Meet Mr. Allan Pease. An authority on body language, human psyche and everything in between. The man has dedicated his life to understanding how people interact with each other and what goes on in the brain when someone shows their thumbs up! I had read one of his articles and remember buying into it which made me go to the Times Literary Carnival held in December in Mumbai. It was a lively interaction scheduled on a lazy Sunday afternoon between Mr. Pease and Ms. Bachi Karkaria, the no nonsense agony aunt. The discussion was promising and deliver, it did! The session was called – A Fish and a Bicycle – a journey into the man-woman relationship. Everything from why men cant multitask, to why women can’t talk less was dissected on the operating table before a lively audience. The laughter during the session had a sure gender to it..! Allan carried the audience with his sense of humour, wit and experience. I was in awe! I told myself that I have to speak to him and tell him how much I appreciate what I just saw. I get starry-eyed very easily and this made me go upto him after the talk. I was nervous to the point that I rehearsed my lines.
“Sir, thank you for that delightful talk about the opposite sexes.....”
A hello, followed by a compliment, followed by a quick handshake and I am out. I had it all in place.
I was very conscious about my own body language. After all, it was Mr. Allan ‘Body’ Pease.
As I waited for him to finish with a gentleman, I thought how silly of people to want their picture taken with this great man. A simple conversation would mean so much more. As they cleared the way, I approached the legend and....
“Hello Sir”
“Hello”, said the voice of God!
“Thank you for that amazing talk in there! It was delightful”
“So you liked it?”
“Oh yes Sir. Very much” with a wide grin which schoolgirls exchange with tutors they have a crush on.
Now all I had to do was shake hands and get out. I had learnt that a firm handshake is recommended between two men. As we got to the end of the conversation, I stepped forward and reached my hand out. But for some reason he just didn't realise that I had extended my hand.
The longest two seconds passed.
“Sir...” I muttered sheepishly.
“Oh!!” he went on spotting my hand.
A quick handshake and I was out of there thinking he is the leading authority on body language?? Him?? Really???
7 comments:
Am I delighted or what! Blogging. Aha! Not bad, not bad at all!
Bachi Karkaria?? I am a huge fan!
Super awesome seeing you on the blogosphere or whatever convoluted name it goes by nowadays. The session sounds like so much fun and you going 'starry eyed easily' is so true. Great to see your wit on display. Its something we all love. Keep em coming!!
Looks like the Blog Bug bit u nice and hard eh ;) .. gr8 start Di! will look forward to reading more of the signature 'you' :) ! <3
Finally the man with the gifted motor mouth moves into the blogosphere.. Welcome Sir :) Why 'colorblind' may I ask?
And whatte session it must have been! Bachi Karkaria is one of my fav columnists.
Looking forward to more witty rants! :)
@ Sam, Som and Adam - Coming from the experts, this really means a lot. Thanks a ton you guys!!
@ Su - My schoolmate/orator par excellence, thank you :)
Oh yeah, @ Sammy and "Adam" - I see a lot of Bachi fans in the house! Man I love her columns too!! She is straight and in-your-face! Why do u think I dint go to her after the talk :P
Hey daddy..>Finally:)a bunch of us are always there to read u:)
Thanks Mayoor :) That's comforting!! (Though I will secretly verify with the stats!!)
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