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My mom sent me out to buy bananas. "I want slightly unripe ones. Bananas that will be perfect for eating tomorrow"
Ok.
"Tell him 'kal ke liye chahiye', ok?"
Mom, I'm 56 years old. I am married. I have two grown up sons. I have lived all my life in Bombay. I KNOW what to tell him
Ok.
"Tell him 'kal ke liye chahiye', ok?"
Mom, I'm 56 years old. I am married. I have two grown up sons. I have lived all my life in Bombay. I KNOW what to tell him
I reach the guy's stall. A WhatsApp message arrives on my phone. Full of some really crazy stuff about how China, Russia, America, the middle East and Nehru are the ones responsible for the current situation. I write a stinging reply on the group, heaping scorn. The banana guy
is waiting for my order. "Ek darjan kela" I tell him. I have more scorn to heap, so I continue.
Back home, mom says "these bananas are ripe. I need slightly under ripe ones. You didn't tell him?"
I did, I lie.
Mom: "Ok. Go tell him again. Tell him 'kal ke liye chahiye', ok?"
Back home, mom says "these bananas are ripe. I need slightly under ripe ones. You didn't tell him?"
I did, I lie.
Mom: "Ok. Go tell him again. Tell him 'kal ke liye chahiye', ok?"
I go to him and tell him 'Kal ke liye chahiye'.
"Pehle batana tha na?"
He exchanges the bananas and I get back home.
And as I'm walking back, I reflect. You know, they're right. China, Russia, America, the middle east and Nehru, they ARE responsible for everything. Why, they
"Pehle batana tha na?"
He exchanges the bananas and I get back home.
And as I'm walking back, I reflect. You know, they're right. China, Russia, America, the middle east and Nehru, they ARE responsible for everything. Why, they
even managed to make me get the wrong bananas.
