...P-Town...
[Yep.Back after long time but didn't want to start with another boring ->I am back<- post.]
FYI P town has a new shopping mall.Yes,...with automatic doors at the entrance,..a jaw dropper to the local population.My entry into the mall was witnessed by atleast 20 pairs of eyes.They were giving me mental highfive when the doors closed behind me.
After walking through the corridor filled with jewellery shops , i reached the second floor via the escalator.This time noone was staring at me boarding the same.Moving steps is not an eyecandy anymore in P town , thanks to Big Bazar where once p town's indigenous population flocked to take the escalator back and forth,..laughing ,..screaming and sometimes acting out their favorite scene from movies especially the hero's entrance.
Second floor had nothing either,..rather than a Baskin Robbins stall with empty chairs and tables in the front.Never put a business where its not supposed to be.As i waited for the guy to make my favorite baskin robbins tango, a mom-kid duo walked towards the shop.
"Do you have chocolate with cashew toppings?"
"Yes".The guy replied after switching on the contraption which made the tango.I noticed that the kid was pulling his mom's hand pointing at the brownish section of the baskin robbins offering.Kids love chocolate.Aint a surprise.
"One scoop is 65 rupees.and extra for toppings."
The lady mumbled something to the kid and both walked away.Baskin robbins wont be in P town for long mostly because of the cost and the gay color theme.Latter was a joke.hehe.
After my brief stint at the ice cream stall , i "escalated" myself to the third floor which had a big ass supermarket.The door man tried to usher me in,..but i grinned and shook my head.And finally i decided to leave the mall as most of the shops were under construction.With security guys easily surpassing the customers ,Jobys mall didnt amaze me at all.So i decided to take the autorikshaw to one of my favorite hangouts in palakkad- Tippu s fort, a stonewalled structure enclosing a hanuman temple , a jail ( wtf??? ) and surrounded by deep waterfilled trench.When the clock hits 5 in the evening , residents, oldies , kids, teens , lovebirds all converge in the vicinity.I found a place under the banyan tree which gave a 180 degree view of the fort entrance and the three 20 somethings eating ice cream infront of the park.Cant fight the hormones.
"Puthiya ala?"( Are you new here?)
Maybe i looked out of place with my cargos and red smirnoff tshirt.The mundu-wearing majority always despise ppl like us clearly proved by the facial expression the guy was having when he asked this question.
"Alla.Ivide thanneya." (No,i am a native)
"Evideya sthalam?" ( which part are you from ? )
"Stationde adutha" ( near the station )
"Aduthevade" ( Where exactly? )
"Estate"
"Estatelevede" ( where in Estate?)
"eh...Ration kadede backilu" ( Behind the rationshop)
"oh.Backilu ennu parayumbol?." ( Where exactly? )
I bailed before the guy started to ask about my sexual orientation. Fake Cellphone call - Always works.
Although i am giving out a negative vibe about my good old P town,.. i say folks - Its the best damn place to grow up. I think the town's dwindling population has added to her beauty , as crowded streets and walkways are mostly history. Not that people have stopped reproducing ( Its India Goddamit! ) , but because most of the youngsters including me have left P-town in search of greener pastures that could turn those brown mundus and bermudas into cargos and red tshirts.
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ur baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaackk... yay..
ptown has baskin robbins now?? whoa! and i can totaly relate to the way guy spoke to ya.. people just loooove to ask questions in this part of the world dunt they?
anyway, please dont disappear again. keep writin..
I think Mr.Robbins forgot to do the usual market study before putting it there.We rather eat 5rupee ice cream from the bicycle vendor,am i right? .
ty miss A. Will try not to.
eda my fav place too was the fort!
but cousins dissuaded me from going there ofren ,saying that i t was hangout for lafangas and bromances!
eda ani! u are irreplacebale!
let the good stuff roll always man!
peace!!!
let me tell you palakkad is a great place and jobys mall is turning out to be goood place to hang out. thank god i do not have to travel back to bangalore to have a brobbins it is available in palakkad now wowow my kid liked the play area and good food too
anand ...
Dude.. there are no lafangas out there. Cant rule out the "bromance". Even supreme court couldnt. Am i right? haha
anonymous...
I was saying the same. Pkd is good as it is. Though i love making fun of stuff. Thats just me. ;)
Hei, I really want to comment on ths, of course about the place.. but no..
Well, though I hav to accept ths place as mine now, I’m struggling… literally..
Apart frm that, happy to knw that u havnt abandoned ths... u knw dude, lov ur blah- blah.. do continue ya...
when i got comments for my post i didn't know u were a malayalee :D:D humorous post..nanaitundu..evide poyalum swantham naadinodu epozhum oru extra sneham undavum..athu aganeye varu..good one :)keep blogging .. blessed be<3