MERMAID MIRINDA (EPISODE - 03) !!!

Arindam:- No, no, dad! I am not in a mood to get married right now. Give me some time to settle down. I am planning to take the job of a guide for the tourists of our Tabernia kingdom.

Ptalone:- I am not saying no to it. Choose whatever profession you like to chose, but, it is my wish that you participate in the Swayambar Contest at the Royal Palace of Tabernia.

Arindam:- But, dad !

Ptalone:- My words are final in this regard. Either you participate or you don’t stay at our house.

Arindam:- Ok! Fine! But, don’t blame me, if I fail to win the contest. I know that I will not succeed in it.

Ptalone:- I have faith on the astrological predictions of Priest Jubilion. I am quite optimistic that you will win it. Maradon, Tendula and Panduram will accompany you in your journey towards the Royal Palace of Tabernia kingdom which is around 15 kilometers away from our house.

Arindam:- Ok! Not an issue! Tonight, we will start our journey.

Siusa:- Son, be careful while swimming at midnight.

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Maradon (A childhood friend of Arindam):- We have already swum around 9 kilometers at a stretch. Come on! Let us pluck some sweet roseberries from these roseberry plants.

Tendula (A childhood friend of Arindam):- Oh! Yeah! Yeah!

Rozario (Sea Horse):- Wait! Just hang on! This is the territory of sea horses. No one can pluck any fruits, flowers or berries from any plants or sea weeds of our territory without taking prior permission from us. My name is Rozario. I am the Head Gardener of Sea-Plants of this Kingdom. If you pluck anything, I may arrest you all to give some punishment at the Royal Palace of Tabernia. I am a very loyal follower of our majesty, King Fola.

Panduram (A childhood friend of Arindam):- We are on our way to the Royal Palace of Tabernia only. Our friend Arindam is going to participate in the Swayambar Contest of the princess of Tabernia.

Rozario:- Ha ha ha…it is better to commit suicide rather than participating in it, because a loser of that Swayambar Contest never comes back alive.

Arindam:- What! What do you mean by that?

Rozario:- You will get to know about it once you enter inside the Royal Palace of Tabernia.

Tendula:- If we sense something like that, then we will not allow Arindam to participate in it. It is as simple as that. 

Maradon:- Ha ha ha…Yeah! We will just watch the contest and come back to our own village.

Panduram:- Rozario, we are feeling very hungry now. We need to eat something to get some energy to swim another 6 kilometers or so.

Rozario:- Don’t worry; I am a strict gardener but not so a cruel sea horse. Just wait here; I will give you a basket of roseberries of high quality. By eating those, you all will get energized.

Arindam:- Oh! That’s really a nice gesture from your side. Thank you.

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General Damus (Army General of Tabernia Kingdom):- It is a great honor for us that for the third and the last time, we are going to conduct this Swayambar Contest for our Princess Mirinda. As you all know that 3 years ago, Vikrant, the one and only son of our Great Emperor, Kakrasa gave the marriage proposal to Princess Mirinda, but she declined that proposal. Emperor Kakrasa with a good gesture gave Princess Mirinda a chance to select her groom by organizing a Swayambar Contest each year. The maximum limit is of three Swayambar Contests. If Princess Mirinda gets no winner from the three Swayambar contests, then Princess Mirinda has to marry Vikrant. As per the agreement, if Princess Mirinda gets any mermale from the Swayambar Contest, then King Fola will remain as a lifetime prisoner of Emperor Kakrasa. Emperor Kakrasa and Prince Vikrant are our chief guests. All the spectators present here; please give a big round of applause to them.

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Tendula:- Emperor Kakrasa is really a very cruel Emperor.

Panduram:- Kakrasa is very shrewd. It is his calculated strategy. He ensured it from all ends that no mermale can ever win the Swayambar Contest.

Maradon:- For two times, there has been no winner. I think that the history will repeat again here.

Arindam:- Hussh! Let us first listen to the announcements. Then we can talk hours after hours.

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King Fola (King of Tabernia Kingdom):- I like to address to all the contestants of the 3^rd Swayambar Contest of my daughter Mirinda. Welcome to the Royal Palace of Tabernia. I wish all the contestants a very good luck from the core of my heart, because I want a real warrior to become the life partner of my only daughter. Now, my better half, Queen Lucy will tell you about the rules of the contest.

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Kakrasa (in a whispering tone):- How many contestants are there today?

