English words interspersed with Tamil, overheard in an increasingly alarming telephone conversation between my mother and her best friend (who lives in India)
vit-amins. calcium, because of the menopause.
gene. gene. genetics.
not a love-match sort of thing. arranged.
five-fifty. three thousand.
hello? hello?
private college. doctor. engineering
dowry. donation.
three thousand.
ooh, four hundred. hmmm.
hello? hello? hello? hello? hello?
*click*
1 comment:
Hehe. I wish your mom would call me sometime.
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