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Biwi Mem, Miyan Bawarchi
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Deepa Raparla finds the successful guys serving to their sweet-hearts their love, affection and food at Bawarchi Night.
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ROLE REVERSAL has always been a fascinating showground where the entertainment material largely prevails. In a nation where women are identified with cooking and men with work, a switch over of roles is something that is essentially interesting.
Swapping his relaxed role of waiting to be served with a sweltering hot place in the kitchen, preparing food, was sure a bold theme. Usually called as Bawarchi Night, the Vijayawada Round Table's unique activity proved to be a grand success on Sunday here.
Excitement was in the air as all the men identified with success in the city, draped in a chef's attires, sweated it out to come up with scrumptious dishes to please the Circlers. A Round Table gathering of around 25 families with R.P. Venkatesh as its Chairman and his better-half, Seeta Venkatesh, Chairperson of the Ladies Circle-52, led the show that had all the maal and masala. The crowd was treated to mouth-watering dishes amidst the lively ambience.
Members of the Round Table India, hailing from multifarious backgrounds, had whale of a time as they enjoyed every wee bit of their new roles. The RTI is engaged primarily in promoting fellowship besides several other service-oriented programmes.
There were five distinct counters styled as Urban Tadka to Desi Delight, Bharath Bhavan, and Plantain leaves.
The array of recipes offered by the chief chef of the counter was quite tantalizing.
Numerous dishes, including the Classy dessert, Aalu Dum, Sandwich, Egg Bonda and Pepper Chicken and an exclusive counter for drinks made the treat awesome.
The assortment of items seemed well-thought-of, for chefs in each counter displayed their skill with knives, peelers, juicers and mixers.
Leaving behind their success stories at their work place, the men, five of them at each counter, donned the chef's uniform and happily swayed to the music. They dished out the best recipes taking their wives by surprise. Sekhar, a dentist by profession, was busy frying chicken pakodas. For Srikant, who was full of activity wooing the guests to taste his hand-pressed rotis, it was as easy as selling computers, a business that made him what he is today.
The happy-go-lucky chefs who included interior designers, doctors and businessmen, stole the show with their styled outfits they carried with ιlan.
Flaunting his Gandhi topi and draping his white dress with a pink coloured robe - that was typical of any Tamilian cook, R.P.Venkatesh, welcomed all guests with his usual broad smiles. From slicing out hot Idlies from the stand to mixing nimmakaya pulihora to frying and drying Aloo Bonda or grinding a watermelon to make a juice, Venkatesh seemed adroitly comfortable with donning a modern "Nala or Bheema" sans their physique.
"It's a joy. Since we don't get such opportunities too often to please our wives," chuckles Honey, who is into automobile business. "Well, I now know that I can manage things without my wife," blurts Lali, flashing a radiant smile. He made it evident that he could sell out the lip-smacking appetisers as proficiently as his garments at Tipsy-Topsy. " Oh! This is not something new for me. I always cook at home. In fact, I taught my wife how to cook," grins Uday.
All of them evidently loved cooking and had utmost fun in being a one-night chefs and feast their wives on all the yummy dishes, the leisure and the fun they needed so much.
The women, on their part, were all dressed up for the occasion. Constantly flashing wide grins on their faces, they seemed to have enjoyed the change the most. "It has been the greatest pleasure to be a part of this Round Table," said a beaming Syamala, one of the square legs dating back to the days of the formation. " We coordinate groovy activities like this one every month which facilitate us in forming better relations with our fellow companions," says Seeta with a smile.
While the women took pleasure in bossing around and flattering on the delicious recipes, the men plainly enjoyed catering.
The crystal ball hanging at the centre radiated its colours to the surroundings while the kids turned to the music and gave in to the rhythm. They danced away to glory heightening the joyful spirits already in play.
All the happy faces that walked in from various spheres of activities, chattered in different languages. But their quest for happiness says it all. That fellowship tops in the enormously successful history of the Round Table.
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