Crime is a hallmark of any society and so was part of our splendour in PEC. Any community however educated, mature and love-loving... some criminal elements do creep inside. The devil always gets hold of someone, and in a fit of rage, makes a man...another devil... This is how this species survives, and was surviving in PEC. There were some core criminals, the so called MEN IN UNIFORM, above all there were INFORMERS. The third tribe was at large, hostel being their definite breeding ground of all anomalies in sacred land.
While thinking of informers few names from Mech. pop up our mind like a flash - we still remember little Dim Cork. Now Dim Cork was a simple, hard working and above all a typical softy...... He was cut out for Comp Sc or Electronics but landed in men's room i.e. Mech :) The legend of all times is when he witnessed the most cruel act in PEC by his fellow brothers..... he had actually fore casted it way back in time so was not a surprise to him. He simply uttered "Yeah to hona hi tha !!"
The Act - nothing much really, just a simple murder of our beloved Vikas Rana of electronics fame... We donnullt really think many people know him well enough, actually he was more like Wills Ultra Mild..... he was there but was not enough to make a girl crave !!! cheh... a girl crave... he could not have made his wife crave...
The Murderer was a dude known as VL, VL was the gang leader.... and a lobbyist. Any day he would have given Virappan a run for money. He was most apt candidate in case one wanted to hear the sound of human bones crack!!! VL and our Dim Cork had a great affection for one another. If one was the body, then the other soul. But, may be GOD made a mistake there. Sorry Boss.
So one hard night, Dim Cork was working on a complex problem in wide and varied field of his favourite subject when one of the gang members rushed in to his room, and broke the news.....NEWS that was going to change the future of PECobians..... VL had murdered Dim Cork's good friend Vikas Rana. To sprinkle salt on injuries, Police had got the whiff and was on its way to hostel. Now Dim had always been afraid of Police, once he had seen them in action in his place and since then he used to pee in his pants by their name.... btw he belonged to the crime belt of UP and knew what this sinister tribe was capable of !! ... Capable of ensuring he doesn't stand on his feet, more so somethings else doesnnullt stand, he always doubted his skills in executing his family progression plans and after one night act with police would ensure that his wife runs with neighbour :)
Dim Cork's first reaction was "Fuck Man, ab hamari placement kaise hogi..." Bloody asshole was more worried about his placements then his near and dear friend, who was allegedly murdered by some drunkard. This was the long lasting friendship Dim Cork was capable of. As someone rightly said, "Jaane wala to chala gaya, ab kyun rote ho, apni socha aur apni jindagi sambhalo".
Dim Cork's nearness to Vikas was known to everyone, and during his tenure, Dim had made so many well wishers that with the arrival of the Police team, they would have all pointed out Dim in unison, Dim - the man who could hold vital details of the victim. He was the man who could be the key to the secret behind the murder, and also, the man who could have been the witness to testify in court.
The solution was to escape this land of crime and sin and escape to safety of home.... Other gang members also suggested the same... they were trying to save VL and also him... and their own asses. But there are a few nuts.... "jinko behanchod musibat ke samay main bhi hansi aati hai"...and Gochwal (another gang member) was one such nut... hard to crack... but laughing in this horrifying moment... jab kisi ki buri tarah phatti padi thi.
To escape Dim needed urgent help and that readily arrived in the form of GA & AG who were eager to help comrade. Both were more than zealous to pay the debt of friendship and was trying desperately to get Dim out of this shit. When Dim was gathering all his belongings to run for safety, they said "Jaan hai to jahan hai... saale kapde chod aur bhaag...". The statement was true, and had a million dollar vested interest. So here our Dim left out his room, locked up in a hurry and then ran for safety with his dear friends GA & AG .
Though Dim is not very tall but since police was on its way, extra safety had to be taken. And GA & AG made sure that nothing came in the way of Dim and his placement, so he was made to crawl in the fields behind Principals office, he had seen this stuff in several movies and for ensuring that his tool for family progression was safe he could do anything..... anything in this world!!! He mustered all his courage..jo bhi bach paya.. and then crawled for over 10 minutes.
So there were his able friends GA & AG standing with his mustang.... they rode away to glory ... to sec 17 bus stand...... in way they ducked every soul alive and on road... after all this was matter of a cold blooded murder ...... On reaching he found a UP roadways bus waiting for him to take him to free land. GOD had been extra caring for him that night... Alas!! this was the final way out... now he would be saved...and when he would return he could happily sit for placements. But for everything you need some thing ..... unfortunately his freedom needed money.... how materialistic and cruel, he had forgotten his vallet in the unsafe surroundings of his room.... though he would have been more than happy to oblige the bus conductor with a pump, but his beloved and experienced friends GA & AG, knew that such conductors are carriers of deadly virus. And the misery is that as there are no free lunches, there are no free rides..... take for example for all those evening rides DKN had to pay ...no no not in cash of course.... but behold before GC wakes up and sends us a stinker lets get back to our beloved Dim Cork!!
So he finally paid the last installment of the debt....he lended him some cash....what a friend, what a saviour..... GA & AG. (Our secret spies later confirmed that this extra pound of knowledge was gained by them while they had a free ride by obliging a conductor :) ) GA & AG we love ya !!!!
After all the hard work, the wind of success blew and here it was in form of the Diesel puff from UP roadways bus..... Cork rode away to his free land where the are no murders.... no criminals ..... no chor.... no police and there is only love... love and love!!! But, saale ki kismat itni kharab thi ki jisse woh love karta tha... woh kisi aur se love karti thi... kismat maadi ho to insaan bhi dim cork ban jaata hai...
In this hostel somewhere in city beautiful, there was a bunch of people laughing their guts out.... and as the news spread the laughter grew..... Vikas Rana was a star, VL was the don.... and Dim Cork was the victim...... of the planner, the HR man ..... who else but Sachin Singh, who wrote the script. Hats of to all those who participated.
To our love Dim Cork aka Navin Arora.... We Salute!!!
NOTE: Mukul Pal was wrongly put into the shoes of a role, that was brilliantly played by Gaurav Arora and Akash Gehlaut. Hats off to you guys...