Vikrant:- Only 11.

Kakrasa:- Oh! None of them will make it. You will get married to Mirinda.

Vikrant:- Yeah! I hope so.

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Queen Lucy (Queen of Tabernia Kingdom):- In the 1^st round, it is a not so a romantic race. You all need to swim through a zone of 1 kilometer where some warriors of Emperor Kakrasa will be hiding themselves and shooting poisonous arrows randomly at the contestants. If you survive after swimming for 1 kilometer, then you qualify for the 2^nd round. In the 2^nd round, you have to kill Alligator Ali to win the Swayambar Contest. In the 1^st Swayambar Contest, not a single contestant survived in the 1^st round. In the 2^nd Swayambar Contest, one contestant got qualified for the 2^nd round, but got killed by the Alligator Ali. The 1^st round will start after a few moments. All the contestants are requested to take their position on the Starting Point.

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Arindam:- My dad is a real fool. He didn’t know about all these things, otherwise, he would have never told me to participate in this deadly competition. I will not participate in it. Come on, let’s go back home.

Panduram:- Sea Horse was saying the right thing.

Maradon:- Look there! General Damus is announcing about something again.

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General Damus:- Contestants, before going for the 1^st round, don’t you like to have a glimpse of Princess Mermaid? Please give a big round of applause for Princess Mirinda. Princess Mirinda, please be seated on that seat, especially made for you.

Princess Mermaid:- Oh! Thanks! General Uncle!

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Arindam:- Wow! What a beautiful mermaid she is! Look at her white dress! Look at her lovely shining tail fin. Long black hairs with beautiful eyes! Aah! Am I dreaming? I have never seen such a beautiful mermaid in my entire life.

Tendula:- That’s why; she is a princess, buddy. So many mermaids take care of her as beauticians and style designers. Our poor mermaids of our village are not so lucky enough to have such privilege to become too fashionable.

Arindam:- My dad has done the right thing to send me here. Thanks to dad! I will participate in this Swayambar Contest. I want to marry that beautiful mermaid. She is mine.

Maradon:- What! Have you gone crazy? Your dad is a crazy mermale and you are crazier than him also. We will tell your dad that you have lost the contest. Now, come on, let’s go back home. As your friends, we cannot allow you to die like that.

Arindam:- I don’t know about the 2^nd round, but, I am very much confident that I will clear the 1^st round because I am expert in swimming. Thanks to my master, Dolphin Darwin. Better, I suggest you people to make a nice sword for me or steal it from somewhere.

Panduram:- Ok! Guys! Let Arindam participate in the Contest. I have an idea. Just a few meters from this Royal Palace, there is a place where I have seen some Guin Corals while on our way here.

Maradon:- So! What?

Panduram:- If you kill any fish and keep it on any Guin Coral, then those Corals give the smell of human blood. My dad is a Shark Hunter. Many a times, I have seen my dad applying this strategy to attract the sharks and then killing the sharks with automated electrical harpoons.

Arindam:- Yeah! It is a good idea to distract the warriors of Kakrasa. Anyway, I am going to the Starting Point. Do whatever you feel like doing.

Maradon, Panduram and Tendula:- Best of luck to you, Arindam.

Arindam:- Thanks.

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Panduram:- How many small fishes have you killed, Tendula?

Tendula:- Well, 14 small fishes. I have tasted one of them. Oh! Such a bitter taste! All sea fishes are not so delicious.

Maradon:- I have plucked almost all the Guin Corals from the seabed. Give me those dead fishes one by one.

Panduram:- Take these Holka Thorns. Pierce the body of those dead fishes to take out the blood and then stick the fishes on those corals with those thorns only.

Maradon:- Ok! You people start swimming to the spot and locate a feasible location, where we can install these Guin Corals.

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Queen Lucy:- 7 out of 11 contestants have qualified for the 2^nd round. That’s a record!  We will have our 2^nd round tomorrow where you have to fight either with Alligator Ali or Alligator Alisha. As the contestants are more, so we have made two panels. In Panel -1, it is Alligator Ali and in Panel-2, it is Ali’s younger sister, Alligator Alisha. We request all the 7 contestants to stay at the dormitories of our Royal Palace with your respective guardians or friends. See you all tomorrow again.

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Vikrant:- How is it possible? Dad, your warriors cannot even kill 11 contestants. Shame on your warriors!

