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\"musical\"<\/p>\n

\"\"They were the gentle sixties. TIME magazine and the Newsweek didn\u2019t have that many horror stories.\u00a0 John and Paul were giving the musical world \u201cFather Mackenzie\u201d and \u201cEleanor Rigby\u201d, and Kakoyannis brought Zorba to the silver screen where Anthony Quinn danced the Chasapiko. Back in Colombo, the Daphnies and the Melanies were doing their last jives at the Little Hut to the horn music of \u2018Sam the Man\u2019 before migrating in their micro-minis to be part of their<\/span> Australian diaspora.<\/p>\n

That was the time Packy got sacked for writing rhythmic graffiti on the factory wall about his \u2018pain in the rectum\u2019 boss.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody did a Judas on me,\u201d he laughed and explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo thirty pieces of silver here,\u201d Packy laughed again. \u201cThis was cheap and had something to do with un undeserving bastard expecting a promotion,\u201d he spelled out the root cause.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is simply a matter of looking to climb the ladder by sending your tongue into that little aperture between the Big Boss\u2019s buttocks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Packy got the marching orders from his factory job. The creative words he \u2018Picasoed\u2019 on the wall were the type that had been omitted from the dictionary. It was more in fun than in abuse.\u00a0 But who would believe? Out went Packy, technically knocked out; end of round one of his \u201cno moss\u201d rolling career plan.<\/p>\n

No problem.\u00a0 He\u2019d been there before, waking up with no job – and not much hope.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a bright side too,\u201d Packy exclaimed. \u201cNot much to lose either.\u201d\u00a0 And Packy was a bright-side man, always looking for the silver lining.\u00a0 He called himself a Cork Brigade soldier. Just like an ordinary cork, no matter how deep it sank, the cork\u00a0 always popped up, most times with no direction, yet happily floating and being content just to be buoyant.<\/p>\n

The next round was not easy. Jobs were hard to come by, especially for exiled graffiti poets. The record stank and artists of that calibre were always a bad investment for anyone who had even an idea of employing them. Packy decided to go solo. A loan here, a loan there, and a loan-cum-share to a sister who had a soft corner and the Cork Soldier got his finances sorted out to buy a three-wheeler to start his own business.<\/p>\n

\u201cHire me and I will take you to the moon, if such be your ambition,\u201d Packy told his friends, that was going to be his motto which he would paint at the back of his vehicle<\/p>\n

\u201cHandata Unath Geniyannan<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

In sequined silver glitter the words would say it all, his clarion-call.<\/p>\n

The waiting list for the purchase of a three-wheeler was a mile long and a bit of line jumping was needed to come to the forefront. That was managed. Someone knew someone who was a cousin of someone in the higher management of the Bajaj factory. The path was cleared and Packy got his new three-wheeler; the much-in-demand \u201ctuk-tuk\u201d limousine of the minions.<\/p>\n

A few practice runs in the neighbourhood and a couple of joy rides for friends and kin to get his act together and the graffiti bard was ready for the road in his red and gold three-wheeled beauty that had in bold glittering letters at the back\u00a0 \u201cHandata Unath Geniyannan<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Beret covering the head and a permanent grin decorating his face, Packy rode them all: housewives for marketing; office girls on short leave going to forbidden places, children to school, children back from school, a drunk here, a grumbler there or an occasional priest hurrying for extreme unction lest he be late and the faithful die and take residence in limbo.<\/p>\n

He loved every moment, especially when the southwest monsoon triggered the April rains. That\u2019s when Packy became the flavour of the day. The skies didn\u2019t shower cats and dogs, more like bulls and buffalo, torrential and constant. The rains were wonderful for business. After all, who likes to get wet and who could afford taxis? They were only for tourists.\u00a0 Everybody needed Packy and his cheap three-wheeler on rainy days and he revelled to oblige.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best are the lovers who hire me to ride,\u201d he said to his friends while sharing an evening drink.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey just want me to keep going and going, round and round and bring them to the same place they boarded an hour later,\u201d that was the deal.<\/p>\n

These were the ones who were too poor for the \u2018one day love rooms\u2019. They had their fun cuddling in the backseat of a \u201ctuk-tuk\u201d just after dark where the canvas covers hid them from prying eyes and another canvass separated them from the driver. The entire concert went undetected, concealed by the cloak of night and canvass covers. What happened in the back seat was pure Sodom and Gomorra.<\/p>\n

\u201cTest matches are for the rich, my friend,\u201d Packy voiced his theory. \u201cNice cars, nice places, nice meals, nice rooms and an entire day that sometimes includes the night too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy clients cannot afford that,\u201d he explained in support. \u201cFor them everything is limited; time, money, space, that\u2019s why they go for one day cricket, play hard and play fast and finish everything in one hour.\u201d<\/p>\n

The days were great. Packy was a born scooter-taxi-man. His customers loved him and his red and gold \u201ctake you to the moon\u201d three-wheeler. He was dependable and never missed a booking. Business was good. Loans were repaid, and the sister\u2019s share was settled. Packy was even contemplating a second \u201ctuk-tuk\u201d to co-run with a downtrodden friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a thought, a bit of a plan, he needs help and I know the business and maybe we put the two together and go for a second tuk-tuk.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was Packy, anytime to stretch his hand to the utmost limit. But it didn\u2019t work. His friend got re-invited by the Navy for leaving them without saying good-bye. The Navy men took such things seriously, especially when one dropped from the fold without informing and shed the uniform in an incorrect way. They came looking for him to take him back to Navy land. That was it: Packy\u2019s friend had to forget the tuk-tuk and run away to play hide and hide from the sailor boys.<\/p>\n

