Catholic Fever

Ever since i saw a movie called Baton Baton Mein (Loosely translated In a matter of words) , i had one fixation in my head - the fascination for Catholic women. In the movie Amol Palekar tries to woo Tina Munim, a young Catholic girl from Khar.

Since then i came to be attracted to catholic women like a moth to a burning naked flame. And thus began my affliction to a phenomenon i came to know as - Catholic Fever . This is not a physiological condition, well for the most part, it is a state of mind.

What is interesting to me is why i came to be afflicted with the condition. Sure the movie is an obvious answer, but it is much more than that. Its the Catholic attitude, its the what men? what you saying? balls to you ! confidence that they carry around.

It is the carefree attitude towards everything fun in life, its the want to experience new things at the cost of sanity and social decrees. Its the food, its the smell of sorpotel and calamari on Sundays, its the beer in the fridge and whiskey on rocks....its all of it and more man.

Wait a minute, this says nothing about the women you say? Of course not, the women are more or less the same, but then its about the lifestyle, its about the way of life. Its actually my way into her family life than her, she is of course a bonus, but i think i like the family more.

I would like the brother who knows somebody, who knows somebody that plays with the famous Bandra band. Or its the father who just loves to talk about Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers band or the good old days in the 70s . Or its the mother who just loves to make you happy and content with the delicious food. The invitation to the Christmas Dance, and all the other wedding dances.

So i guess for me its not just the women, they are more or less the same anyway, its what you get along with them, that should be a concern.

I am still wishing for my Catholic Fever to subside, or at least come to fruition. Either way....i am fucked right now!