Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Imagine if you will...

It is Diwali time.

You are at your In-laws.

Your in-laws are chaste, vegetarian Brahmins.

After seven years of marriage, they pretty much suspect you are not.

Yet, you are respectful enough to throw out (okay, hide) the non-veg stuff in the house when they visit, especially since you know it makes your mother in law sick.

Even eggs.

So, it's a harmonious balance that has been struck.

And now imagine, if you will.

It is dinner time during Diwali.

Your little Peanut is cheerfully perched on a chair right next to yours.

She is eating plain rice, her favorite dish.

Her Grandma asks her to also eat her sabzi - some alu-gobi, your husband's favorite - and therefore, ubiquitous dish.

Your Peanut looks suspiciously at the alu-gobi.

Reaches out and pokes one piece of the alu.

And then brightly and happily proclaims

'Chickunnn!'

You feel yourself sliding to the floor under the table while your husband chuckles through a mouthful of sabzi and roti, and your in-laws graciously pretend not to hear.

The joy. The infinite joy.

10 comments:

  1. oh my how cute :) heheh Peanut is so cute!

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  2. I wish i was there to see your reaction...

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  3. oh just tell them the peanut is food-dyslexic confusing her chicken and chickpeas...

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  4. hahahaha!

    and i imagine this is just the beginning!!

    Cubby goes demanding Chickunn the moment we enter a resto! i still dunno how to cook it tho! high time i did!

    cheers!

    abha

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  5. ROFL!

    I foresee exactly this happening to me ! Im in pretty much the exact same situation.

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  6. Your in-laws are quite sweet really :) Trust a child to set things right.

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  7. Most amusing Duh Duh :)

    Incidentally, why are you moderating my comments? What do you think I'm going to say? And imagine - if only life were more like this blog. How much easier it would have been if Peanut's comment had been sent to you to for "moderation".

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  8. Did you morph into a beetroot?
    Phew- out of the mouths of babes and sucklings- the most embarrassing stuff the parents never wanted to hear:)
    Hi Ganju- blog sometimes, pliss.

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