It's all over the news!

kachhi_kali is breaking up. Well figuratively anyway. After reading Kets' latest post I got to wondering about kachhi_kali. Yes, the fact of the matter is that we are all going to go off in different directions, sooner rather than later. For those of you wondering what the hell I am going on about, it is a group of eight people here at CSU that used to hang out together all the time. And the name of the egroup we use to keep in touch with is called kachhi_kali. For those of you who don't understand hindi, or don't grasp the hidden meaning of the expression, it can best be described by the term 'nubile young maiden'. How we reached upon this name is a long and unnecessary story. Unnecessary in part because I don't want to offend the guy who started the whole kachhi kali business in the first place, on the off chance that he accidentally reads this post. And yes you read right - the 'kacchi kali' in question is actually a he. And blissfully unaware of it too. Trust Sachin to come up with an unmistakably feminine term and use it on a guy with such effect that it becomes a common and inseparable part of the Kali vernacular.

Yes, we refer to ourselves as the Kalis. The fact that none of us are kalis in any sense of the word is of course immaterial. We might not be old and emaciated, but we're certainly well past our sprightly youth. Be that as it may, Kalis we are, and Kalis we shall remain.

The direct offshoot of this strange name (or maybe one of the main reasons for it) is that whenever any of us get together, the topic of conversation invariably centres around sex and its various forms (no pun intended). Now this fact in itself might not seem too strange, but the Kalis have this habit of stripping this veneer of sophistication that we all go strutting about in and bring out the real person inside...which for most people (it would seem) is a person who likes to joke, talk, wink, wink and nod about things that are better left unsaid to begin with. All very funny, in fact so funny it should be a crime. We have a really good time with it. It's not the run-of-the-mill banter guys on the katta engage in - after all there is equal representation of both sexes in our group. It is quite special to Kalidom (specially sickeningly funny too, if I may say so myself). But it does tend to leave any non-Kalis who happen to chance by in rather a disconcerted state of mind. Like what is probably happening to most non-Kali readers of this blog right now, who are all probably wondering what the point of this post is anyway and why this guy doesn't quit writing about his silly mundane group and let us get on with our equally and silly mundane life.

The point is that I am at work right now and there is no work to be done, so I am doing what I normally do to put work off. Only there's no work to be put off. Um...whatever.

But there is a Kali birthday coming up soon so order will be restored shortly.