Operation Geronimoo!- Phase I Desperate Storm!

To be continued……

Monalisa the cow, her bovine buddies, and Charkha the ‘Special Correspondent’ behind all of them chattering away non-stop, to her listeners, barged through the gates of the socialite’s home. They knocked the guard down and carried him on their back and right on to the feet of the dancing girls who screamed. And then the rest of the cows ran after all the people, especially the ones who wore white leather shoes and carried matching white leather mobile cases, belts and purses. The bull drank all the juice and the buffalo and his friends ate all the salad. The whole place resembled a slapstick comedy show, with people screaming and the bovine animals eating or running after the people who tried to stop them.

To stop this whole mess and confusion, the police was called. But before they could come and take action, Col. Tommy the dog, and Kwaky the crow informed Monalisa the cow to leave the place immediately. And so with a loud Moo! Monalisa called all her cows to leave. They told Charkha the Special Correspondent their demands and  left for their secret meeting place.

Charkha the special correspondent relished this opportunity to hit headlines! Charkha had now become the mouthpiece of these bovine animals and they had vowed to her that they would give her free milk if she would help them. Charkha had jumped upon this offer since the cost of basic necessities were so high,  it was a welcome offer for her.

Charkha found the Mayor hiding inside a large artificially ancient made Ming Dynasty Vase imported from China supposedly by the socialite, but was actually from ‘Dime a Dozen’ street shop in Bangkok! Charkha tapped upon the Vase and the Mayor sheepishly peeped out of the mouth of the vase.

‘Are they gone?’,the Mayor asked

Yes, Mayor you can come out now , all the animals have left’, told Charkha

They have demands, Mayor, I think you better listen to them’

‘Off the record, please, and let see what the beastly bovine want’, said the Mayor

The bodyguards tried to lift the Mayor out of the vase but his stomach had gotten stuck in the middle, and so they had to break the vase into pieces. Everyone wondered how he had got in, in the first place?

Soon Charkha told the demands of the bovine community; their demands were:

1.       Stop the slaughter of all bovine animals

2.       Stop the sale of leather

3.       Stoppage of using bovine animals on concrete roads/ and pulling of carts

4.       Giving wandering cows food at one place

5.       Removal of plastic from use

‘What rubbish is this?’ Shouted the Mayor,’ What do these animals think they are? What about the hungry and poor children in this town?’

‘They say that you are responsible for them but who will fight the animals battles?’, told Charkha to the Mayor ,

‘I will not be cowed down sorry…. I will not be forced in doing useless things, I have much important things to do and take decisions on, this is not important and they are not important, and any ways I will need to speak with my ‘higher ups’ on this, so good bye, move , everyone to the side, I am going home, I am very tired’

And thus the Mayor moved into his car with his bodyguards behind him, and went home for the night.

Charkha conveyed the Mayors reaction to Monalisa the cow through a message delivered by Kwaky the crow. Monalisa the cow on hearing the insensitivity of the Mayor decided to give a day for the Mayor to talk to this ‘higher up’s’. But it was no use, he thought the whole thing was useless and waived it away when Charkha spoke to him about it.

Monalisa then decided to launch Phase two of ‘Operation Geronimooo’- ‘Total Recall!’

To be continued……..

Operation Geronimoo- Phase 1

Breaking News! Breaking News! Breaking !Breaking News!Breaking News!

Good Evening, this is Shogorika Blahsh, with the breaking news on the top of the hour, before we start our debate based on my book ‘ The Effect of Bengali Thought on All Things’ to be released this weekend in Taj Bengal by a very distinguished ……..

[Enough of self promotion Shong, pls get on!]

Let’s go to our special correspondent Charkha who has the latest information…..Charkha?

Good evening Shogorika, we still do not know what the Fantastic Cow is up to but I can see the Bovine Community getting into a huddle an d discussing something in hushed tones…..

Charkha what exactly are they discussing any idea?

Well, I did get a close enough to hear ‘Operation Geronimoo phase 1- Desperate Storm, it is now nine in the evening and we still don’t know what the……….hey hold on it seems there is some movement in the huddle………

[camera man move it, Charkha say something!]

And thus before anyone could understand anything, all the bovine members lead by Monalisa the cow Mooed very loudly and ran towards the direction where the Mayor had gone, to attend the dinner party of the Charity Club, founded by many concerned and extremely rich person of the town, who had a lot of black money to spare, of which the hostess was the local socialite and her theme was ‘White’.

The theme was a success all had come dressed in white , the dancing girls specially brought down from some tiny East European countries were a hit, who cheered for the Charity Cause. As the party started to get rocking the Mayor entered in his specially ordered white car with a red siren and dressed in White Khadi-representing peace, charity, purity- he represented the government, he did not hesitate to mention who his designer was of course.

And with a very loud Moo! Monalisa the Cow and her bovine buddies made their first attack.

To be continued……

Mooing at the Mayor's Office !

Continued…..

Breaking News! Breaking News! Breaking !Breaking News!Breaking News!

Good afternoon everyone! We have breaking news that the Fantastic Cow is heading for the Mayor’s Office, over to our ‘Special Correspondent’ Charkha! ……Charkha?

Hi Prawny!, You will be surprised to see that the Fantastic Cow, a buffalo and a bull are heading for the Mayor’s Office with some issues, if you can just pan the camera towards the gate of the main office……..

[Camera man pan!   Pan! ….PAN!!]

You can see that the security guard who was sleeping has closed the gates for their entry and is driving the cow and her friends away,….Prawny?, said Charkha

[Charkah, not ‘cow’ say ‘ Fantastic Cow’, Please!]

Charkha, what are the issues that the ’ Fantastic Cow’ is concerned about?

