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Where is Roopa? Didn’t she accompany you to
see the ‘Kolu’ in your friends’ houses, asked my husband who
noticed my returning alone with half a dozen ‘thamboolam’ bags
in both my hands.
No, Roopa refused to come to any of my
friend’s houses on some pretext or the other, I said, feeling
quite disgruntled at my granddaughter’s attitude.
What excuses did she come out with, said my
husband who too sounded a little disappointed. The modern
generation doesn’t seem to believe in anything that is
traditional, he added.
That is not the reason for Roopa not
accompanying me, I said.
Then she would have said she finds it boring,
stepping in and out of half-a-dozen houses just to see a ‘Kolu’
which looks the same everywhere, he said.
No, that again was not her reason. Do you
remember she had accompanied me most willingly last year and she
quite enjoyed meeting my friends, I said.
May be, but why has she been reluctant this
time, said my husband unable to understand the mind of the girl.
You will be surprised if I tell you what
Roopa thinks of my friends, I said, not feeling happy about the
very thought.
What did the girl say, is it something very
preposterous, said he, noticing my expression of displeasure.
She thinks all my friends are real
“kanjoosis” and “lazy bums”, I said.
What makes her think so, he said.
It appears the badam milk shake that was
offered hardly tasted like one as there was more water in it
than any milk.
The ‘sundal’ was also stale and unfit to eat
as it would have been prepared ages ago. Why can’t your friends
give me something that is more palatable, she had said.
I think she has a point there, said my
husband. Probably, the older generation should take a lesson or
two from the young, he quipped.
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