Chiran: - by the way, what is your name?
Prady: - My name is Prady.
Chiran: - Have you taken your lunch?
Prady: - No, we are planning to have it.
Chiran: - Take lunch at that restaurant. Then, you can visit a botanical garden in the nearby village. After visiting that garden; go back to your home. Don’t spend too much time in this forest, where humans are more dangerous than the wild animals.
Arindam: - What? What does that mean?
Chiran: - What is your name?
Arindam: - I am Arindam. But, what were you trying to say, just now?
Chiran: - Come with me. Have your lunch in this restaurant and then I will take you to that botanical garden. Both of you are vegetarian or non-vegetarian? You people are talking among yourselves in some other language? You people are not locals of Andhra?
Arindam: - We are Bengalis. We eat almost every meat, unlike the Andhra people. Now, stop asking questions and tell me, in which restaurant of this Etunagaram bus stand, we will get the Chicken rice.
Chiran: - Sir, you will get it in this restaurant only. I am waiting outside. You people just go and have your lunch.
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Arindam: - Ei, How much is Chicken Rice?
Restaurant Owner: - It is 55 bucks only. The dish contains Plain rice, Dal, Sabji curry and 8 pieces chicken with gravy.
Prady: - Fantastic…We never expected this dish, at least, in this poor Etunagaram village. Serve the dishes as early as possible. We are feeling very hungry.
Restaurant Owner: - Sure Sir. Hey, chotu… table No. 3 mein doh chicken curry ka plate lagao, jaldi.
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Arindam: - Yummy….the taste of these chicken pieces is awesome, boss. At least, in Hyderabad, I have never eaten this type of delicious chicken curry.
Prady: - Do you know what are you eating? You are not eating the meat of poultry chicken.
Arindam: - Yeah, I know, it’s a desi chicken. I have eaten a lot of these meats in our village house at Kakdwip. The meat of desi chicken is tastier than that of poultry chicken.
Prady: - Boss, this is not the desi chicken, this is the forest chicken (Bon- Murgi), a slightly different breed than that of ordinary desi chicken.
Arindam: - Now, what is that slight difference between a desi chicken and a forest chicken? As per my knowledge, both are same, boss.
Prady: - No, not at all. Anyway, there is no point in arguing with you. You will keep on arguing till you win that argument by any means. So, better eat this tasty chicken as early as possible. We need to go to the forest office.
Arindam: - but, what to do about this stinky and irritating character, Chiran? He is sitting outside, waiting for us. Let us do one thing. Just don’t talk to him. After our lunch, we will straightaway go to that auto-stand and ask them to take us to the Etunagaram forest office. Just try to pretend in front of Chiran as if you have never ever talked with him. He is oiling us to earn some money from us.
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Chiran: - Hello sir…Hello…
Arindam: - Don’t even look at him also. Let us have some pan from this shop. Dekha, apne aap…Chiran chup ho gaya saala…as we are not giving any response to his calls. Hey, boss, doh meetha pan banao…nariyel aur saufh mat daalna.
Pan Shop owner: - Ok, Sir.
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