Kakrasa:- I have talked with General Monduka (Warrior Head cum Army General under Emperor Kakrasa) regarding this matter. It was unfortunate that some sharks attacked our warriors. All the sharks have been killed. Our 5 warriors died in the encounter against the sharks. By the time, our warriors killed all the sharks; the 1^st round of the Swayambar Contest was almost over. Still, our warriors managed to kill 4 contestants in that circumstance. Don’t worry; not a single contestant will be able to win against Alligator Ali and Alligator Alisha.

Vikrant:- Don’t underestimate the mermales. Alligators may fail also. If any mermale win against any alligator, then let him be killed by our warriors at a secret place. When the spectators will ask about the winner of the contest, then we will say that due to severe injuries in his body, he succumbed to death.

Kakrasa:- That’s a nice idea. We will surely execute it. Relax and start dreaming about your honeymoon with Princess Mirinda.

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Arindam:- Really, I am grateful to God that I have got you such friends in my life. Thanks for saving my life.

Maradon:- Ok! Ok! Don’t get so carried away. We are not so good mermales.

Panduram:- Ha ha ha…Look at me. I have stolen one of the best swords. A warrior of Kakrasa died of the shark attack. I picked up his sword. Do you know how my dad always sharpens the harpoons? Look at those blue colored flowers! These are known as Briton flowers. Inside the petals of these flowers, there are Briton juices. Rub the petals of Briton on the sword from top to bottom to sharpen the sword.

Arindam:- Ok! Ok! Keep this sword hidden under the seabed here. We will come here before the 2^nd round to take the sword from here. Now, come on, let us go back to our dormitories at the Royal Palace of Tabernia, otherwise, the warriors of Kakrasa may doubt us. By the way, what the hell is Tendula doing inside the dormitory?

Maradon:- He collected the skin of a dead shark. He is sewing body armor for you with that shark’s skin. After all; his father is a tailor. So, Tendula knows how to sew up everything.

Arindam:- Oh! What a fool! Tendula is a fool. An Alligator’s teeth can even bite through the Shark’s skin.

Panduram:- We are not scared of Alligators but Kakrasa’s warriors.

Arindam:- Ok! Got it! Tendula is a very smart mermale. That’s great!

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Queen Lucy:- Out of 4 contestants in Panel-1, the 4^th contestant was able to win against Alligator Ali. Markov, the mermale killed Alligator Ali. Markov is badly injured now. Markov is going through some medical treatments. Now, in the Panel-2, out of 3 contestants, the 3^rd contestant, Arindam was able to kill the Alligator Alisha. Arindam, the mermale is also badly injured and the warriors of Kakrasa are taking him for some medical treatment. In the meanwhile, we have got the news that Markov has died due to severe injuries on his body. We have to wait and see whether Arindam will survive in the medical treatment or not.

MERMAID MIRINDA (EPISODE - 02) !!!

Priest Jubilion:- Good morning, Doctor Sthatolona. I am seeing you after a long time. I hope that everything is fine.

Doctor Sthatolona:- Yeah! Everything is fine. I have come to meet you to know about something.

Priest Jubilion:- Ok! Not an issue! But, you are carrying a little mermale on your lap. Who is he? What’s his name?

Doctor Sthatolona:- He is the son of a poor sea sweeper of Tabernia kingdom, Ptalone Protozona. His name is written on his right hand in Hululu language.

Priest Jubilion (Surprised and excited):- What! Is it that special mermale? Let me read what’s written on his right hand. His name is Arindam. This mermale will surely kill the Emperor Kakrasa one day.

Doctor Sthatolona:- Maybe or maybe not! But, you should not say anyone about the fact that the special mermale has taken birth in the Kingdom of Tabernia. By the way, I don’t have too much faith on astrology. To kill an emperor like Kakrasa, you need a courageous warrior.

Priest Jubilion:- You leave it to me. When this mermale will become a mermale of 5 years, he will be sent to Akalan, the reputed training center of Mukran kingdom.

Doctor Sthatolona:- No, it is not a feasible idea to send him to a training center. If any of the spies of Kakrasa came to know about him, they may try to kill him at Akalan itself. I suggest you to request one of the best trainers to train him privately in Tabernia kingdom itself.

Priest Jubilion:- Ok! As you wish!

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Dolphin Darwin (One of the best trainers of the Sea World):- Hi, I am Darwin. What’s your name?

