Today's post is dedicated to the den and all its denizens. This has been my virtual home for more than 18 months and it has seen me through some of the most difficult phases of my life. Thank you to all denizens for making this a wonderful, welcoming and all-inclusive place. π€
The den is like a train, some of us got on at the first station and stayed for the whole train ride like Jyo, Anuja, Arps, Saj and several others ππ. Some of us got on in between like me and Anshu, but we stayed till the end π³. Some others got in somewhere in the middle and got off somewhere thereafter. Some people only got in towards the end by stayed until the train reached its final destination. We were all travelers on this wonderful Maaneet express and I will cherish these memories lifelong. π No matter when we entered the train or how long we stayed we made an impact in our own way on the show and also on all the people on the train aka denizens. Once a devil always a devil!!! It does not matter when you became a devil just that you are one, it does not matter how long you are a devil for, you are a devil!!!!
I do not know all the devils because I joined late and some
had already left by then, some I did not interact with even though they were
still watching and some others joined after I became busy with work in the last
3 months. The den belongs to every single one of us but every home needs
someone who keeps it in order, and that person has been Jyo. She has kept the
den running against all odds and today I would like to raise a toast in her
honor.βοΈ βοΈ βοΈ Jyo hats off to you my soul sister. We have come to know each other
really well over the last 18 months and we can truly call ourselves soul
sisters now. I remember the times when I used to be Jyo's favorite fruitloop
and then I got promoted to being her soul sister π€£. Jyo for your positivity, you
enthusiasm and your sheer resilience in the face of all odds my first salute is
to you. βοΈ βοΈ βοΈ
I have a lot of memories in the den but the one that stands
out as being the most wacko is Dec 31st 2010-Jan 1st
2011. I will never forget this ever. Maaneet's wedding was around the corner
and the picture of them sitting on a horse had been released. Daaku started the
ball rolling that the horse looked fake, someone remarked that the horse seemed
to have an extra long neck aur phir kya there was no going back. Pictures of
horses were examined, pictures of Gurmeet on a horse were also brought for
comparison, hubby's were woken up and asked to give their vishesh tippanis on
the horse, siblings were quizzed, Jyo's hubby (who was still awake thankfully)
used a computer program to separate Maaneet from the horse so that he could
study the horse better. We had a blast and this is one of my favorites. Even
after the promo and SBS segments came out, Daaku still maintained that the
horse was fake, just on principle π€ π³ π€£. My other favorite incident is the time that
the whole den tutoofied on me because I had joked about KBM and it actually
happened on screen. I was held solely responsible for KBM even though it was all Geetu's fault cos she asked a question that caused me to reply with KBM π‘ π π
Anj was the only person I knew other than Jhinki when I joined the den and she made me feel welcome. I used to spam mostly in the nighttime so the people I usually hung out with were Arpita, Anuja, Ann, Geets, Marsha, Shree, Anj, Parm, Rhea, Jaya, Yash,Sumaiya, Sinistiera, Priti, Shinus, Geekgod and sometimes G would drop by. Other devils would also stop by but we would all have fun. Nabs with her droll humor, Res with her refreshing takes, Shree with her poetic takes, Geetu with her symbolism, Mehr with her phoolon ki baarish, Caco with her stalker diaries, Ayesha with her posts, Praju,Tanu, Saj, Shradha, Medha, Anu, Preet, Zee and lots of others made the den fun. I may have forgotten many of you I had the pleasure of interacting with but please do not take it personally. I am distraught at the ending of the show and a huge workload is not helping. My salute to the den would be incomplete without our youngest member ...Ashu who made the den fun with her posts and her wonderful siggies and VMs.
My username is similar to Pallo's (livelygal) and that caused lot of confusion and still does when some of the older ones show up. I was confused between Pallo and Pallu (pallulovesmaan). I also remember Jyo's quizzes and her grading. The challenge was to get the lowest grade possible by writing the most outrageous things and if anyone got a 90% we would all make fun of them. Shonnu would boast that she once got a -90% and challenge all of us to beat that.
I remember the rhyming sessions in the den, our andolans and halla bols and various other things we got involved in. It was great fun. Thanks for a wonderful time. I remember the taveez discussion with Polki and our obsession with Vicky. We devils were all forward thinking gals and were obsessed with live-in and were heartbroken when they got Maaneet married without the live-in.
Unfortunately as the show moved forward, many of the older devils moved on and the den began to wear a deserted look. But then in came the new devils to keep the den moving along. There were fewer people in the den so we got to know each other really well .I became really close to Deeps and got to know Anshu really well. We were privileged to have , Samana, Bru, Faria, Richa, Lily, Mayu, Sneha, Usha, Arwensih, Mila, Mali,Fatima, Sia, Zahara, Sara, Shivi, Muni, Anjali,Nirvy, Priya, Khushboo, Iams and Ishpreet, Ruchi, Pramila, Sneha, Maan ki Sanjana, Serenity and others . You helped keep the show moving with your discussions and POV when many of us older devils has either stopped coming to the den or reduced our appearances due to real life issues. A special salute to all of you new devils for keeping the den alive and buzzing!!!! I will never forget the discussions about the chaddilicious den (ya ok I admit I was stalking π) and many such others.
Thank you one and all for making this journey interesting
and lively. I wish all of you all the best. π€ π€
Now ye math sochna bhashan khatam. We got work to do people,
get on with it. Season 2 ke liye Halla Bol jo karna hai. Halla Bol devils the
time has come again for us to make our presence felt. So call, email, comment
and make sure they know what we want. ...isse liye toh main sab ko best of luck bola π π€£
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