A GHOSTLY AFFAIR

This is an interesting and thrilling experience i had with my PG friends in Bangalore . It was during the year 96-98, when I was doing my PG and was staying at ISRO layout. We were 7 of us residing in a rented house. Our day use to start with rushing for college and then coming back home cooking our meals  and endless gossip sessions.

Just to give a brief description about my roommates :- Yajshri..the shortest and a yapper , Neelu..very articulate and organised person, Himmagauri..spicy maharashtrian lass , Richa ..the laid back ,calm and composed among all of us ,Aditi ..the soft spoken and finally Divya  the tom boy. We all use to gel well with each other. 

Now little insight on the layout of the house. Our main gate opens to a park in the front and our was a corner plot . The drive way leads to the porch , and on the right hand we had our main door . When one enters from the main door it leads to a drawing room  and on the left we had staircase which goes up to the terrace door . We had a huge terrace . The kitchen window view was the main gate , so we could keep a watch if anyone comes in front of the main gate . The house was surrounded by boundary wall and we had backyard space , which we hardly bothered to check . It was house to many small insects and creatures , who were our constant companion during the night or you can say they use to give special sound effects .

We were all preparing for our semesters and it was post 11 pm, when we heard our door bell. None of us was bothered assuming that someone will check  , after few minutes we enquired"who is it "and each one of us was clueless. Then Divya went and peeped in from the key hole , came back and told us “ I guess it was Mahajan uncle ( mahajan uncle was our land lord) he use to come once in a while to see us”. We all went back to our respective rooms..Next day , during afternoon around 3 pm our door bell  rang, this time Yajshri opened the door and found no one, she was zapped but thought may be someone is playing a prank .She didn’t tell us .

Same night at 1:30 am our door bell rang, when we were engrossed in our gossip session  .7 of us just froze in terror  . Only question was “Who is it” , each one of us was giving long looks and whispering . The first reaction was switching off the   lights in our room, so that we can head to the kitchen and peep from the window. While the planning was on, we heard another door bell .by now we were sure there is someone who is trying to terrorise us. We all decided to have something in our hand before we answer the door bell. Yajshri had a frying pan  , Neelu had roller pin, Gauri had cooker lid , Divya and me could find 2 long sticks and Aditi took the broom.  Finally   , we tiptoed our way to the kitchen  but couldn’t see anyone. Next ,we decided first to check the terrace so that we can have an aerial view of our house, with lot of courage we opened our terrace door ,all of us scanned the area but no trace .It was 2:15 am when we opened our main door with me and Divya ready with our sticks for a strike , behind me was the rest of the gang , we came out shouting but couldn’t see anyone. This all nocturnal activity continued till 3:30 am  , we were so exhausted . All of us crammed in a room and stayed   awake .

Morning we were contemplating whether to inform Mahajan uncle or not and again the door bell rang. .we just looked out of our kitchen window but couldn’t see anyone. It was creepy  , we didn’t want to believe but somewhere deep down we had the same thought “Ghost”. Suddenly the gossips sessions has been taken over by dark thoughts and restless minds. Late after noon  , the door bell rang and we jumped and ran for the door to catch the culprit, but there was no one , instead what we saw that our door bell is ringing on its own , there  was some problem with the switch ...we all had a hearty laugh..

2 nights of stress and action just for a faulty switch .These are just small pleasures of life  , I miss those arguments , endless yapping , laughter , cries..I fondly remember my roommates who made my 2 years of stay so exciting  , adventurous and memories to treasure for life .