Arindam:- I am Arindam.

Dolphin Darwin:- Your parents told me that you became a mermale of 5 years old on the day before yesterday. From now on, I am your trainer. Actually, we, the Dolphins species are engaged in the profession of teaching and training only. My elder brother, Docomo runs the Akalan training center in the Mukran kingdom which is famous worldwide.

Arindam:- Oh! I am finding you very boring, Mr. Darwin. I must request my parents and Priest Jubilion to change the trainer.

Dolphin Darwin:- I have the teaching experience of more than 5 years or so. I have taught the little kids of almost all species in this sea world. Generally, all the kids become too restless at their initial period of learning. After some days or months, they start finding some interest in their training.  Anyway, enough of lectures; now, just follow me. I hope that you can swim faster at all levels of water.

Arindam:- Yeah! I am not so bad in swimming.

Dolphin Darwin:- That will not help you, dear. You have to become the fastest swimmer of this sea world. You don’t know your goals, but we know it. Anyway, just chase me down. Catch me if you can.

Arindam:- Ok! Here I go. Oops! You are very smart. You are swimming laterally and changing your levels too fast. You are swimming at the surface of the water and suddenly you are coming down towards the sea bed and swimming across the sea-weeds. Oh! It is very tough for me to chase you down. I am panting for breathe now.

Dolphin Darwin:- Stamina problem! Ha ha ha…Can you see those red colored mushrooms on the sea bed?

Arindam:- Yeah! I can.

Dolphin Darwin:- Uproot those mushrooms and eat it.

Arindam:- Oh! No! It is so bitter in taste.

Dolphin Darwin:- But, those mushrooms are like steroids. If you consume 5 grams of red mushrooms daily, then you can swim around 15 kilometers with your maximum swimming speed daily. Ok! Enough! You had a gala eating session! Now, you have to swim towards the surface of the sea water from this sea bed without using your hands. Wait; let me tie your hands with this thin stem of a sea plant.

Arindam:- My goodness! You can do almost everything with our mouth.

Dolphin Darwin:- That’s practice and nothing else. Now, start swimming upwards.

Arindam:- I am falling down every time on the sands of sea bed. It is impossible for me. How can you expect me to swim without using my hands?

Dolphin Darwin:- Oh! Come on! You are a mermale. Even the female gender of a mermale, i.e. a mermaid can swim like that. A fish is not having two hands like you but still it can swim well by using its tail fin.

Arindam:- Wrong! A fish also has other fins.

Dolphin Darwin:- Imagine that a fish has lost all his fins except the tail fin. Will that fish not be able to swim in water?

Arindam:- Yeah! It can swim but with too much labor.

Dolphin Darwin:- Exactly! I also want you to give some extra effort. Hard work always pays, dear.

Arindam:- Ok! Let me try again.

Dolphin Darwin:- Keep your head straight and keep yourself relaxed. Yeah! You are going great. Keep on paddling your tail fin in that same frequency level. Once you reach nearer to the surface of water, increase the frequency of paddling of your tail fin. That’s great! Yes! Now, you have made it. So, was it impossible?

Arindam:- Oh! I am feeling too hungry now. It was really a hard exercise for me today.

Dolphin Darwin:- Ha ha ha…Ok! Ok! Now, let me untie your hands. You can go now. See you on next week again. Keep on practicing the two types of swimming that I taught you today.

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Siusa:- So, how was your training session, dear?

Arindam:- Too laborious, mom. My master kept me engaged in swimming. What food do we have in lunch?

Siusa:- Appelin Sea-weeds with sandy water termites and fresh pomula fishes. Your dad has also come after completing his first half duty.

Ptalone:- Hey, Arin, you are back from training. Siusa, serve the food. I am feeling very hungry now.

Arindam:- Dad, What duty do you do every day?

Ptalone:- I am a sea sweeper. My job is to keep the sea water clean and hygienic. Every day, I collect all the dirt of the sea water in a big net and then I dump all those dirt in the nearby sea beaches which always remains full of garbage. The humans collect those dumps every week to their garbage collection center to burn all those dirt. Not only have that; every week, I spray the Plouraquin medicine to keep the sea waters of Tabernia Kingdom free from various deadly germs and viruses.

Arindam:- Wow! Dad! You are really doing a great social job for the animals of the sea water.

Siusa:- Yeah! Indeed he is. Now, start eating the foods.

