mind?
goes onnnnn till she reached home by 2 am.
all of feb- she ran between home to police station to identification centers. for archana devi identification center was interesting looking at all the albums: frontal pose, and 2 sides with small description of the bike snatchers. looking at the album she forgets her pain and starts visualizing the story behind these bikers till the constable screamed: madam you have come to identify the thief who has stolen your laptop, you dint come here to make a film.
one day she gets a call from the police station they found a laptop and has caught 2 men on a bike. she runs and she is informed it is a HP laptop. the refuse to show her, but brings 2 men who are caught red handed in front of her:
1 guy is a muslim young chap looks innocent, who is married and his wife runs a beauty parlor in Goregoan.
2 guy is a UP guy who looks khatarnak. he lives in a auto and takes a bath in a shochalay.
as she watches them been harassed she thinks are they victims of the fundamentalist political party or is it just a coincidence? her search ends.
