5 superheroes set out on a mission to save the sun from drowning into the arabian sea. what better place to do that than GP. for obvious purposes the team needed a leader and Davy Jones willingly volunteered. This is no ordinary pirate in fact its a she. she has a squid for a head and yogi bear's lower extremity and lets just say that in my previous blog she was addressed as 2d but she is far from that. her superpower was her left cerebral hemisphere ....far superior to anyone on this planet and lets just say if her right brain was as gifted she would be a living legend. The little mermaid was assigned the task of navigation and should catastrophe strike rescue the sun from the depths of the ocean. the little mermaid was in actual fact a man who would go to any length to save the honour of Davy Jones and catwoman. That brings us to Catwoman, she was shaped to near perfection, had mirror shine hair and a face that inspires profound poetry. she did have a weakness though and like most cats it was anything to do with fishes, fisherwomen, fishtanks etc. her objective was to distract the creeps who preferred the darkness. Such an expansive project needed adequate equipment and who better than inspector gadget. his primary objective other than the supply of gadgets was to find a plug point to recharge his batteries. and his secondary objective was to make life a sandy hell for the little mermaid. Nature boy was preoccupied with rescuing the garden city from devastation so he would join the foursome a day later.

first destination was ratnagiri railway station. Davy Jones smartly decided that the team must eat at the "giriratna railotel" before they press on. i have heard of hotel, motel and even intel but it requires exceptional creativity to come up with railotel. ingenious is the man whoever thought of naming his hotel giriratna in ratnagiri and railotel because of its proximity to the railways...take a bow. next order of business was to reach GP at the earliest. the first threat to the mission came in the form of Mrs. Swine a.k.a. hairy scary (she had a Haider Ali moustache). She had chatted up Davy Jones and her suggestion was to take a rickshaw to GP. We are only too familiar with the ability of a standard 3 seater autorickshaw, there was no way 5 grown people including mrs. swine and luggage was gonna fit in there unless the name of the mission was rickshaw side up. Well fortunatley for the saviours of the world, State Transport(ST) came to the rescue. Mrs. Swine also benefitted from the ST. She chose a spot right next to Davy Jones and it appeared that her objective was to harras Davy Jones all the way to GP. As soon as the conductor came around for tickets, Mrs. Swine metamorphosized to Mrs. Swindling Swine. She was convinced that at 62 she is a senior citizen and although the age limit is infact 65 there has to be a way Mr. Conductor can ammend the constitution and make her a senior citizen or the bus journey lasted 3 years at which time she can legally demand the benefit. If you ask me i think she had a brain of a 4 year old, and an appeal for a half ticket held more water. Mrs. Swine failed miserably in her endeavour and sulked all the way to GP. In all this mayhem catwomans nemesis the "bus ride" had reared its ugly head. It was common kowedge that bus rides especially one like this that had sharp winding roads elevations and depressions brought out the best of catwomans barf. This time though catwoman fought through the nauseating ride and reached GP with intact gastric contents much to everyones relief. 

The base camp was gonna be a bamboo hut a.k.a. Konkani hut at the MTDC, it was an adequate vantage point at the beach, facing the west and provided a view of sundown in the ocean. It was late evening inspector gadget had met his match, a television set with no plugs or ports, no plausible way to watch movies, which was very vital to the mission. Just as the operation was about to be abandoned ONIDA came to the rescue with sufficient ports and inspector gadget was pleased as punch. By then it was too late for the day the sun had set. only hope was little mermaid. He too failed for fear of the sea Witch and the dangerous water currents in low tide. With superheroes like this who needs villains. Sad and dejected the day came to an end and everyone hoped that nature boy brought with him better luck the next day. The next morning, Davy Jones ordered all superheroes to test the waters at the beach before the aliens of the Deccan odyssey came along. The swim can best be described as illimitable bliss. Enter Nature boy with an only too familiar swagger and a spring in his stride or as much as his suitcase permitted. He has been an ardent disciple of Mother nature and she showered blessings on him in the form of a fur coat that would put a panda to shame. He also drew inspiration from the indian cricket team where it came to dropping things, wonder how he would prevent the sun dropping into the ocean. That evening clouds prevented a clear view of the sun and hence sunset became inevitable. It seemed our superheroes were never gonna be able to "Save the Day". Davy Jones decided that when all else fails, pray. So to please the gods they marched barefoot for 1 km around the local temple, offered pranams and hoped for blessings.

When the stars adorned the night, the team played Taboo for entertainment. this official superhero game provides an insight into their lives, for example did you know that the official superhero sanitary pad is Stayfree!! Did you also know that for catwoman the most famous sonia is not sonia gandhi but some girl in her school who is also g*uris friend. And that diamonds are not just forever they are also a girls best friend. Sanjay Dutts colourful life gave him the honour of being the most referred to celebrity. While nature boy avoided sleeping with the ants that night (so much for nature boy) the little mermaid went to bed with the golden sand. 

The next day they floated in the ocean trying to take in as much of the sun as possible. They were truly bouyant about their chances that evening. ate modaks and made sand sketches while nature boy was distracted by nature man who in turn was distracted by the unique sand formations.

Finally the moment of truth had arrived, the sun was on the horizon, Davy Jones and Catwoman held the sun with their hands, nature boy took the ultimate gadget from the inspector and captured the sun just in time. our superheroes had outdone themselves, they were overjoyed. To celebrate their achievement a movie directed by spike lee was in order. Spike being a dogs name for obvious reasons angered catwoman to the extent that the rest of them were forced to listen to her random rambling.

Enter Mr. Swindling Swine, he too was a scary individual and the hairy part was restricted to his ears. Poor man he was misinformed and he thought that the garnier fructis hard gel was a cure for hypertrichosis, so he had ear hair radiating in all directions of gaze. Mr. Swindling Swine threatened to rob them of their riches at sunrise, he thought that Rs. 150 multiplied by 2 equalled Rs 624. Had it not been for Davy Jones' intelligence, this swindling swine would have succeeded.

This time on the way to Ratnagiri, the ST in partnership with the revengeful beheaded gummy bears in catwomans stomach decided to wreak havoc on her and it seemed that finally the "bus ride" might just produce a wholesome vomit, but catwoman was brave, she held her nerve and her intestines, and she lived to puke another day. Not to be outdone, nature boy also lived up to his weakness and dropped catwomans bag 3 stories from a railway bridge, fortunately the train was late otherwise nature boy would face the same fate the gummy bears did.

Today the sun is safely locked away in the Sony 6 MP Digicam. thanks to our superheroes, Bob Marley can croon again : Sun is Shining .......To the Rescue.

This is a story based on a trip to the beaches of Ganpatipule and for those who werent there, its a must visit, beautiful place. Hope we can do this again next year and forever thereafter.