Kamalamma and stand-up comedian Trevor Noah

Myself Kamalamma from Kunjibettu in Udupi, Karnataka.

What to tell you! Few days back I am reading in newspaper about award-winning world- famous stand-up comedian Trevor Noah, who is coming to Namma Bengaluru to give show and people are paying Rs 12,000/- for one ticket and some are telling lies to their Boss that mother-in-law is dying and they are taking half-day leave to travel across Bengaluru for 4 hours in heavy rain and traffic jam to attend the show, and what is happening? They are having jolly good time there? Ambade Sunti!

Trevor anna is coming on stage and saying funny funny jokes but nobody is laughing. Why, because nobody can hear anything, that is why! It seems sound system is so bad even VVIPs sitting in front rows are not able to hear one naya paisa of what Mr. Trevor is saying. Poor fellow, he is trying and trying and finally cancelling full show.

Ohohoho! What are the event organisers doing? Such a big event in such a big city and they are not checking mic first only or what! So much embarrassing. Tchah!

I am thinking in a small place like our Udupi itself, we are having better sound system and arrangement for functions and events. When they are doing Yakshagana – our famous folk dance-drama – in open ground in one corner of Udupi, the mic is so loud and clear, we can hear full dialogues and all from sunset to sunrise at other end of the town and whole night there is no sleep and next day we are also going around the house in Yakshagana style. Abbabba!

Few days back, there is one event in our neighbouring colony for Ganpati habba, and aiyyo Krishna … what galata! They are putting stage in the middle of the street and organisers are running around full busy 2 weeks before only as if Modi ji is coming, and on D day, from afternoon onwards, sound system fellows are shouting, hello, hello … mic testing, 1, 2, 3 …. mic testing.

And we people are able to hear their programme simply sitting in our house, with all doors and windows closed. Full evening, ajjas and ajjis, akkas and annas and all bachcha party of Shanti Housing Society are doing mast majja. And our shanti on this side is full gone listening to them.

After welcome speech, MC is announcing that Mr. Shridhar and Mrs. Malathi will sing one song and I am full excited because they are our morning-walk friends. I am shouting at the Mister to remove cotton from his ears and listen to Shridhar anna and Malathi akka who are doing karaoke for Baby, calm down … calm down …. The Mister is listening for half minute and then putting cotton back inside ear and asking how to calm down with so much noise!

Afterwards, I am dozing off little bit on sofa, and suddenly the Mister is waking me up shouting, see that MC is announcing your name, what for? And I am jumping from sofa thinking maybe I have won prize for lottery ticket which Shoba akka from that colony is making me buy. But MC is not saying Kamalamma but Ra, Ra, Rakamma, which is next item of programme and soon all colony members are living their fantasy of becoming Jacqueline Fernandes and Vikrant Rona and dancing with full josh! Then full night I am saying ekka saka ekka saka, ekkaa sakaa in my sleep also.

In between, MC is saying few jokes, but nobody is laughing, not even one fly and I am saying tsk tsk, poor fellow, I can tell jokes better than him, maybe I should only give show on stage.

Then the Mister is also agreeing and saying aiyyo Kamalamma you are too much good comedian, when you are saying any joke, all people are laughing before punch line itself! And I am very happy because 100% even Trevor anna cannot do that! With or without mic! Abbabba!

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