Sunday, October 10, 2004

The Night that was ...

The aftermath of a long and eventful evening brought to fore a force science calls ESP or telepathy. I(Balls) had a heart-heart talk with Anoop as to where we are headed on the blog front...and how I felt that he shud be more actively involed in it since twas becoz of his and ofcourse Marwadi's efforts that this blog sprung out of dormancy. Seperate chain of thoughts after a few minutes and lo behold...we were thinking abt the same thing...write a blog abt the involvement of all freaks in tonites event.
(Disclaimer: This is totally the truth guys...no sarcasm and above all no psycophancy. We had decided that we wud write something heartfelt coz all we write is humor. We r a tight knit unit folks and we felt we need to reach out to 'jigris' where its due).

First of all: Brilliant decision by Balls to come back home from school to his house and put the tikka. It looked different and really suited the occasion. We dont care what people felt about it..but we felt good and different.And thats what is important..doing what you like and caring two hoots about the rest.

Balls:(~ by Anoop)One of the most energetic and exhilarating dancers I have seen in some time. Danced his heart out..was himself and seemed totally free from all worries, encouraging other people to delve into his perpetual mode of hysteria. Something which Jim Morrison/Pink floyd would be proud about( Very few might understand what I am hinting at but what the heck).I especially liked the one on one "head banging" jigs during the dandiya as well as the Bhangra with him. Its some different pedestal of energy( one that is so full of adrenalin that only a sore neck and tigerbalm can explain) this man is able to generate.His dancing took me back down memory lane and it was very much remniscent of the Ganesh Chaturthi dances and the ones in the North Indian "baarat".Worth mentioning were his stupendous one on ones with Goli which earned praise from many a onlooker.Overall a 10/10 in energy,sheer exuberance and attitude.I am sure he echoes the same thoughts that we were both surprised that we can dance so free without any inhibitions with so much elan.

Marvadi:Starters :- His early inhibitions resembled a young tortoise peeking out of its shell to have a glance at the real world. Anubhav seemed lost in the beginning but a few words of exhortment from fellow Freaks quickly brought him out of his 'shell'.
Main Course:Slowly but surely he started to gain confidence on a foreign hostile 'pitch' and smothered the spin to such an extent that we guys actually had to have him 'retired hurt'so that we cud have some grub.
Dessert:On came Bhagra and enter Marwadi into favoured grounds. Ganpati dance to the hilt accompanied by his (TM) deafening seetis.And yeah..marwadi we saw it..you were too good when you were dancing one on one with Savitha..good job!!

Goli:When it was Bhangra, Goli simply set the dance floor on fire.Never has he been a disappointment and never wud be one for the future we hope.His mission statement "How Goli got his Groove back", a few days back on the hallowed Blog was vindicated. If ever there cudve been one guy who epitomises Van Halen's song 'Dance the Night away'...u know u cudnt have gone wrong in the guessing game. What we had on display was some really graceful Bhangra coupled with energetic hip gyrations...a la Beyonce :-). Goli was always centrestage..in the middle of a circle of people showing people how to dance in tune to bhangra music, swaying his way through putting smooth Calypso to shame.A lot of ppl came up to us to congratulate on how energetic the entire group was...and we wudnt have an iota of doubt in our minds as to who was a big part of it....Tantrik rox!

Bailya:We had serious doubts whether this introvert would ever care to come on to the dance floor and break into a jig with us. Come dandiya..go dandiya not a trace of Vishal of the floor.He hinted that he had been involved in dancing with Suraj and group but common-sense suggested otherwise.Balls had to pull him out of the dining room to the dance floor when the Bhangra music started and once the music entered his system, Bailya was seen enjoying himself pretty much with some carefree dancing. Come Diwali..we need a serious increase in the energy quotient from you Bailya...we are sure you wont dissapoint. We want to see the Vishal of old ( I want to break free ~ from the hallmark CD {Farewell} )

Bhaiyya:(I know u dont read the Blog...but u certainly were worth mentioning)
Bhaiyya already had his potion of elixir to experience what Bala's sheer exuberance and energy had to offer.But after pushing some really atrocious food down his food pipe..he was there with the rest of the gang enjoying the music and dancing( no grinding and no funny business here). Was brave enough to come out of his perpetual state of playing second fiddle ,and danced in the center of a circle looking and analysing a zillion times of what step he had to do next. But a typical Bihari
jig and Bhaiyya was on his way..came out with flying colors we should say.

Anoop:(~Balls)A brief history about Aup coming to the festival.I casually mentioned to him one day about Garba and he completely jumped the gun and was all out for it...and wasnt it a good decision or what(now u know that im really writing this:-). No qualms...no quiver...nothing quintessential.Novel,neat...and graceful...he really surprised me by the way he cud sway keeping in mind the Hulky built of his. His decision to hoick me up on top of his shoulders and dance for almost half a song was the highlight of the night for me.We had curious onlookers...stopping their usual stuff and gaping in awe. Also if there was anyone who looked a more 'Bhai' than Sanju 'baba'we had the previlege to have him arnd today...and he surely was lucky enough to don the best 'Tikka' of the lot.A really hilarious part of the Garba was when Anoop and I were at the opposite ends ready to strike....when he wud stare at me with the 'Attitude pose' and stand still for a while while the pack behind him wud curse under their breath.Top notch performance from Aup....i give him a 11/10.

Savitha/Aarti/Nicolle:Savitha was quite zestful and performed a scitillating one-one with Goli and Marwadi.Equally good was her dandiya dancing when we were moving around in big circles.
Aarti,Nicolle wonderful job in helping to put together the entire event which was nothing short of a Grand Success.If u guys are incharge of Diwali too...then i think we are in good shape.All of them were looking resplendent in their Indian attire..something which we all aren't used to and something which is so much easier on the eyes. None of them being Gujjus..they carried themselves with grace,panache and poise.

This is for the first time in the history of Freaks Inc that a joint blog has been written...we sincerly hope that any muddled thoughts wud be taken into stride !

~Balls, Aup

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