it was a particularly irksome day, having to attend classes from 8 AM TO 1.30 PM during september 2004 at IIML. walking back from Bodhigrih, the academimc block to the mess, akshay pant and i started to hum 'Yesterday' by the beatles. i heard a female voice from behind.

she: arey, You know english songs also?

Me( not in mood for replying): yeah, i kinda know one or two songs.

 

We continued humming, inadvertently skipping the lines 'i am not half the man i used to be, just a shadow hanging over me..'

 

She: you didn't sing the line 'i am not half the man i used to be, just a shadow hanging over me..'

 

Me (already too vexed, buttrying to keep calm): because there is nothing like it

 

she (with triumph on her face):oh, does that mean you are not even half the man?

 

Me: come baby, lets try it out some day, then you will know.

 

no wonder she ran away in fury. but for next 16 months, i was left in  peace