Thursday, February 8, 2007

Gajar Ka Halwa

Gone is the Winter without even a single knock in Pune...am still not sure whether it actually came here. All my newly purchased pullovers and wintery wears from last year's 50 + 20 = 70 % off sale ( actually its 60%, but that's how shopkeepers lure morons like me to garbage their dying stocks of garments which even rats refused to bite) were waiting to breathe in open air for the first time since their existance.I didnt get any fair reason to give them another look so they ditched me and mingled wid Sir Rosh and Sir Roch, the eldest and oldest cockroaches in my flat i suppose , their ancestors were bestowed upon by Japanese in WWII over my flat and since then they stand loyal and baygon-proof here.
Only time in year when you get an enduring pleasent smell from our esoteric GANPAT halwai ids only due to this phenomenon known as GH effect. GH effect usually termed as 'Gajar Ka Halwa' effect, is an ability of a pathetic shopkeeper to attract few buyers only once in a year.
GH effect is a driving force in all Hindi speaking fraternities in India. The pride of every mom , the integral part of Bollywood movies ....how can anyone forget "Beta, dekh maine tere liye tera favorite gajar ka halwa banaya hai' . Damn, who cares it will all go to spotboys after the shoot.

Well, for me its a fair reason to wait for wo...wo...wo...winters. Howsoever bad but it smells always good as in case of GANPAT halwai. In delhi, if you somehow wake up early in the morning (heyy dont stare at me like this....obviously becoz of some obnoxious 3 hour power failure!!). u can learn some 'how to make a sweet more luscious' lessons from them. They are all at work in a petrifying temprature , below 5 degrees. For the first time you feel to reveal your mouth out of that monkey cap for that deceptive fragrance and eat that all in one attempt.
Bang !! Well, thats the halcyon now.

I am away from home and that smell. Even on searching at every single GANPAT, i never got to feel like that again. My NOSTRILS can better tell you how i feel without that , i have stopped watching all mother-son convos in hindi movies, waking up early even if a power failure and even scrutinizing someone's lunch but i still very vulnerable of that.

If anyone reading this post can actually help this pauper soul, get in touch....get in touch with 'Gajar Ka Halwa'....THE BOSS before you been a neglected one like me.

Issued in Public Interest by Team GH.