Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The Saqi

Some months back there was a severe storm in the campus. Power supply got disrupted in many parts (of campus as well as the city.) The Old Boys Lodge was the last place in the sequence of power restoration. Miyan was the only person who held fort at the Lodge for more than a week. How did he survive without power, water and all?  No charisma (karamat) here. Or may be there were. We know that every time there were two bottles of one and half a liter capacity each on his table. As if they had just come out of the refrigerator. Who was this muhsin (benfactor) of muhsin (that is Miyan)?

"I have named him Korea Khan", said Miyan once about K. Kuriakose. It is he who meticulously took care of drinking water problem in that tough time.

In normal times the whole Old Boys Lodge continuously invaded Miyan's refrigerator for chilled drinking water. Wasn't he the Saqi?