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Arindam:- Master Darwin, today, I want to know something about this sea world. Enough of swimming practices.

Dolphin Darwin:- Ok! I appreciate the fact that knowledge is also a kind of a powerful tool though an intangible tool. So, what do you know about the kingdom where you live?

Arindam:- I live in Tabernia Kingdom. I just have that much idea only. My friends were saying that this sea world is a very big world as our planet Earth is having 3 parts of water and 1 part of land only.

Dolphin Darwin:- Ha ha ha…your friends are absolutely right. This sea world is really a big world comprising of 5 big kingdoms. The 5 kingdoms are Tabernia, Mukran, Oprestonia, Kylowga and Lingolia. There are three communities of your mermale society. They are Jatikano, Pitrala and Rajakya. Rajakya are the mermales of royal communities. All the mermaids of Rajakya community are either Queens or aristocrat mermaids. As per the traditional rules, a mermale of Rajakya community is always preferred for the post of a King. Pitrala are the warrior community. Their job is to die for their own kingdom in the battle.  All the other professions of the sea world are done by the Jatikano community.

Arindam:- So, that means, if a mermale is neither a King nor a warrior, then he belongs to Jatikano community.

Dolphin Darwin:- Exactly! I have heard from my ancestors that long time back, the Jatikano community protested against the Rajakya community to include them in the administrative posts or offices of the sea world, but, that protest went in vain. Many Jatikano mermales and mermaids got killed in that protest. Sea waters became red in color. Kakrasa, the Emperor of this sea world is ruling for around 25 years or so. All the other species of this sea world are not happy with Kakrasa. Even, we the Dolphins hate that cruel Emperor. But, we are helpless. Hey, don’t go near that bubble prison.

Arindam:- Bubble Prison! Oh! My God! What is this? The bubbles are rising up from the sea bed. It is looking like a big prison of the sea water with lots of bubbles at its iron walls.

Dolphin Darwin:- Kakrasa, though a mermale, is also a great pirate of the sea world. He stole many weapons and other valuable things from the ships that sunk under the sea water. These iron walls are made of rust free iron.

Arindam:- But, who all are there inside this prison?

Dolphin Darwin:- All the great enemies of Kakrasa are kept captivated inside this prison. The name of this prison is Xolariv. Every kingdom has its own prison like this. This Xolariv is under Tabernia kingdom only. So, the water animals who have protested against Kakrasa from this Tabernia kingdom are inside this prison! I have heard that the No.1 dangerous enemy of Emperor Kakrasa is in the Biggendo prison of Kylowga kingdom. His name is Zumlu, the largest whale of the sea world.

Arindam:- How Kakrasa has managed to keep all these animals in a prison?

Dolphin Darwin:- All the inner cells of the prisons are electrified. If any prisoner tries to escape, then it suffers an electric shock. Moreover, each prison has four poisonous snakes as guards and there are electric fishes roaming all around the cells. Not only have that; all the mermales of Pitrala community who are in the administration of those prisons are magicians and have hypnotizing powers. Don’t touch the outer wall of that Xolariv prison. It has vibrating sensors attached to it. The moment you touch it, some electric fishes will come out of that prison to give you electrical shocks.

Arindam:- Oh! Master! You could have told it before. I have already touched the outer wall of the prison.

Dolphin Darwin:- Oops! You have done a blunder. Now, run for your life. Sit on my back. The electric fishes are running towards us.

Arindam:- Whoa! What a ride on your back! You are a champion in escaping from any danger. The way you swam through the deep sea weeds; just incredible. The electric fishes lost track of us. Nice swimming, master.

Dolphin Darwin:- It’s ok! It was just a part of your training, dear. Anyway, I hope that you have learned a lot today and you will never dare to go towards the Xolariv prison area. Actually, it was my fault. While talking with you, I didn’t get the clue that we entered into a deadly zone. See you next week, Bye! Bye! Don’t tell your parents about this incident, otherwise, my job of teaching will be at stake.

Arindam:- Ha ha ha…don’t worry, master. I have started to gain some interest in your training courses. See you later.

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Arindam:- Dad! Is Kakrasa invincible?

Ptalone:- I don’t know but Kakrasa’s warriors killed my father in a protest rally against Kakrasa. Everyone is unhappy with Kakrasa but we are helpless.

Arindam:- Today, Mr. Darwin told me about the 5 kingdoms. Oho! I forgot to ask about the Kings.

