Did it rain………

A week b4 diwali:
The black Maruthi Alto stood outside the gate honking as if the gates wud open on hearing the horn. The gatekeeper came out hurriedly. He was cursing the driver “Thoonga Vida Matangaley“(Y don they lemme sleep).His afternoon siesta was disturbed. Without any delay, he opened the gates and the let the car in saluting “Salaam Saheb” at the same time. He was from a village near tirunelveli but always said “Salaam Saheb” though after 8 years of being the gatekeeper, he din know wat it meant. The gatekeeper was sure something was wrong. Aiyah(Sir) never came home at noon. He usually leaves at 9 in the morning and came home at around 10 pm when the last show began. Aiyah was the owner of Saty** Cinema. He had carefully nurtured the cinemahouse with all his time and energy as if he was raising his own child. Only two times before had Aiyah come home at noon. First time was when India reached the finals of Cricket World Cup in 2003. The second time was when the Tsunami wreaked havoc in Chennai and his best friend had gone missing along with the waves.
Aiyah did not wait for the driver and got out of the car himself. He was suffering from arthritis and usually walked with a walking stick. This time, he left the walking stick in the car. The driver understood that Aiyah was in some sort of trouble and drove around to the parking lot. The honking had alerted everyone in the house and a cup of coffee was ready when he sat on the sofa. His son Ramalingulu was waiting for his father’s arrival and walked over and sat near him. Ramu knew exactly why Aiyah was angry. The past six months had been disastrous for the cinema house. Though 2 or 3 movies were good hits, Aiyah had invested in a movie which bombed. Collections were falling and in fact two theatres were running empty.
“Vera Vazhiye Illayaa?“(Isnt there any other way?) Aiyah asked.
Ramu just shook his head. He had learnt long time ago that the best mode of communication with his father was through signs and minimum use of words and it was completely useless to raise one’s voice against him.
“Vera Vazhiye Illayaa?“(Isnt there any other way?) Aiyah asked again.
The idea had struck him when he was searching for topics for his thesis. He was doing his master’s in management in Australia then and he was to do a thesis on Crisis Management. He was a history buff and chose Greeko Roman methods of crisis management. He learnt how they used the gladiatorial arenas and the Colosseum for safeguarding people at times of natural calamities and then used entertainment as a source of comfort and morale booster. These structures were built at the centre of the city and hence safe from the fury of the seas and the volcanic mountains. “Throw some silver iodide and lo! You have rain !!“, his Chemistry teacher had taught him during his school years.
“Eppo Seyya Pora?”(When are you gonna do it?) Aiyah asked Ramu.
“One week before divali“, he replied calmly.
Aiyah was taken aback. “Appo Divali collection??“
“Vijay Padam thaane…adhu aal illame odum…oru problem illa..“(Vijay movies will run even without any crowd)
Aiyah was glad that Ramu had thought of everything and tears of joy came running out of his eyes. “Unna Sadharanama Nenachen..Peria Aala aaga pore”(Ur gonna b a great man one day)

Some days later:
Just when the SUN News reporter announces that the there will not be any rain for the coming week, Aiyah comes in to the house. His face is red with fury. Ramu’s plan had worked out but again the collections are falling . He is totally tensed. He picks up his mobile and calls up Ramu:
“Dey Ramu…”
Ramu interrupts his dad and says”Appa…Kavalapadhey…naan pathukeren..“(Donot worry…I shall take care..) and hangs up.

18th December 2005:(Sunday)
X: dey machcha…exam thirumbiyum postponed huh?
Y: think so da…stupid site is not loading..
X: okie da..one of ma frnz temme tat it is postponed..anyway do check it da..
Y: tat news has come from ever reliable”Sun news”
X: oh ten plz call up ur col n confirm da
Y: macha…confirmed no exam today
X: yippieeeeeee!!!gr8 da..adhu seri...endha padam polaam da??

PS:
References to all works of art,etc are entirely factual and can be seen even today. This is a conspiracy theory and so any factual error, if present, would be attributed to another conspiracy theory
-Author