An Indori guy just walked past, so I thought I would find out what he was up to.
"Where are you going, my friend," I asked.
"To have a poha, come along," he said. We ended up having a kachori alongside the poha..but that's another matter. I wanted to know where he planned to go next.
"Angrezi (English) Classes hain yaar, he said. Aajkal angrezi seekhna bahut zaroori hai."
I agreed wholeheartedly, in English.
I asked him what his ambition in life was. He was pretty clear - "a government job," he said.
"What kind of a job? What do you want to do there?"I wanted to know more.
He looked surprised. "I'll do what others do in a government job."
I started having nightmares. I saw Soorma Bhopali of Sholay fame saying something like "Do rupaye mein license banwaane aaya hai? Kahaan kahaan se chale aate hain..?" to a visitor in a government office, chewing paan while he said it..luckily, I woke up before the nightmare became more graphic. This conversation actually never happened.
"Where are you going, my friend," I asked.
"To have a poha, come along," he said. We ended up having a kachori alongside the poha..but that's another matter. I wanted to know where he planned to go next.
"Angrezi (English) Classes hain yaar, he said. Aajkal angrezi seekhna bahut zaroori hai."
I agreed wholeheartedly, in English.
I asked him what his ambition in life was. He was pretty clear - "a government job," he said.
"What kind of a job? What do you want to do there?"I wanted to know more.
He looked surprised. "I'll do what others do in a government job."
I started having nightmares. I saw Soorma Bhopali of Sholay fame saying something like "Do rupaye mein license banwaane aaya hai? Kahaan kahaan se chale aate hain..?" to a visitor in a government office, chewing paan while he said it..luckily, I woke up before the nightmare became more graphic. This conversation actually never happened.
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