The Conqueror!

Monday, March 15, 2010


‘Veni, vidi, vici’ – “I came, I saw, I conquered” wrote Julius Caesar as a comment on his short war with Pharnaces II of Pontus.

I would like to write, “He came, he saw, he conquered” as a comment on the impact that the protagonist of this write-up made on our household during his three day stay with us.

The moment he entered our house, he straight away bent towards his bhabhi’s feet (that’s me) to pay his respect, got stopped in the midway, and was offered an affectionate hug by her instead.

He serenaded one and all with his brilliant talk on any conceivable subject in the world; made us laugh and smile in turns with his skills at histrionics; left us spellbound with his honest account of the meetings that he had been having with his prospective bride.

He made everyone dance at the Holi Party; reprimanded his bhabhi for not paying heed to the golden adage – Spare the stick, spoil the child, while dealing with her two naughty kids; became his bhabhi’s confidant of all her woeful tales.

He went back and then came the biggest news that he had successfully convinced his traditional father in favor of the strong and independent young lady that he had been seeing for matrimonial purpose.