Billu Barber

Yes, you read it right and no, this is not a joke -the scissorhand in the picture is indeed called Billu! When Billu was born his parents had a premonition that one day the greatest of great stars of Bollywood (so says Farrah Khan the bestest pal of the 'King') would make a jabardast fillum about their second born. Not having done much by way of 'lekha pora', (Who does, in our villages despite the tall claims splashed across state-sponsored banners? Half of the money goes into putting up the banners anyway!) poor Billu was packed off to serve as an apprentice to a barber of some repute in the village of Mohidaapur on the way to Sriniketan. He picked up the tricks of the trade in no time (also finding time to elope with the girl next door which led to a major showdown between the two families and an attempted suicide bid by the damsel, to boot!) and came back to nijo gram to set up shop. On this occasion Lal had taken 'malikke lal' for a not too needed haircut(Anok simply loves having his hair cut at Kamarpara, for reasons best known to him.) but seeing a big crowd had returned asking Billu to drop in at the farm on his way home. And thus history of sorts was made - Kamarpara saw its first Barber-on-Call..!!!