Shyam and I were invited to attend this musical concert at Colombo. The lady who had organized this concert is a very renowned and a polished lady.We were her husband's guests, and were made to sit in the front row. Mr. Shahbandhu very nicely showed us the list of events, for that evening.

Then he informed us that the concert was to be conducted in spanish language............!

The lights dimmed and the show started.The lady played a beautiful composition on the piano near the stage. The performance of actors was excellent. The Suprano and Alto effects of the songs were (to our ears......it was just like some highly shrill sounding lyrics, punctuated by deep sonorous words,....the meaning was beyond our capabilities....!) really amazing....! Even the dresses they wore were simply perfect.

In the midst of the lovely performance I could see my husbands head rolling from side to side.I nudged him gently. He sat up alert once again. Thankfully, our host sitting next to him,was apparently unaware of what was happening.

After about ten minutes or so.....to my horror....I heard him snoring........!

There was total darkness, except for the spot light on the stage.....and the parting of lovers, depicted by a highly emotional scene was going on.. ..! The actors were really working hard to sing from the pits of their stomach.....! I could barely make out Mr. Shahbandhu shifting uncomfortably in his seat. I again nudged Shyam , a little forcefully this time....but atleast he woke up. I thanked God....!

He tried to keep his eyes open for a while. But then,after some time....I saw his head falling off towards Mr. Shahbandhu. And that really gave me the creeps.....What if, his head falls on his shoulders....!

With a lot of difficulty, i managed to keep him awake...on and off, through all those 2.5 hours of dedicated performance. But in the future, I made it a point to go to only those programmes where Shyam promised that he would be awake and be pleasant all through.....!