India Day Parade Party - Club Crowbar
Gangu was too excited to go to the India Day Parade Party in Club Crowbar, held on the 20th. How could Gangu miss the opportunity of being squished in between 3000 odd drunk desi people?! Gangu was informed that the party ran from 5 pm to 4 am. 11 hours of non-stop fun!!!
Gangu's father had once told Gangu: "Beta, if you ever go clubbing... Make sure you are the first person IN, and the last person OUT." Following father's sagacious advice... Gangu reached Club Crowbar at around 3:30 pm, and was the first to form the line. Gangu waited for sometime... and the DJs arrived and the club opened. Gangu's father had worked hard for the money which Gangu was spending... So keeping this in mind, Gangu vowed that he will party up every penny he spends.
When the line was forming, Gangu soon realized that almost none of the guys (except the uncles ofcourse) had a good taste in fashion! For this party, Gangu had opened his Papa's locked away dusty suitcase which contained classic clothes from back in the 70s and 80s. Ahh... the red bell-bottom pants and the snazzy yellow shirt were taken out. Perfect. Parachute Coconut Oil was neatly smeared onto the hair, and Gangu spent 15 minutes carefully combing it to the side. It would be time to BOOGIEEE! Just moments before the club doors opened... Memories of India rushed back to Gangu... It almost reminded Gangu of the crowded bazaars in India. How the vendors would be screaming "EK KA DHO! EK KA DHO! EK KA DHO!" or "CHAI GARAM CHAIIII!"... At this club line... there were guys who were selling tickets in black... and screaming "ONLYY $30!! BUY IT BEFORE IT RUNS OUT!". The ticket were officially sold for $40 at the door. Gangu ofcourse didn't buy from them. Gangu put the Guju connection into action and hit up the cell... within a minute... A guy came up to Gangu and exhanged the ticket for $15!

"Wad is tat dawg?", asked Jay.
"It is a classic my friend. Do not worry. I will do Bharatnatyam and seduce all the ladies, Jay.", Gangu explained.
"Oh aite... No prob dawg... Gimme some kinda signal when u in da crowd, G. I will pop in da song then", said Jay.
Both agreed that when Gangu got on top of the little platform (subwoofer system), Jay will pop in the song and Gangu will bust out the moves.
After having accomplished this... The next most important thing still had to be done. Gangu had to stretch! Last thing Gangu wanted was a torn ligament or a cramp! So Gangu picked a corner, and performed his various stretching techniques and did Yoga for an hour. It was around 7 now, and people had finally started flooding in the club. Oh yes! Gangu was ready.
When the crowd started getting in their grove, Gangu realized some girls were getting a bit too close to other girls... and Gangu instantaneous turned around! No! No! My eyes must've deceived me! What would Gangu tell his grandma if she asked what happened at the party!!! But ofcourse Gangu's manly man-brain told him TURN AROUND!! So Gangu secretly peeked through his fingers, which were covering his eyes. Ahhh... That night was the first time Gangu was truly glad he had a camera phone...

An hour later, lots of girls had arrived. So Gangu decided to get on the subwoofer system. As this happened, the transition to a new song began. To Gangu's wonderment... it was NOT Janak Janak Tori Bhaaje Payaliya! It was Gori Naal Ishq! The crowd started pointing and laughing when Gangu tried doing Bharatnatyam to a Punjabi song. Some even threw tomatoes! Only one question arose in Gangu's mind... How the hell did they sneak in vegetables into the club!? Or wait... Isn't tomato a fruit?? But yah... still... Gangu's juicy red apple was taken away by the Bouncer when Gangu entered the club! That's it! Gangu was determined in SEEKING JUSTICE!

"Sorry dude... This guy paid me $5 and gave me specific instructions to play Gori Naal Ishq when you got onto the subwoofer system!", he explained.
"What?? Who??"
"I dunno him... He came and asked me just after you left earlier."
"Do you remember what he was wearing atleast???"
"Ummm... Oh yah... a shirt"
Around looked around and saw a sea of guys wearing shirts.
"Can you be more specific????"
"Oh yah... I think the shirt said, Motel 8 - Janitor".
Gangu's knees buckled when he heard this!
"Nooo... Not him! Anybody but him!!! Pleasee!!! Are you sure it said Motel 8 and not Days Inn or Holiday Inn????"
"Now that u ask... I am quite sure it was Motel 8." said Jay. "By the way dude he asked me to play Rang De Basanti, in some time, when he himself gets on top of the subwoofer system to dance."
Once again... Gangu's brain started working faster than any 1993 IBM computer. Gangu took out a $50 bill, quite aware that it would be money well spent... and instructed Jay to play "Pehla Nasha" when Arjun got on.
(For those of you who don't know who Arjun Singh is... Please refer to the "Arjun Singh" post, which was put up on August 13th)
As Gangu had expected... at around 11:30 pm... Arjun Singh, Gangu's arch nemesis, got on top of the sub woofer system. The DJ transitioned the song... and RANG DE BASANTI ripped through the speakers. What the hell!?!? The crowd cheered!! They jumped up and down... Other taporis were whistling non-stop... While Arjun reinacted every Bhangra move he had been doing against Gangu for all these years. Though contrary to standard procedure... this time even the Bouncers themselves loved Arjun's moves and heaved him onto their shoulders where he yelled "BHALLE!! BHALLE!!" Then Arjun got down and ladkis ran towards him like they were children running towards a Ice Cream truck. Arjun saw Gangu staring with his jaw open. He seemed to have read Gangu's mind... and remarked... "The ladies want my Popsicle! Bwahahahahaha!".
It was only 12:00 yet! There was still 4 hours hours to go, and Gangu couldn't stand it anymore! For the last time Gangu ran to Jay Dabhi. Before Gangu could ask for an explanation, he saw that Arjun was already there. He was handing over a bundle of $100 bills to Jay.
They turned around and smiled at Gangu. And soon there was a grimace on Arjun's face. Gangu was too hurt for another full fledged confrontation, but still... He had to ask... "Why Arjun??? Why???"
"Because I don't like you, Gangu!", laughed Arjun.
Gangu knew there was no use in hoping for good songs to be played now. Gangu's shoulders stooped. *sigh* Gangu turned around... and his feet guided the way through the club exit. It was Gangu's worst club experience!
For the first time in his life Gangu felt like he had betrayed the Guju community. Gangu had surely not been the last person OUT the club, and this had been Papa's advice ever since Gangu was a little kid... So this in turn meant Gangu had wasted his Papa's money... Gangu had not partied up every penny!
"Papa should not know this! No guju should! If they do... They will exile me from their community!!! I will tell no one!", Gangu thought.
Having decided this... Gangu arrived at his house, and sat outside his front door until 4:30 am. Then he entered the house, and woke up his Papa to let him know that he reached home safely. "How was party, Beta?", Dilip asked.
"Wonderful Papa. Just wonderful."
But Gangu had made up his mind... He would never be going to India Day Parade Party again!