I don’t know whether the title is appropriate or not because the incident I am going to describe is just a ‘small’ hitch in what we enjoyed in our trip to shankarpur and mandarmani. But as I am choosing to focus on that incident it is very clear that the incident has significant amount of significance ..:P

“arrrrrre yarrr bore ho raha hun kgp me”… this line summarizes the frustration any one has to live through who by the most unfortunate connection of their fate were in kgp in the deserted summer. Its useless to describe the exact conditions of life , the frequency we used to take meals, or our sleep cycle…. But due to total irregularity in life we chose to go to somewhere to find some PEACE..

So we are at the sea. The moon, the water and the sand. Night seemed to pass in the blink of an eye. With us floating on the waves…playing football in the beach..swimming in the water the night passed. And we decided to move to shankarpur.

Now heres the fun fact. We were at mandarmani which is probably the only beach in India where driving in the beach is allowed. (after a few minutes we realized why the other beach authorities are so clever or may be the other way around!!). After starting the car with all four of us in it the wheels sank in the soft sand. We tried and tried with the best of our strength but could not pull it. It was like the gears were under the sand and wheels didn’t move while the engine is on.

After sometime when we are desperately seeking help some smiling faces showed up. With a smile of Buddha in their faces they offered to help but only for a “little” amount of money. We the iitians don’t loose hope easily. So we continued our effort with all kinds of new innovations regarding maximization of force to pull out the car from the sand. Half an hour later we surrendered…but now more and more smiling faces are enjoying our struggle for extraction (of the car obvsly).

This time they tripled the amount. What the…. we again went back to our muscles. They seemed to be happy with that… just one commented that the water is rising and if we fail then the car will be under water!!.. We stared at the water level…ya really its approaching near us. And if we take their help even later they will just triple the amount(the current offer ie, nine times the initial offer!!!)

We now understood the game they are playing with us. It’s a close ended trap as they are certain that we are too small in man power to pull the car. Immediately we sought their help. After some negotiation they agreed to maintain the current price(ie three times the initial offer). And our car was out in a minute. Later I thought its really a great idea to allow driving in the beach (specially when the sand is soo soft and the water level changes drastically). At least it provides great employment to the people living in the coastal area.

But the enjoyment in shankarpur was too great to make us forget about our stupidity. :)