thou shall live ..................

well recounting the events which occured to me at kolkata,i was way too excited to land up in my favourite city again,the exams were a good excuse.....i cud give anything to go over thr,and with exams being thr i got a sponsored holiday each time,however,this time for a change i had few of my mates with me........3 others to be precise and needless to say with me being so well acquainted with the city and its complexities,i was looked upon as a mentor and as a guardian by them who they thought would help them to achieve their primary purpose of appearing in the exam successfully while at the same time look after their recreation.......in short i had to show them why i revered kolkata show much and wat was so special abt it.
The initial part of the journey was fun filled with gossips abt the 3rd person,revealing secrets abt others and everything that men do wen nothing else is thr to do.........ie the feministic side of their persona overcomes them........having reached howrah,we searched for a few hotels but by normal conservative kolkatan standards,these were way too expensive,my friends taking my kolkatan experience into consideration lent me a patient ear and decided to take refuge in a cheaper place although it was in a far off place.i soon got them into the groove and we went window shopping to one of the most glamorous places in kolkata where all the PYT's(Pretty Young Things) were on display and obviously my friends couldn't stop drooling and take their eyes off these special creatures.........We soon got carried away and decided to frequent more such places even though one of our friend warned us that we have an exam to give the next day,we ignored him and carried on with our merry making..soon enough we went back,repenting the fact that time machine wasn't invented,or else we would have moved time a little backwards and experienced more of the eye candy stuff......................having had a good night sleep,we got all set to reach the exam centre on time,me again assuring them that i have an idea of the place and we would comfortably reach on time,but soon enough all my confidence was thrown out of the window when we didnt get a single bus that would take us to our destination.....and to add to our woes we couldn't catch hold of a single policeman who would tell us the way out...............though it may seem strange but the fact is that kolkata is such a strange and weird place that if u r stuck up somewhere only the policemen can help you out of the maize because the local people whether knowingly or unknowingly tend to misguide you most of the time...........after a lot of thought and brooding we boarded oneof the buses but soon enough we got to know from a local person that we have boarded the wrong bus and the place which we were supposed to go called "Poddapukur",there were four such "Poddapukur's" and so we had to find out which poddapukur we wanted to go,......soon enough one of my friends got furious and started shouting,abusing and blamed me for the entire episode and added that i had done more harm than good to them.........i too didnt replied back and waited for him to cool down and looked for a solution to this impending problem or else we would have to board a taxi and all their admiration,confidence in me would go down the drain,in short my stature and repu in their eyes would be jeopardised...............juz when we were guided by a localite,i got a breath of fresh air when i managed to see a policeman at a distance,instantly without thinking anything i ran straight towards him,knowing it very well that it was a last opportunity for me to salvage my lost pride......bt as soon as i was crossing the four-lane road an almost monstrous bus was crossing the road from the other side at neckbreak speed..........this is one more unique feature of kolkata,buses over here are huge and they drive like crazy because most of the time they are interrupted by signals or jams............my entire attention was on the policeman and i was oblivious of the speeding bus...........soon i heard my friend whom i was at loggerheads with some moments back scream at me to move out quickly,soon enough i realized that i had to do something or else i wud be steam rolled very soon.........soon out of nowhere i jumped and just got saved by inches,i thanked my lucky stars because i swear death was staring at me big time........i soon reached the policeman safely and enquired from him and as usual he guided us correctly and told us which bus to board and which "Poddapukur" are we exactly looking for.................life in a short while turned full circle when the friends who were swearing at me soon started patting my back and were glad that i was safe and sound and said that i was indeed right in my opinion of the policeman,they r indeed the most sole trustworthy people of the lot....soon we landed up at the centre half an hour before time and were glad to meet a few of our friends..................so finally it was a happy ending of sorts with my pride restored although my mind kept on going back to the almost fatal accident....................maybe the almighty wants me to propagate the charm of this place for a little while longer...........