JAMBOREE

Security Guard Gopinath was in a poignant mood. He sat on a chair in the colony garden and stared into the distance. When he couldn't take the anxiety anymore, he pulled out a beedi from his shirt pocket. He fumbled a few times trying to put the beedi in his mouth; only a few attempts later did he realize his folly and lower his mask. He saw Gardener Madhav sitting a few feet away fumbling with his own beedi. 

"Lower your mask" Gopinath hollered.

"Aah...yes! Thank you!" Madhav's gratitude was genuine and heartfelt.

"I am very upset Bhai", Gopinath thumped his heart thrice to add gravitas.

"Of course you are...so am I."

"How can people be so bad?"

"They're jealous, that's what they are!" Madhav spat on the ground. Gopinath could not determine whether he was expressing disgust or was bound by habit.

"Look, honestly speaking I don't like Secretary Sahab one bit. But he was doing something very noble."

"Agreed! I mean how many people have actually thought of something as innovative as this to raise funds and spread awareness?"

"What wrong was he doing? He was only preparing to organise a carnival with food and game stalls to raise funds to raise awareness about coronavirus. All residents are anyway all sitting at home doing nothing. What's wrong about inviting them to do something noble while having fun? He had even thought of a name for the carnival - Jamboree."

"I hear there was also a session on social distancing and a workshop on homemade sanitizers planned. All down the drain, just because a few members filed a complaint."

"Some of our members I tell you!"

"Tell me something", Madhav spat again, "What does Jamboree mean?"

Idiosyncrasies of a Covidiot

All episodes so far 

Episode 01 - Aaho-Choo Story

Episode 02 - Bus-Ted 

Episode 03 - Bohemian Clapsody 

Episode 04 - Departmental Chor 

Episode 05 - Exceptionally Coarse 

Episode 06 - Fruits & Nuts 

Episode 07 - Gross Spread

Episode 08 - Helping Hands

Episode 09 - I Want to Break Free

Episode 10 - Jamboree

Episode 11 - Keep Safe Distance

Episode 12 - Let There Be Light

Episode 13 - Musical Masti

Episode 14 - Night Riders