Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Punk who sold his Maruti

Neel was one MBA grad whose career was on exponential rise right from the time when he joined a multinational company. Neel was very charismatic and had mastered the ultimate art, ‘saying right things at right time’. He was very trendy as well, right from his college days. Whether it was clothes, accessories or electronic gadgets; everything has to be in line with latest fashion. Well, almost everything, except his beloved ,old Maruti 800 Car!! For some reason, he couldn’t let it go. The Car had no A/C, required servicing every 15 days but still was too close to his heart. Well, actual reason was, a baba, Jai Jai Shivshankar had once told him that this car represents connection between him and the ‘powers in heaven’. So long as he possesses his Maruti, he has every chance to attain nirvana, but he dare not anger the mystical powers by selling his Car.

One day, while returning from a picnic, the brakes of Car went dead on a mountain pass. Suddenly out of nowhere a big tree collapsed right in front of his vehicle. The car took off like an aeroplane, but landed 20 feet away, revolved 360 degrees, thrice and stopped. Everybody in the Car was safe and surprisingly the car was not much damaged either. His girlfriend Rene (Renuka) who was accompanying him was stunned and converted into a statue till a mild explosion from bonnet brought her back to senses. “What the hell”, she shouted getting out of the car and kicking the tyres. “Sell or throw away this Car right now or else the relationship is over”. Rene was a top HR executive in his company. Neel promised to do exactly the same once they get back.

That night he couldn’t sleep. All the memories with his beloved Maruti flashed in front of his eyes. But it was also a wakeup call. As told by Jai Jai Shivshankar, he almost saw God thanks to his Maruti. Next day he had a mysterious visitor. It was his friend Danny (DayaNayak). He talked in length about Toyota Corolla Altis and how he should buy it as the Car is ‘class above’. Neel went to Toyota showroom. His eyes immediately went to ‘Camry’ but probably it was a step too far for him. Suddenly he saw a Sage walking in suit towards him. It seemed like some miraculous transformation of an ordinary man. Afterwards he realised that it was a Toyota salesman and it was sunrays entering through transparent glasses in the background which gave the salesman a sage kind of look. Neel being a materialistic student visited showrooms of other companies like Honda,BMW,Skoda etc. After every meeting he noted down virtues and wisdom learnt as well as specific techniques and quotable quotes about the Car.

Finally, after much thought he realised that it was Toyota Altis which had rekindled his inner fire and Altis was ‘the most precious commodity’. He realised that the ultimate purpose of life is ‘change’. He got a free t-shirt as well, reading ‘Change is Good’. Neel sold his Maruti and yeah he did break up with Rene.

14 comments:

  1. Mujhe philosophy samajh kyun nahi aati?

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  2. @MangoMan
    coz, its not philosophy...it is random post gone wrong I guess...probably my worst ever :(

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  3. Hey Is that a real one or just ur own cooked one???

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  4. @Diksha
    cooked one :) did it taste OK?

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  5. umar ka asar nazar aa raha hai buddhe par :P

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  6. @Mandy
    I knw...I have already said its the worst ever..maaf kar do

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  7. Looking at all the comments do i need to say much?? One off day i guess :)

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  8. it started of well....i thot der mu\ight be sum irony in the end...but still...kabhi kabhi hota hai...mere blog me bhi recently hua tha....will still be waitin for oder posts..:)

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  9. @All
    I agree it certainly is not best by any standards, but I wanted to convey many things...A little fun of 'babas', a little fun of MBAs, many lines in the post are picked from 'Monk who sold his Ferrari' chapter names for parody. But I agree it didn't go well :(

    @Jitsy
    Yup, next post has to come soon now to get over this post :D

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  10. Change is the only thing which is constant.

    You changed your car, fine !..but changing gfs with each car?..ummm

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  11. @Divya
    first of all, welcome to the blog :)

    Neel broke up coz she was not right...believe me, if he finds right girl, he won't look for change even if he changes Car later.

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  12. The girl was not right for Neel..I agree ! You are good at decision making.

    btw..you are welcome at--

    http://zealzen.blogspot.com/

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