A day of maidans and magic

Tirunakkara maidan is the place I head to this morning. The maidan is being renovated and is going to be like its glorious self in the past, when it was witness to some landmark events. Spoke to the site engineer and the municipality guys. Gotto write a story on it.

And, in the evening, went to the magic show held here. The magician(Jadu.Anand) was brilliant, performed all sorts of tricks. He even asked one of our classmates to come to the stage, hypnotised her and made her fly in the air. Was great. And, there was one more "great trick" promised - that he would vanish an elephant in thin air. Blink your eyes, and an elephant will vanish - said the banner before the auditorium.

For me - expecting something awesome and breathtaking - this trick turned out to be a damp squib. The elephant was real of cos, but the trick wasn't. It was a simple one. He just switched the colours in the grill gate that enclosed the animal.

Spoke to the magician after the show and got some quotes for my story. Thanked the manager(who made us sit in the Rs 500 seat even though we had paid only 50 bucks), the red-tshirt guy who helped us get perm for taking pics.