Ptalone:-  King Fola is the King of Tabernia Kingdom. Duriz, Criston, Okuta, Ragamoah is the King of Mukran, Oprestonia, Kylowga, Lingolia Kingdom respectively! The King of all the Kings is known as an Emperor. Kakrasa is the Emperor. Tabernia and Mukran Kingdoms are in strategic alliance with each other. There are two major languages in this sea world. One is Hululu (language of royal class) and Sanguin (language of labor class).

Arindam:- Oh! Dad! Why there are so many classifications in our mermale society?

Ptalone:- Blame it on our human like brains. Look at our physical structure. We are half human, half fish. Because of our shrewd brain, we have brought classifications and racism in our mermale society.

Siusa:- You people can talk about those things for whole night, but, I am feeling hungry now. Dinner has been served. Come on, let us have our dinner.

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Doctor Sthatolona:- Your son has now become a 10 years old mermale. As per the marriage rules of our mermale society, a mermale of 10 years old and a mermaid of 7 years old are eligible for marriage.

Ptalone:- But my son is yet to select a profession to make his living. He is not able to do sea-weed farming also.

Priest Jubilion:- Aha! Why a future king of Tabernia Kingdom will learn sea-weed farming? Look at the Sea Newsleaves (In the sea world, news are printed on big papyrus sea leaves) today. There is a news at the 3^rd leaf of the Newsleaves that King Fola has arranged a Swayambar competition (Groom Selection contest) for his daughter. Whosoever wins that contest will get married to the Princess of Tabernia Kingdom.

Ptalone:- But, my son hails from a Jatikano community. Is he eligible for the Swayambar competition?

Doctor Sthatolona:- Nowhere it is written in the Newsleaves that a mermale of Jatikano community cannot participate.

Ptalone:- Ok! I will try to convince my son to participate in that contest.

Priest Jubilion:- You don’t have to try. You must send him to participate in that contest. As per my astrological knowledge, your son has an outright chance to beat all his competitors. But, still, astrology may fail sometimes. Best of luck to your son!

MERMAID MIRINDA (EPISODE - 01) !!!

Mr. Julius John (Executive Director of Metallikon Group of Industries):- This year, your team has really performed well. Our company is proud of you and your team members.

Mr. Mrityunjay Majhi (Marketing Head of Eastern Zone):- Thank you, Sir! Thanks a lot for the compliments.

Mr. John:- Our company has won 3 awards this year from AIMR (All India Marketing Research) Group; 1) Fastest growing company in Eastern India, 2) No.1 in brand value of its products and 3) No.1 company in terms of social advertizing. Other consolation awards are also there but they are not of so much importance.

Mr. Majhi:- Yeah! Consolation awards are not of so much importance to us. So, when is the award ceremony of AIMR?

Mr. John:- The award ceremony is on 10.06.2012. Actually, the conference of AIMR will be starting on 09.06.2012 and will end on 11.06.2012. It is a 3-day conference, out of which, the award ceremony day is on 10.06.2012 only. You and your team members have to attend that conference to accept those awards. Try to book the flight tickets of you and your team members as early as possible.

Mr. Majhi:- Flight tickets? The AIMR conference was conducted in Kolkata for two successive years in Peerless Inn and Sonar Bangla Hotel respectively. This time, where?

Mr. John:- In Goa. Don’t worry; our MD, I and all the Board Directors will also attend that conference. But, as you know; we, the top management people are only allowed in the company sponsored private plane.

Mr. Majhi:- Oh! Not a problem, Sir! No hard feelings. We are getting an opportunity to go to Goa to receive the awards. That’s more than enough for us.

Mr. John:- Our company will bear 80% of  the accommodation and transport expenses of you and your team members, provided all the expenses remain within the ceilings as per the prescribed guidelines of our company. Jus book the tickets and enjoy Goa for few days.

Mr. Majhi:- Thank you, Sir! I will book the flight tickets by tomorrow evening, Sir.

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Kingshuk:- Hard work really pays! Look at our team. We are all the young guns of our company. I joined this company 2 years back without any prior experience. But, as an MBA guy, I am feeling too excited today as a part of this Metallikon Group of Companies.

Subhrojyoti:- Hmm…ok. That’s great. But, where are these guys?

Kingshuk:- You are talking about Roopchand, Bishnudhar and Arindam, naah! There they are!