[ Prawny, frown more Please! Look serious and concerned!]

Well the issues are very serious, they wish to ban the use of Cows, Bulls and Buffalos for cheap human work and wish to ban the use of their skins as handbags and their meat on menu items. You can see their concerns are very valid. All of them have ‘Mooed’ and have tried to force themselves into the premises, but they have not been given an audience by the Mayor, as he is busy in a meeting!

[Enough of the monologue Charkha, audience is getting bored!]

I can see the people are gathering around Charkha?

Yes, Prawny, every time the cow….sorry the Fantastic Cow and her friends are ‘mooing’ the crowd is ‘booing’! Some of them have been waiting for the Mayor since a longtime and have backed the bovine in protest, they have came out of their tents!

Ok Charkha, keep us posted, we will get back to you!

On to other news…….

As soon as the news broke, the internet community decided to now set up a Facebook page for the Fantastic Cow and everyone on twitter decided to stop eating meat for a day, not wear shoes, and join the cow in a virtual protest. Before you knew it her page got a rate of 200 hits in a day and Monalisa the Cow now became a profit making cow!

But Monalisa’s efforts were in vain, as it became evening the Mayor did not come and speak or solve the issue and went home in his imported black Mercedes car! Monalisa the cow was very agitated and she decided to take ‘Direct Action’ she launched an attack called  ‘Operation Geronimoo!’

To be continued……

To the Mayor's Office !

Continued…

Monalisa the cow, was very surprised to see the buffalo in tears. She went up to him and asked him what the matter was. The buffalo Huns, was very sad that he had lost his children and wife to some butchers. Monalisa felt very angry and decided to do something to help Huns. ‘But what?’, She thought. And just as she and Huns walked together in sorrow she saw a bull coming towards her. Dharma the bull was in a very sorry state. He complained of back and neck pain and how his hoofs were getting weathered on the cement roads as he pulled his cart to transport ice. His city owner too had not been very kind to him. Dharma longed to go back to the farm and plough land with his hoofs in cold soft earth and contribute to the fields, and also be with his family.

Monalisa the cow , was now was very determined, she had to help her own kind! God, had saved her once but now she had to make her life worth it! She decided to take action and headed straight for the Mayor’s Office and launch a protest!

As the trio reached the gates of the Mayor’s Office, Monalisa the cow was surprised to see Charkha the ‘special correspondent’ doing a ‘scoop’ on how the security guard outside the office was sleeping on duty!  Charkha the reporter immediately abandoned her ‘scoop’ and decided to follow Monalisa to the Mayors Office gates. And so they went!

to be continued.......

Cow to the Rescue!

Continued….

Monalisa the Cow was very confused. She wondered why had she been saved, in such a way? She thought and thought as she chewed upon some cabbage. She realized that the idols underneath the waters when she had almost sank had pushed her up and it was a sign. It was a sign that she was meant to lead a life with a purpose! And she wondered and wondered about the ‘purpose’ as she walked. As she was walking thoughtfully she suddenly saw school children crossing the zebra crossing and a  very loud motorcyclist, speeding towards them, she decided to act swiftly!

Monalisa the cow jumped right in front and in between the school children and the motorcyclist. On seeing the very large cow the biker pulled the breaks, screeched, skidded ahead and hit Monalisa the cow in the stomach, did a summersault in the air and landed straddled on Monalisa’a back with his head towards her tail!  The shouting children then started to laugh and applauded, and the crowd gathered around all clapped. The Principle of the school and the teachers, all ran towards the cow, to see if she was okay. And she was! Due to her large size and weight she not only had saved a bad road accident but had also cushioned the fall of the biker!

The biker turned out to be a wannabe roadie and the Principle of the school made the biker write ‘I will not ride my bike speedily and loudly’ 200 times on the board, for a week. Monalisa got a new lease of life! The school hired her as the traffic stopper for their school children, they also gave her a school sash. So now she had a job , as well as lots of friends who would hug and give Monalisa a bit of their lunch.

All was well, but one day she met a very sad buffalo!

To be continued……

Breaking News once again!

Breaking News ! Breaking News ! Breaking News!........

Good evening !

This is Shogorika Blahsh, we have breaking news, that the Cow has been rescued, by a small boy!

Lets go to our correspondent…… Charkha? Can you hear me?

Yes , Shogorika, the mood is very jubilant hear, you can see people behind me cheering as the cow was pulled out slowly by this very small boy from the slums.

What is the reaction of the boy?

Apkow kaisah lagthaw hai? Charkha (How do you feel)

Hain?  Boy

Apne Cow khow save kiya? Apkho kya feeling hai?

‘Madam, I am from an All Boys English Public School for slum children’. Speak to me in either English or our national language, not both!,’ said the boy, in BBC like English accent.

And to answer your question, I feel fine and it was my duty to save an animal’. Thank you.

‘Wonderful!’ Where do you live? Charkha.... The boy leaves.

Hey charkha, how is the cow?

The cow is fine, let me just go over and get something out of her…. Cow are you ok?

And all Monalisa the cow could say was ?……… YES you guessed it………….MOOOO?

But that is not the end of her story, she walked away quickly way from the maddening crowd.

The reporters left and so did all the people, the Socialite decided to end her fast,she was relieved, and she had just enough time to change into her new designer clothes, and head for the next party. She ended her fast with a vodka and lime juice.

But now Monalisa the cow was confused………..

To be continued……….

Picture of the Story

The Cameraman from the local news channel -seeing the breaking story from the wooden bridge.

Charkha, the special correspondent, interviewing Monalisa the Cow!

The Socialite and her buddies fasting along to Save the Cow !