Packy settled down well as a successful three-wheeler man. Things were going better, just like what Coca-Cola said. One year passed and it was now coming to the three quarter mark of the second year. He had them all, permanent bookings, temporary bookings, long ones and short ones, paying ones and non-paying ones. The entire gamut of the three-wheeler clientele was connected to Packy through his Dialog mobile which rang constantly and spilled sms messages\u00a0 like a one-arm-bandit coin machine.<\/p>\n

All that was on center stage till he took a wrong turn at a roundabout. Too keen to catch a fare, he changed direction too fast, went out of control, and ran slap bang into a parked vegetable cart that spun like a ballerina, spraying carrots and beetroots over the pavement whilst the potatoes rolled like tennis balls. Packy got thrown, and that was lucky. A lorry laden with mahogany logs pancaked his beloved red and gold \u201ctuk-tuk\u201d. No insurance, all his fault: end of the three-wheeler round and back to square one. Packy got promoted to the rank of Major in the Cork Brigade.<\/p>\n

He dropped out of sight for a while. Someone said he went to the Middle East; got a job as a driver in Kuwait. He was seen on his \u201conce a year\u201d home leave. This time, he was Sheik Packy, doling his roll to whoever narrated a sob story.<\/p>\n

The grin was permanent, so was the beret.\u00a0 Friends aplenty, and Packy was still in the cork syndrome, happily floating through the days with no worry or direction.<\/p>\n

By then, he\u2019d at least made it to Lieutenant Colonel.<\/p>\n

\u201cFive years in the furnace is enough,\u201d said Packy.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo drinking, no gambling, no nothing,\u201d he told his friends about the Kuwaiti paradise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you steal, they cut your hand off: if you lie, they cut your tongue off and if you look at a woman, well it is definitely good-bye to your little ramatiya:<\/em> they will cut it off from the root itself, leaving only a stub to piss, and only, mind you, just enough to piss.\u201d<\/p>\n

He did exaggerate, but paying the piper gave him the stage to call the tunes, tall tales and long tales, it was Packy\u2019s version of the Arabian Nights, which he relentlessly related to friends who gathered around him to spend his middle-eastern fortune.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had enough, missed the fun Machang<\/em>, that\u2019s why I came back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Packy finished with Kuwait. The money had been good, and he had some saved. The investment fever was running high in Colombo and everyone was going for fixed deposits that paid the moon I interest. Two years of blocked lump sums earned thirty percent interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow to say no\u201d?<\/p>\n

Packy joined the gold rush and reaped a bumper harvest along with his fellow investors travelling the gravy train. Institutions were dime-a-dozen, all clamouring to catch the newly rich army of Packy-types arriving by the planeload from the dust ridden emirates of the Middle East.<\/p>\n

However, as in all things that are good and gleaming, the rainbow disappeared and the gravy train eventually de-railed. Markets cracked and crashed and the finance houses went bust and dragged the whole lot, the battalion of small-time investors, down with them. The worker, the maid, the driver, the clerk, in fact everyone who shared the pipe-dream was swallowed, along with their life-giving fixed deposits and were subsequently vomited on the shores of hopeless poverty. Plans were cauterised and dreams were fried or microwaved, till there was nothing left but valueless little notes; worthless receipts given by finance institutions in return for their hard earned deposits.<\/p>\n

People quarrelled, fought and abused; they cursed the lenders in impotent anger and pleaded with all the gods in creation, inventing a few new ones for additional mercy. Some went to the judiciary for justice and witnessed cascading crocodile tears. Nothing happened. That was not unusual, just another case of suffering for the ordinary; the ever expendable.<\/p>\n

Packy lost everything. Every penny he had. The crash dashed and drilled him into pauper-hood overnight, but not for long. The grin was still there, along with the beret. No mumbles and no grumbles (he didn\u2019t know how); just picked up what was left and made a go for it. Times were hard, no doubt, but there was life, which had to be lived. What really mattered was that. He surfaced yet again.<\/p>\n

Back in the States \u201cOld Blue Eyes\u201d \u2018took the blows\u201d, maybe. That\u2019s the MGM-Technicolor-Hollywood \u2018My Way\u2019 version. Packy\u2019s was the real world. Back-against-the-wall-stuff where he defended sledgehammers, bobbed and weaved, rolled and rode them all, this time getting promoted to Major General in the Cork Brigade.<\/p>\n

The last I heard, he was chauffeuring a Lexus for some Taiwanese businessman. The beret had changed to a peak cap; must be part of the chauffeur uniform. Same old Packy, the grin still permanent, no changes whatsoever, always taking life by the throat and dictating his own terms to his simple way he believed in living, not much direction, merely floating, yet happy to be buoyant. Not many castles either, in sand or in air, just enjoying the day-to-day intervals between sunrise and sunset.<\/p>\n

\u2018Enjoying\u2019, that is the word, getting on with life, no matter what. Grinning and accepting his lifetime experiences, serving his time in the Cork Brigade, and getting catapulted into no less status than a well-seasoned Cork General himself.<\/p>\n

Mini glossary <\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Handata Unath Geniyannan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – I will even take you to the moon.<\/p>\n

Ramatiya\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – penis<\/p>\n

Macahng\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Friend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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