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FI LMINDI A
April 1941
Q. "Who was that old fellow hanging on Leela Desai's back wherever she went on her Southern tour and who put on a rather provoking air about him, especially towards students whenever they were anxious to talk to her."
A. "If you mean Mr. Chunilal Desai, he is an old man and ought to be quite harmless. But what was he hanging to Miss Desai's back for? Couldn't he hang himself away from her? Well, Chunilal had no business to choke oft the boys. After all you pay for her tour and Chunilal takes the profits" (Continued laughter).
Q. "Shall we have the unique privilege of knowing the length of your belt?"
A. — "Forty inches. Do you want any more measurements?" (That silenced the boys).
I have purposely recited fhe frivolous and personal questions leaving out the serious ones, to give you
an idea of the uncomfortable time an ordinary man would have to pass through. But Baburao Patel is not an ordinary man.
THEIR SOFT CORNER
He answered all questions — over forty of them, some serious, several frivolous, some cruel, several personal, some intimate, and a few scandalous — to the complete satisfaction of his audience. The lecture ended. The big editor was garlanded midst a thundering applause and the next minute, he was mobbed for autographs.
The autographing business lasted for an hour. It began with the full ■'Baburao Patel", passed on to "B. Patel", then to "Patel" and ultimately to "B. P."
Mr. Patel had to rush for the next meeting of the Kanarese Literary Society, but before we go there let me reproduce what Mr. Mir Mohiyuddin Hussain, the Vice-President of the Intermediate College Association wrote to Mr. Patel in his letter of the 3rd March:
"I may tell you on behalf of the students that they have a soft corner for you. They are fascinated so much by your witty answers during your address in our College, that they cannot forget its happy memories just as Wordsworth, the great poet could not forget his "Daffodils." We are eagerly awaiting the day when you will be again amidst us."
And I was grateful to the students because it did pass off so well. As Baburao said to me "They are already men, my dear, and they know their responsibility already. Those are great students." And they are.
At 9 p.m. in the night, we were faced with a frowning crowd of elders in the Kanarese literature. The discussion here was all academic and some of the dramas of Kalidas and Bhavbhuti came on the anvil. But as I had anticipated, none of them agreed with the other and they parted friends after letting the steam off for an hour.
Next morning we were on our way to Bombay. But isn't that enough for one month?
In "Chitralekha" these three beauties conspire to give great entertainynent. It is a Film Corporation picture
which is distributed by Select Serial Supply.
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