Shreya ki Amma’s – Party

2nd July 2005, a couple of days before the American Independence day, Shreya ki Amma hosted a party(did she intend to celebrate some kind of independence?, Not sure!!!) for Indians working for mostly American multi-Nationals(No offence meant for those working for Indian or European companies).

It all started with an idea from Madhu, who felt that some of us meet regularly (not too often) to break out of the boring & insipid office life to chill out and have some fun.

The party began the moment both Govind and Smitha walked in around 7:00 p.m. Poor Smitha, little did she know what we had in store for her… make her cry…guys do not worry it’s just that she had to cut onions…Slowly but steadily the strength grew from 2 “partiers” to 19 however with some waiting period.

We all started off with “Cook a story” a game designed and conceptualized by Aaarrrchaaannnnnnnnaaaa(Not sure if she stole it from some where!!!).Stories ranging
from Mallika to Phantom were the order of the day. Everybody at-least knew how to cook one item and in this case the story…Rishi, Ravi and me were the chosen ones.

Now that everybody cooked, we decided to name ourselves rather introduce to the group. Some felt it was the HR way of torturing people…A lot of HR guys were present (including me)


The next event… you can guess from the look of
these guys, presenting the “dumb charades” The 1s and the 2s teamed up and you know the result…the whackiest of movies(Gattaca, Dr.Kotnis ki amar kahani, Howarh bridge ke neeche ladki ki lass, Sant Tukaram etc.) and some funny actions(Govind and Vinod leading the actors). Smitha cracked her riddle of “Basic Instinct” with a stunning clue. All the while the “partiers” were being served with drinks(mind it…only Soft and natural), some cookies, tie-biscuits and “P-nuts”(the boiled ones).

Enough is enough everybody said…lets hit the floor…looking at the enthu, I was worried my beautiful marble flooring might give way to the “Thumping feet” and the “Heavy weights”

“The Dance Floor”

With shy guys around there was a starting trouble…
and then came the star performer of the day “Shreya Mishra” Dressed in orange she found the perfect match in Vinod Uncle to lead the way and dance to her tunes. This inspired many and the show began with some nice numbers and tense technical moments(thanks to the lack of knowledge of the host).

Rishi was rocking and Shakal was shocking.
Naveen was innovative and the moves that he
made were too creative. He pumped and pumped
till we all jumped.

Guys do not get it wrong he (Naveen) pumped up
the volume only.

Moushmi was magnificent and the way she
danced was simply brilliant. Madhuri was waiting
to be back in action, and with Moushmi’s backing
did some leg shaking.

Vinod looked gifted the way he drifted.
Madhu made it a point, as a host not to dissapoint.

Ram lived up to his reputation to bring about a complete fusion.
Praxy, next time you don’t stand and watch, tap your feet with your pretty match. Harini, the beautiful looked so wonderful and she danced to the full. Sandy the sober danced to a few numbers.

Govind, the DJ was a bit bemused, Don worry, he made us all dance to his tunes.
Dpak par camera hua zoom, jab who nacha “dhoom machale dhoom”. Prashanth aaya kuch PJs lekar, sab log has pade dil kholkar. Jab chal rahe the uske number, bas usine hilaaya apna kamar.

Chaitali ko karna tha chat apne bondhu ke saath,
Tho le aayi party main apni ek bondhu
Shayanti ne akar kaha “thanks for extending the invite, Modhu”.
Thanks Shanty, we were really happy to have you.

Shayanti was the name when we began party, the dance, the music, the food and the folks changed her name to Shanty.


Ravi Varma ko sab bulane lage Ravi Sharma
Clarify karte rahega bechara “main nahin Sharma main hoon Varma”

Lakshmi aur Smita mil baithe dicuss kiye HR, Vinod aur Govind ke dance request ko kiye inkaar. Lagta hai unhe pasand nahin karna dhoom, hey, it’s time you both dance to the tune “boom, boom(song by Nazia Hassan)”.


Archana, tujhe na bhool sakthe hain yaar
Aakir tu is party ke thi other event manager
Games lekar aayi Archana
As Thode logon ka der hogaya aana
Isse thoda miss hogaya few games khelna
Par don’t loose your heart, there is another party yaar
Harini and Praxy ke ghar, Durgam Cheruvu ke paar.

Ranjit and Aman, having you around would have doubled the fun
Venu and Shailesh, don feel left out, it’s ok if you have missed this one out
Hanumanth and Sumith, I know you guys were just too lazy to drive yourself crazy
Rambabu, hope you get well soon and join us pretty soon
Soooooo guys, come join us for the next party with full masti-dhoom
Sing along, dance along to the song “boom, boom, boom(song by Vengaboys)”

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Credits:

1. Music system - Sony

2. Biscuits - Country Oven

3. Fruits - Pure & Natural

4. Food - Hyderabad House

5. CDs - Music World, Prashanth & Prakash

6. DJ - Govind

7. Games Coordinator - Archanna

8. Ice-cream - Amul

9. Participants - You all.