Hey Dad! Meet My Mom by Sandeep Sharma, Leepi Agrawal Page A

Ashish.
    “No, that’s fine. I was just joking. Anyway, this is Yash Agrawal, the regular canteen visitor; he too is your senior.” Ashish spat as Yash got up and threw me a friendly hug.
    “Hey, nice to see you bro, which department, you too computer science?”
    “Yeah.”
    “For any canteen queries you can contact me from breakfast to dinner. I can make food available at a discounted price.” Yash said with a wink and a smirk.
    “This is Umesh, the complete girls’ database.” Ashish introduced Umesh, a guy with a funny habit of keeping track of all the girls right from where they lived, what they did, what they liked, who they dated, etc. etc., and whatever else one could imagine.
    “Oh please Ashish! You know that’s my one great talent that none of you idiots have, so remember to talk to me with respect especially now because you need a girl for the upcoming fresher’s party.” He playfully threatened everyone around.
    “So Puneet, Yash can help you with canteen matters and I will help you with the girls. Well, do you have any one already? Or still a barren land?” Umesh countered both Ashish and me in a mortifying manner.
    “No, I don’t have any girlfriend; I am just a 12th pass out.” I said with little hesitation.
    Hearing that, all of them laughed out loudly.
    “God! Puneet let me introduce you to the guy who almost finished dating four girls by the time he was in Std. 12th”, Ashish laughed and pointed towards a guy who had just entered the room.
    “Enough you guys, don’t you all know what it feels like when you date a girl? And for your information, girls are crazy for my six pack abs, so it’s not my mistake, it’s my physique that attracts them, I don’t go around inviting them. You have all seen what happened with Sheela and Leela, both of who proposed to me in public, raping my reputation but who cares, girls come and go in my life. But I am still waiting for a perfect girl who drives me crazy for her.” John justified himself to this stranger ‘Puneet’. He lived in a nearby PG accommodation but spent most of his time here.
    “John, are you really looking for a girl? Bravo! Though bro, before finding that perfect girl, make sure you get your AIDS- test done.” Ashish and Yash laughed out even more loudly this time.
    “Hmm, you fools, I know you are jealous because no girl falls into your traps.”
    “Oh please John, we are not like you, just playing around with girls, and by the way what’s your current bank balance? Nowadays we have seen you buying roses and gifts regularly, your other three bros are also alive man, think of them too sometimes, we poor people don’t have any money to buy our personal stuff.” Yash and Umesh were swiping their mobile screens while Ashish was observing each and every activity closely.
    Looking at Ashish I got to know that he was a great observer and quite a good guy unlike the ‘database’ stories I had been fed.
    “So, dude what are you up to?” Yash asked me in a comradely way when he saw that I was finding it difficult to express or adapt to the environment.
    “Nothing, actually I am feeling hungry, sorry to say, but I’ve been in the train the whole day and these rains have also made me tired, so can you please let me know where I could order food from or where the nearest restaurant is?” I was dying of hunger while these guys seemed to have wound up with dinner already.
    “Wait bro, today I’ll arrange dinner for you, but from tomorrow you have to help yourself.” Ashish sweetly got up from the couch and rushed towards the kitchen, while the other three were busy with Umesh’s phone. God only knew what was so interesting that was going on in his cell phone that none of them even turned their eye balls a bit.
    “Frozen idli and dal, this is all that we have, if you want hot dal, you can ask Mrs. Martha to allow you to use her microwave.” Ashish came out of the kitchen, holding the dish like a waiter, lifted close to his