ETUNAGARAM TOUR ( EPISODE - 19 )

Truck Driver: - Shit…Today is one of my worst days.

Arindam: - Why? What happened?

Truck Driver: - Now, one of the rear tyres of my truck has got punctured. Anyway, Sir, you have to get down at Palasam village, because I have to change the tyre. You will get bus for Munna Road from that Palasam bus stand only.

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Prady: - Hey, the bus is coming. Let us board on it.

Arindam: - Let us sit at the back-seat. No one is there at the back-seat.

Prady: - Baapre…the bus is travelling at a speed of 80 Km per hour or what? Look outside the window, you can feel at how much speed we are travelling.

Arindam: - This speed is nothing. Have you ever travelled in Rocket bus, which goes to Digha or Siliguri from Esplanade? That bus even travels at the speed of 105 Km per hour on the highway at midnight.

Prady: - Rocket bus is a classic bus, but this bus is just an ordinary express of APSRTC and still its engine is very good.

Arindam: - You will not agree with me, but, it is also a fact that APSRTC is the largest revenue earner among all the State Bus services in India. Andhra Pradesh is the only state, where no private buses are allowed to ply on the road as a passenger bus. Private Bus owners are only allowed to run school and office buses, that’s all. Therefore, APSRTC earns all the revenue from passengers. If APSRTC is earning so much money, so, it is evident that they will always implement high-quality buses in Andhra Pradesh. Earlier, KSRTC of Karnataka was at No.1 spot. But, the APSRTC under Chandrababu Naidu just thrashed the KSRTC in every department.

Bus Conductor: - Sir, why both of you are sitting at the back. The bus is travelling at a great speed, so, it is better that you sit at the front-side of the bus. By the way, I have never seen you people in this route. You people are coming from which place? What for you have come in this region?

Arindam: - Ei, you better concentrate on your own job. Are we having guns in our hand and looking like Maoists that you are interrogating us? We are fed up of answering too much questions asked by the people of this region.

Bus Conductor: - I was just asking, sir. Anyway, please don’t mind. Give me 60 bucks.

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Prady: - Hey, we have reached Munna Road. Come on, let us get down.

Arindam: - Chal yaar…thoda daaru peetey hain…I am feeling very thirsty now.

Prady: - Yeah, I was also feeling the same. But, I can’t see any wine shop near this Munna Road Bus stand. Wait; let me ask this local person. Bhaiya, idhaar koi wine shop hain kya?

Local Person: - There is no wine shop at this place. You have to go 1 Km towards the Warangal station. There you will get two big wine shops. Just do one thing, get into any shared auto, which is going towards the Warangal station. Ek street aayega, jahan pe ek statue hain, and at that point the street is getting divided. Just get down there.

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Arindam: - We cannot drink alcohol inside the Ashok Lodge as it is strictly prohibited there.

Prady: - Idea…We used to do that in front of our Jaipuria College also. We will buy two half-litre bottles of Thums-up. We will drink half of the Thums-up. Then we will add whisky to those Thums-up bottles. It will be a fantastic punch. One nip of ‘Royal Stag’ will be enough.

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Prady: - Aha…you have poured whisky into the Thums-up bottle. That’s great. Now, shake it and then open the cork to drink.

Arindam: - Abbey, whisky ke saaath Thums-up mix kiya hua hain…Don’t open the cork, the drink will just out-burst. There is a technique. Just loosen the cork a little bit like this, there is a Phhsssh sound, now tighten the cork. Repeat the procedure till you cannot hear any Phhsssh sound, when you loosen the cork. Now, open the cork. Cheers…dude. Wow, the ‘Royal Stag- Thums up’ is very tasty and chilly now.