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I was reported to be last seen at 2.15 p.m. It was my wife who noticed I was missing after she returned home at 6.30 p.m. There was no sign of my having returned home from office after the morning shift. Our Mallu neighbour 'uncle' was informed. (Remember, Mallus are a people who are always looking for a cause to act and react. They will never fail to act when one is in a crisis. Thus, had there been a true Mallu at Satyam Theatre Complex two months ago, a college girl would not have been beaten up by eve-teasers. Had there been at least one Mallu, a mentally retarded girl would not have been raped in a suburban train in Mumbai. It is not because Mallus are superior to others in a moral or social sense. It is only because they are willing to exhibit this quality in public and also in the complexities of city life.) Yes, I was missing. They contacted office. Nobody knew what happened to me after 2.15 p.m. I was last seen boarding a No. 13 bus. They contacted all those who might trace me. An STD goes to Kerala and an STD comes back from Kerala… They set out in search of me. They met a Mallu shop owner at Adambakkam who would never fail to scan passers-by with his 'glob'al eyes. But he had not seen me. "I saw him in the morning, but not in the afternoon," he said.
The uncle was reportedly asked by the police whether the missing person knew Tamil. Uncle blah blahed to say, "Sir, he speaks to me in Malayalam." They went to St Thomas Mount railway station and met the station master. The station master contacted Mambalam station master. All these were because my wife had told the uncle and others that I was fond of crossing the tracks and so any mis… I was missing. All these happened in half-an-hour from 6.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. At 7 p.m., I, who sat on a bench at St Thomas Mount railway station waiting for my wife to return by her usual train, missed her. I, who forgot to take the house key in the morning and was a practical wanderer at Adambakkam in the afternoon, went on waiting for her even after 7 p.m. She was not in the next train too. She was missing as I did not know that she had come home half-an-hour earlier and was in search of me. Before I contacted phone No 100 or the station master to inform them that my wife was missing, I met those who were searching for me, returning from the station master's room.
But it has not ended fully. The next evening, as I was passing by the 'glob'al-eyed Mallu's shop, he saw me and nodded his head with a wise smile, meaning, 'If your wife comes to me with a missing story, I will surely tell her that I have seen you. Don't worry'. He did not stop it with the next evening. Now, whenever I pass by his shop, he nods his head with a meaningful smile, as a perpetual reminder of the missing drama Salil Jose Readers' response/inputs can be e-mailed to salil@chennaionline.com.
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I was missing…
They informed phone No. 100. Yes, police control room.
All is well that ends well?