Subhrojyoti:- No, Arindam is yet to reach here.

Mr. Majhi:- Oh! Why you guys are so late?

Roopchand:- There was a huge traffic jam near Teghoria, Sir.

Bishnudhar:- Yes, Sir. Roopchand is telling the truth.

Mr. Majhi:- Arindam is late again. How much time it really takes to reach Dumdum airport from South West Kolkata region?

Roopchand:- He is coming, Sir. There he is.

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Arindam:- Generally, Indigo planes do not have hi-fi air hostesses. But, in this particular flight, I am seeing too many hot air hostesses. This is a Kolkata to Goa flight, that’s why!

Bishnudhar:- Who knows; maybe, these air hostesses have been imported from Kingfisher airlines. Kingfisher Company is in a great dilemma. That’s why; many air hostesses have resigned from Kingfisher and joined other flight companies.

Kingshuk:- Sir, both Arindam and Bishnudhar have fallen in love with the air hostesses of this plane.

Mr. Majhi:- Just tell them to control themselves because it is just a tip of an iceberg. In Goa, they will not find any girl who is not hot and beautiful.

Captain Rosy D’Souza (announcing while sitting inside the cockpit):- Dear passengers, our flight is going to take off. Please fasten your respective seat belts. Switch off your mobile phones and laptops for the time being. Have a nice journey. Thank you.

Swetlana (Air hostess of Indigo flight):- Please don’t keep your mobile phone in silent mode, Sir. Please switch if off completely. It is a safety measure, Sir.

Arindam:- Really…Subhro…you are an idiot. For getting a call from your girlfriend at your mobile handset, you were going to put our life at stake!

Swetlana:- It is not a good habit to pass comments on anyone’s personal life, Sir.

Arindam:- Ok! Ok! I will not pass any comments now, but later on.

Swetlana:- Thank you, Sir.

Kingshuk, Bishnudhar, Roopchand and Mr. Majhi:- Ha ha ha…our poor Arindam!

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Pilot Ramen D’Costa (announcing while sitting at the cockpit):- Dear passengers, we are about to land at Goa airport within a while. Everyone is requested to be seated in your respective seats. Fasten your seat belts, if you have loosened it. We are expecting to have a safe landing. Thank you.

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Raju (A cab driver of Goa):- Sir! You people want a cab, Sir. Cab! Cab!

Mr. Majhi:- How far is Vasco da Gama Hotel from this Goa airport?

Raju:- Not much, Sir! Just half an hour!

Mr. Majhi:-  We are 6 guys altogether with some luggage. Will we fit in one cab?

Raju:- No, Sir! You need to hire two cabs. Hey, Sivan, come here.

Sivan (another cab driver of Goa):- Sir, my cab is also ready.

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Remulus (Manager of Vasco da Gama Hotel):- Oh! Sir! Those cab drivers have fooled you all. Actually, our hotel is just at a 10 minutes walking distance from the airport. The cab drivers took the other routes and kept on roaming here and there to get some extra bucks from you all. Anyway, everyone gets fooled for the first time in Goa. That’s the specialty of Goa.

Mr. Majhi:- Both the cabs took 100 bucks each from us. The Goan cabs are two times dearer than the Kolkatan cabs.

Remulus:- Yeah! I agree to that. Anyway, Sir; Room No. 23, 24 and 25 has been allotted for you all. All the rooms are double bedded rooms.

Roopchand:- Are these the sea facing rooms?

Remulus:- Oh! Yeah! Of course, it is. These three rooms are in the 3^rd floor. From the balcony of your rooms, you can enjoy the beauty of Pearl Beach. Pearl Beach is more beautiful and calm than the Calangute Beach, which is at a 5 Kilometers distance from here.

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Kingshuk:- Oh! Today, the conference was so boring. Thank God! At least, we have impressed everyone by our business presentation. Majhi Sir is also very happy about it.

Bishnudhar:- Hey guys! What’s the time, now?

Roopchand:- It is now 4.05 PM of 09.06.2012. Why?

Bishnudhar:- I have a plan. We are feeling too hot in this summer season, right!

Subhrojyoti:- Yeah, right. So, are you planning to have a nice bath at the Pearl Beach before the sun sets in the west?

Arindam:- It is summer season. The Sun generally sets in the west at around 6.35 PM or so. It is not so a bad idea to have a bath at the Pearl Beach now. After having a nice time for around 30 minutes or so, we can also enjoy the dusky environment and the beauty of the sunset.

