From jaws of death - Picture Abhi Baaki hai

By Vijay Kumar

PARDON my personal touch in this DDT.

I was in Nepal last week. It was a Friday evening; no DDT the next day. I was having a relaxed dinner with a friend on the first floor of his house. Suddenly he shouted, "Hila Hila". What he meant was that the Earth was shaking and everybody started running. As I was slowly climbing down the steps (I can't run because of a knee pain), I was sure I would not be able to make it to the ground floor and I was thinking of DDT as to how DDT without Vijay Kumar would report the incident. All that I longed for in the one hour we spent in the open in the chilly night was a cigarette!

Immediately on coming to know that I am alive, a revenue officer messaged me, "you are back, kyon ki picture abhi baaki hai."

That's a mother! As we were all running down from the first floor of the house to the ground floor, the lady of the house ran up to the second floor, where her child was sleeping.