21. Ek kauwa thaaa…

Bhupi returned with a diary and flipped through pages. We sipped beer and fetched snacks from the plates and newspaper spread in the middle. Believe it only half of it reached our mouths, rest just fell midway, we were drunk, hee hee. Then suddenly Bhupi struck the chords and addressed us,
“Okay, here’s an original one. This will suit the situation. That nothing is impossible only if you try. When we all were small there was this story about a thirsty crow. Because of his will power he was able to quench his thirst on a hot summer afternoon. That crow is, let’s say Depesh and body building is his thirst, hot afternoon is like our constraints and now with his will power he will achieve his dream…” Bhupi struck some chords again, the sound seemed familiar.
“You must have heard the tune of the song ek hasina thi…ek diwanaaa…, I am going to use that tune here…” and Bhupi started singing this beautiful hilarious song that was really unique and left no doubt about his creativity. The song was as follows,
“Ek kauwa thaaa… kauwa pyasa thaaa… kya tapan thi, hawa garam thi, june ka wo mahinnaa thaaa… kauwa pyasa tha…” and so on he went and we were all smiling listening to our childhood story of thirsty crow as a musical composition.“…kauwe ne dale, usme pathther, dalta hi gyaaa, kauwa pyasa tha…”