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Bishnudhar:- Hey Guys! Look, what have I bought from a local shop near the Pearl Beach. Each nip bottles cost only 50 bucks. These are the bottles of Kaaju Feni.

Roopchand:- Wow! I have heard that the Kaaju Feni of Goa is very famous. These alcoholic drinks are prepared by fermenting the Kajoo Badams. Just make the pegs, man. Pour the drink in those plastic glasses.

Kingshuk:- Wait, wait, don’t drink it raw. Bishnudhar has also bought two bottles of Sprite cold drinks. Listen! Don’t drink it too fast. We will have two small pegs each and then have a bath at the beach water.

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Arindam:- Oh! What a beautiful place this is? We are in paradise. Oh! What a sunset!

Subhrojyoti:- Arindam is out of control now. He drank three pegs and that too very fast.

Kingshuk:- Arindam, it is high tide now. Don’t go further. We will now go back to our hotel rooms. Come on!

Arindam:- Oh! Come on! What fun is there in life, if there is no adventure? Let me enjoy the sea waves of Arabian Sea.

Bishnudhar:- Arindam! Arindam! He is drowning, man. Come on, guys! Let us save him.

Roopchand:- Try to understand the situation. If we try to save him, we will also get drowned.

Kingshuk:- I will go and save him. I know better swimming than you guys.

Roopchand:- Oh! You all are out of control now. I badly need some life guards here. There must be some life guards in this Pearl Beach.

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Sushil (Anchor of AIMR Conference in Goa):- Ladies and gentleman, we have lost one of our delegates of this conference yesterday. May his soul rest in peace! I request all of you to maintain a pin drop silence in the remembrance of his soul.

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Ritika (Anchor of AIMR Conference in Goa):- Now, may I request Mr. Ratul Totan to present the award of Best Branded Products of 2012 to the Marketing team of Metallikon Group of Companies.  Mr. Mrityunjay Majhi and his team members are hereby requested to come on the stage to receive this award.

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Mr. Majhi:- Thanks to AIMR for giving us this award. But, this is really a disappointing moment for us as we have lost one of our efficient team members of our marketing team. May his soul rest in peace! It is a lesson to be learned from this incident. Never ever go and bath in the sea waters if you are drunk. Even if you are not drunk, don’t take unnecessary risks in the sea waters. Even a good swimmer fails to swim well in the sea waters. Anyway, I am not in a mood to talk too much about this award. Thank you.

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Kingshuk:- I feel myself lucky to be still alive. Thanks to those two life guards of the Pearl Beach.

Roopchand:- Had I called those two life guards a few minutes earlier, we wouldn’t have lost one of our team members.

Subhrojyoti:- What about the dead body?

Bishnudhar:- It has been already sent to Kolkata. Tomorrow, we will catch the flight to Kolkata.

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Doctor Sthatolona (A reputed doctor of sea world):- Congratulations! Mr. Ptalone Protozona, your wife, Mrs. Siusa Protozona has given birth to a sweet baby mermale.

Ptalone:- Wow! That’s a great news, Doctor Sthatolona. Can I see my child and wife now?

Doctor Sthatolona:- Yeah! Of course, why not? But, wait a minute! Your baby mermale is somewhat different. A name is printed on his right hand and that too in Hululu language, not in our Sanguin language.

Ptalone:- It hardly matters to me, doctor.

Doctor Sthatolona:- You can take it lightly, not I. Few months back, Jubilion, the royal priest of Oceania Temple predicted that a mermale will take birth in the water kingdom of Tabernia who will rule the entire sea world one day by killing the Cruel Emperor, Kakrasa. Jubilion also predicted it that the mermale will have some special marks in his body.

Ptalone:- Oh! Now, do you think that my little son is that special mermale! Oh! Come on! I don’t believe in it.

Doctor Sthatolona:- But, still, I need to confirm it. After 1 month, I will take him to the Oceania Temple. Keep it a secret. Don’t let anyone know about those Hululu words printed on his right hand. Always keep his right hand covered with some clothes.

Ptalone:- Ok! Doctor, as you wish. Now, can I go inside?

Doctor Sthatolona:- Of course!

Siusa:- Look Ptalone! We have a new guest in our small family after a long wait. Sea Gods have listened to our prayers.