another day on road in orissa...

I had a petty argument with my distributor yesterday...it was not the first time i came back from work fuming with anger bordering at a burst of tears. Later at night as I thought over the d argument (afterthought: terrible terrible habit!!) i could not get the source of this explosion. Some reasons were quite obvious...like my dbr being an absolute pest...but thats a given and his behavior should prompted no more disgust than the way you feel every time you use a public washroom or every time you get something that looks like rajma in your mess...they are disgusting and they are to stay that ways...
Maybe it was the change in my plan which was now to cover eastern orissa instead of keeping bhub as base and be back to the familiar, comforting room at ginger every night. It meant, i had to travel twelve hours a day...stay in shady lodges and sit in my tata indica for hours...All this coupled with cold and fever were perfect recipe for an outburst at slightest provocation...
Maybe it was something not so obvious.. like my general restlesness about my exponentially increasing waist size...i am just not used to such a sedantary lifestyle..
Given my situation what i needed was familiar places and some comfort and what i was getting was quite the contratry...my dbr being the cherry on the cake...
I got up today morning heavy headed to realize that I was already running an hour late...oh wat the hell...as if the retailers are dying to c me...or as if it even makes a difference whether i go or not..should i callup n tell my dbr that m changing my plan n i wud cover cuttack first..shud i head back to jsr...okay girl, packup..time for some district hopping...
After having a super heavy breakfast i finally decided to leave for my dbr's office while answering all those "maal aya..nai aya..kab ayega..rate..dispatch..loading" crap with my other dear customers.
The best thing i did this month was that i bought the lovely book by khallid hosseini..a thousand spledid suns..finally i get to read this one.. I am sure that it was the pills and not the book which got me doze off right after first few pages...anyways i finally reach mancheswar industrial area and there he is...my dear channel partner...dressed in his usual bright shirt and brighter tie (whats up wid the tie..now dats new). I flash my business smile at him and walk upto to make a couple of lame comments while mentioning i am down with fever (U have to work no matter what..got the point mr. good for nothing!!) He checks my forehead (TOUCHING!!! Is that allowed?? oh whateverrr..) anyhow he moves on to tell me some dadi maa ke nuske for cold and tells me he wud mail it to me (if only i cud get a mail for the month's indent from u, sir).
I finally leave the premise with my ASO (who took the front seat dutifully..thanku, i dont hate u now) and we hit the highway to hit bhadrak via cuttack.
The highway is wide and one can c long stratches of feils on both sides of the road...fry and arid land (mayb its winters) I slept and read and slept through our way to bhadrak.
These districts always surprise me..the sheer commercial qoutient of these areas is like wuhuuu..is this the bottom of pyramid?? i dont think so...
I mean being from delhi this "typical" view of orissa and then there is this district in orissa which mnay of us might not have heard of..which does not flaunt any bif mines/forests/industries/power station..we never came across them in our GK books or during our conversatins with those guys who know it all...but there it is..full of life..flooded with brands...my dealer owns a honda city...how in the world can soeone make that kind of money from a 10*10 ft hardware counter..it makes me blush at my own ignorance.After i gave some gyan to the chosen ones in bhadrak we headed balasore where i checked in the biggest hotel available...i opted for deluxe..the best room they had, hoping that they would have hot water shower facility..Hardluck!! Not much can be expected in Rs.700 per night..
In the evening, after i finished my business with dealers , i headed to gopinath temple with my ASO..it was nice..i always like going to temples...while coming back i stopped at a gen store next to my hotel (coloured with all HUL, Cadbury, Britannia POSM) and got myself some chocos (and i wonder y i put on weight!!)
Finally its time to sit back and relax with the things familiar and comforting..chocos, nice book and internet baba...
God y did i tell my ASO we wud go to that beach in morning..another early morning screw calling ;)