Houston we have a problem

ProLogue: You know what they say right? Life's crazy and all that! But at most times one tends to dismiss this as an over rated exaggeration. Well read on...

Viewpoint: Balcony (I am blessed with brilliant balconies!)

1600 hours, Monkey hijacks para substation, consequently tripping off a phase and sinking the entire para in darkness. There are electricians inside the place who can't come out and fix the line, and no one will dare go near the place coz of monkey mania.

1630 hours, People are now aware of the enormousness of the situation. The monkeys know that they have created this mayhem, and they are enjoying every bit of the spotlight.

Everyone else is screaming and voicing their opinions, and of course no one has a solution. Expert opinions on the present situation:

'Those monkeys were placed by Trinmool union' (may be)

'Those monkeys were placed by CPM' (definitely possible)

'Those monkey are CPM' (oh cmon! they are wayy too cool - the monkeys!)

'Get bananas' (as if)

Well you get the gist of it, everyone knows the problem, everyone is yelling, and no one knows what to do about it.

1645 hours, Reinforcements are here, all para dadas have arrived with sticks, stones and one with red crackers. Red crackers made monkey go weeeeeeeeee (literally) and now they have started throwing stones at the substation. Pandemonium reigns.

1700 hours, Durga idol is to be carried away, and a huge procession with full dhak arrives with more confusion. Dhaks keep playing, the people who don't know are still dancing, and the people who do know proceed to join in the screaming. The monkey has clearly emerged as the star of the day.

And they obviously had a very clear idea of what they were doing, they didn't want bananas. Their kid was stuck in the well behind the sub station, and the moment they found him they took off, without telling any one. That was the clincher of the whole act, there were people on the road trying to vanquish monkeys that weren't there.

Sometime later: My brother followed up monkey act by letting water all over the room, and putting pepper in my tea. Inspired by the monkeys we chased him around with a pipe and let the tap on, happiness was here :D

After sufficient amount of screaming and glaring from mom (but of course) we pretended to be normal for sometime. At least the monkeys got bananas for their effort!

Last heard from mayhem spot: I had a doze of green chillis hidden in my dal, and my brother is about to wake up with tooth paste face ;P

Epilogue: Life is crazy

over and out