It happens only in Mumbai

yest mornin main cricket khelne gaya tha like any other day
n i usually take my cell fone along with me

when i came back, i cud not find it
felt i did not take it with me....
so started searchin at my place
but kahin mila nahi

then i called on my cell n not reacable aa raha tha...i was sure tht battery to full hai since i charge in d nite

my vjti mates give missed calls...so called one of them n he said he cud get thru my cell at 8 am
i kept tryin in d mean time but no reply

finally when my wifey called from her cell after 9, someone picked n said hello hello n then cut it
she called back but again same reply...finally she called me n told cell kiske pass hai...so it aint at home.....

i realized tht someone was close to my bag at d nets n probably he mus hav flicked it....but then if someone wanted to steal he cud stolen my purse also since tht was next to it...i stopped thinkin n started to get ready before leavin for office

forget to mention tht i now lock my fone with a number combination as once accidently it got pressed and at 6 am i ended up callin my Dept Head once.....

so i was sure, person who had it can't call from it n he will hav to take it to someone to unlock it or sell it for cheap

so after gettin ready, i called jus to see if koi receive karta hai ya jus simply cuts it......to my surprise the fone rang n tht person picked up......maine bola ke ye mere fone hai aur kahi to ghir gaaya tha.....woh bola, mujhe ye chowpatty par mila hai....n asked me to call back after 30 min as he was busy..

mujhe laga mast goli de raha tha...main to gaya hi nahi tha at chowpatty n ghuma raha hai....
jus like tht i again called tht person...this time someone else picked n told his name as sunil....i asked him agar fone return karenge to acha hoga.....he asked me to come to at garden behind metro....tht seemed a bit of shady place...i told him mujhe to pata nahi hai woh jaga..what i know is metro theatre...so he agreed to come there....n thoda smart tha....asked me how will i recognize u....i told i will call u on tht no....he then gave me his hulia....i m wearin a black pant with a green shirt n mera aage walla daant nahi hai.....hearin d last line again put a question mark in my mind....it is worth goin to collect d cell from such person....

in d backdrop i cud hear a chatter from someone who was askin this person to stop tellin all this n jus keep d fone

fatte halat main i went to my brother's office n told him d story so far.....in fact i asked him to come with me....woh bolta hai...arre main kya karoonga..tu jha n dekh le......also met a friend on d way to brother's office...he also told d fact tht he is callin u to take d fone, means he will return.....

so finally decided to go n check it out myself.......kept abt rs. 150/- ready in d pocket.......when i reached tht place at metro, 3 ppl were there...one of them on the sittin on d rail n other 2 were chattin...they looked like those gardulas u find at azad maidan ya fir roadside heros....mast chapri types.......i realized it was them since they were lookin here n there n stared at me also a couple of times....i waited for a while bfore makin my first move.....i had taken my bhabi's cell with me n then called on my cell again....i assumed one amongst d gang wud speak n i will know its my cell...but then either they did not hear d ring or simply ignored it....tried this a couple of times but to no avail..koi utha bhi nahi raha tha na fone nikal kar dekh raha tha.....

so finally i asked "Kya aap mainse koi Sunil / Mukesh bhai hai...mere cell kahi to ghir gaya tha n unko mila hai..." hearin this, suddenly their faces had a smile....n they appeared a lot friendly......one of them told me....ab boliye kya karna hai....i took out the money i had kept ready in my top pocket.....but seein jus 150....woh bola kya..sir aap to majak kar rahe hai...hume to cell dena hi tha...but aap bhi dekheyi hum 3 log hain.......kuch to sochiye hamare liye...hume azad maidan par mila tha....kissko bech dete to 500 to de hi deta tha....but hum to wapas karna chahte the.....n now d other one started to contribute in the converstation.....300 do de dijiye.....maine bola woh to jyada hai....took out 100 more n told ye thik hai......fir usne cell nikala...apna hi tha....i took d cell gave d money n shook hands with all of them.....all mast happy happy lag rahe the....

well not sure where n how often ppl return the cell fones...in fact when i was narratin this incident to a friend of mine, his cell had fallen in the rick n tht rick fella took all d pains to get in touch with him...n when my friend was givin him some money he was refusin to take it also....

but felt such things can happen only in Amchi Mumbai....tht's d spirit of mumbai we all hav known...in all those july water woes ya train trajedies....its this spirit of Mumbaikars tht binds us together......n we all will again get to see a bit of durin d upcomin marathon....

in all this, i was also very happy....mera hua fone mujhe wapas mil gaya tha.....

well it was jus a 2k plain vanilla reliance LG handset.....with which one can sms n call...no r world / r connect etc etc...koi color display or additional features bhi nahi.also i had used it for more than 20 months...keys main se all nos were erased...apna pura courtship period main usne hi saath diya hai....and haan...sirf calls hi nahi, those N no. of sms messages which i mus hav sent to her.....i m quite attached to it.....n even after gettin galis from all at home includin ma'm also, i have still not changed it........

also it has close to 500+ nos...n goin thru tht pain of gettin in touch wth ppl to get their new nos wud have been a pain

so inspite of all the galis i must hav given to reliance i still continue to use it...n think will continue....but bfore all tht i think now for sure i will be changin my handset soon !!!