Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Leena didi

She was short, thin, and a livewire.
And she wore a oversized, faded blue sweater. Probably , a hand-me-down from an elder sibling ,she was too proud to admit.
That sweater made her stand out in the school assembly, where after, she would be called by sisters and roundly scolded as to the drab-ness of dress.
The sweater would make her a laughing stock amongst her well-to-do classmates, but that sweater, combined with her smartness and agility, became a lethal weapon on the playground,and she metamorphosed into a kabaddi-legend.
The game ruled that opponents touch each other's team -members , thereby rendering them "out",once the line demarcating them was crossed.
She would unbutton her garment, and enter the "enemy territory", taunting the opponents with war-like whoops ,so that they were enticed into trying to grab her, a veritable whirlwind.
Most of them were foolish enough to grab the ends of her flying garment, in an attempt to subdue her. That would swiftly become their undoing.
She would leave her sweater behind, along with half of the opposite team ,"out-ed", and red faced.

Incredibly, the saga would be repeated , match after match, and she would exit the playground hoisted on her team-mates' heads, speaking a great deal about human intelligence, or lack of it ; depending on which side of kabaddi-line you belonged to.

1 comment:

  1. Hahaha........she was a very lively girl. Just wonder where is she now?

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