how to tell home address

today' s evening was booked for a promise, to attend the birthday of my youngest sister whose house is not very far away, although the traffic jam in the city road connecting made me wonder if i would ever reach her house.

there i was also expecting to meet my younger, actually youngest of brothers who gels well with the sister in limelight.

it was a yellow light of a candle with which we were greeted. but i chuckled it was better than darkness. we had no choice, the state electricity board has failed miserably. it has failed to provide darkness to every household in the city. some coal still finds way to power plants.. to keep some lanterns glowing.

And so the proceedings went the usual way, the way which would make children happier. I played chinese whispers , the robot i had brought was walking, the cake was cut, gobbled, metabolized, with help of one glass of rasna and while i might sound nonchalant, it was lovely to be in a birthday party after a long time! i asked my brother who's in class 4 that how can one reach his home. he told that for this i would have to stop after haldiram's outlet, enter phase 1, and there would be a long road ahead, as i would walk along, i would encounter a cut on left, a narrow lane, but this wasn't where i was supposed to go, so i should continue walking , take a right( he actually turned positions to make his description in sync and aligned with his body, soul and spirit) and reach a field. i interrupted to help him ( actually help myself, given his discourse) and asked him his house number. he replied it was 20D/8. but added, that there were two 20D's once i would reach the field, there would be a flag-pole no farther than our refrigerator is to the sofa on which we were sitting. from that point i was supposed to turn left, and there would be a building path to my left, and on the first floor, counted from the ground floor there would be flat number 8 . and then he yells,' so simple n easy'

but he continued that if i wanted a shortcut ( as if i was interested in knowing only the longest route) , i would have to stop before phase I, enter haldiram's , and get out of its back door and not make a silly mistake of entering the main door of food outlet. at the back door, we would be facing a pillar reading' Anupama apartments'. i should walk in, and take a left, then right and then again take a second left to reach the field.

then came a philosophical statement ... see there are two ways to reach the same place !

then he told there was another way to reach his home, the one thru gorabazaar, but that road had 50 lanes left and right, and so was complex..

( as if this wasnt enough :))

then i realized that he would grow up to be a true represntative and champion of all his senior brothers..