Water trouble

By Shumaila Rais 

 I want to share a an interesting experience of mine with you.

One day our chair person, Rafia Taj, came and asked me, “Shumaila department mai Pani araha hai k nai?”  I was very surprised to find out that the chair person knew my name. I was confused. “Ji ma’am araha hai”, I answered in total bewilderment. 

 Actually this “pani scene” was a big fat joke amongst us friends. I could not understand how the chair person got to know about a joke that we shared, and to come out and ask me about it!. Let me share the pani scene with you guys.

There was shortage of water in the department and weather was very hot as well. We could not buy water bottles everyday because it gets expensive. We were thirsty, frustrated, and angry. So we went and nagged the "chamcha" of Rafia Taj, as we like to call him. Initially I went and told him that there was no water and he should something about it. I went again. He listened patiently. Then afterwards one by one every one of my friends went up and told the same thing till thhe man started shouting, "Mujhay pata hay pani nahi aaraha hay! Humayn bhi paani chahiyay hota hay! Nahi pata kab ayega pani! Mayn koi pani wala thori hoon!". There was still no water but we had managed to state our case, get rid of our frustration, and make that man go crazy which was the most pleasurable thing out of the whole situation which made us laugh till our stomachs hurt.

After a few days when the water problem was solved, the spoon-man came and said, “ab app ye nai bataeyay ga k aj pani araha hai”.