I am going to pen down an incident, of which I am not a witness but have heard it from one of my dear relatives who physically saw and heard all that happened. More than 40 years ago, there was a marraige in our family at Nizamabad. In those days, customarily, all marraige functions were held during day time and thus Lunch for the guests was inevitable. The streets were not paved and at times the waste water from drains would make mud pools. On this memorable day, the Degs, were being cooked in the Deori of Nawan Makan under the eagle eye supervision of my Chachajaan Muhammad Shafiq Khan (may his soul rest in peace ) duly assisted and supported by my mamoojan, Mian Muhammad Dawood (may his souls also rest in peace). Both these cousins were close friends and were famous for their boisterous antics. It so happened that MSK was talking with the Nai, (chef Incharge) when MMD who happened to have a limp and walked with the support of a cane, hopped in, MMD: Oye Mian, aj tay tu badshah hain - aina degaan which kee ay ? MSK Oh aaoo mian sab, ajj tay bara sona bhangra panday aa rahay o MMD: Aaaj tay ruj kay kukar khawan gay, Oye kukri wali degh kairee ay ? MSK: Mian, aajay ther ja - degan khulan giyan tay tainoo we raja dian ga MMD in the meanwhile, had reached and was standing over a brick, bent over one of the degs fishing with a Karcha for Seenay di boti (He had let go of his walking stick in favour of the Karcha) . As luck would have it, at that very moment somebody lit up two firecrackers Sooter Bumb to herald the arrival of Barat. All hell broke loose, MMD deeply engrossed in his fishing was caught unawares by the devastating noise, the inevitable happened, he shot up in the air and instead of landing on the ground, his one foot landed in the smouldeing coals and the other inside the Kukri wali degh. To save his foot from burning, MMD pulled it up, whilehis other foot remaind knee deep in Desi Ghee wala Murgh Quorma. MMD: Oye mian, mainoo kado iss azab wichon MSK was bent double laughing his head off, it was a sight to see MMD standing with his led in the deg and balancing himself with the Karcha. Eventually, MSK with the help of two cooks, extricated MMD from his predicament. Epilogue : The degh was not wasted, it was served, the Baratis enjoyed the Murgh Quorma - but MMD took his seenay deBoti from the other deg.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 08:53:59 +0000
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