Kids

6 year old Himaja came home.

I was meeting her for the first time, as I showed her around she was disappointed that our garden had no flowers. I told her my Mom plucked them for her morning puja, she wasn't happy. Then I showed her a Wren Warbler that was having an afternoon bath in the plastic 'bird bath'.

She liked the little bird and said, "Can I have it?".

I said, 'The bird has a home. It can't stay at your place.'

She replied,"Where is her mom?"

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H went on about how she has many friends in her apartment. Chikki, Rinku, Teenu, Tarun Rayudu and Tarun, only Tarun was taller than her. And this girl called Ruchi in her class always gets straight A+,and has a handwriting to die for. While Ruchi gets "very Good & three stars,I get One star and 'Practice more'" she lamented.

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H wanted me to play the jumping game. Jump from the higher step to the lower and back.

I said "I am not a kid, u play I'll watch"

H, "You?"

"Yes Me"

"You are not an adult,You can play"

I was smiling like crazy!Love you gal!

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H, in complete 'unbelievable'-ness, "Is this your bike?"

Me, "yes"(proudly)

H, "wow, you have a bike!So,do you have a car?"

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Notwithstanding the fact that I have put up nearly 7-8 kilos in the past 3 months!(boo hoo!!!)

Even notwithstanding my extremely irritating unshaven look, H thought I was a kid.

Or did she go beyond looks?Tell me kids!Can you look through me?

Next time you come home, I will do something very grown up, Like drinking tea with my glasses on!Like growing a moustache?A French?

Two States.

No, I am not talking about Chetan Bhagat's latest 'cool' book. The two states in question are Andhra and Telangana. I am offering a short primer before I go into the details.

Primer:

Andhra and Telangana were never a continuous 'Administrative unit', at least for the past 200 years, and their only connection is the mother language-Telugu.It was only in 1956 through the famous 'Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956' that the 9 Telugu-speaking districts of 'Hyderabad State' joined Andhra to form the modern AP.

Back in time...While great Telugu poets like Nannayya(10th Century) belonged to the region that we call Telengana today, it will be a gross injustice to the 'East African Rift valley' if I stop just at the '10th Century A.D." Because 100,000 years ago, all our ancestors were hunting game and practicing polygamy in the African Rift Valley!

The rich deltas of Krishna and Godavari was where the Telugu language prospered, though its roots were firm in the entire region south of Godavari and north of the River Penna.(roughly the modern state of Andhra Pradesh).

While Telugu in Andhra was progressively Sanskritized by the Brahminical Class, the Telugu of Telangana was greatly influenced by Urdu under the Nizam and retained some uniquely Telugu words. However again, it would be great injustice to say that the whole of Telangana speaks the same dialect, each region in Telengana has a distinct dialect. Anyways, for all the natural advantages that Andhra possessed, it grew into a place of enterprising agriculturists who branched out to regions as far as South Karnataka and North Telangana. The economically advanced Andhraites, due to the geographical proximity to Madras, were better educated and cornered plum jobs all over the State.

Telangana as a region suffered, despite possessing great mineral wealth and being a power-surplus region. The periodic droughts and the Naxalites made things even worse.

After a series of bloody agitations, truce was reached, the state of AP was saved from bifurcation.

To complicate things, cultural stereotypes exist even today. Goons in Telugu movies are shown to have a 'Telangana Accent'. And the general public is of the view that 'Pure Telugu' was the one spoken by the people from Andhra and the Telangana dialect was not Telugu at all! I was a witness to this argument at least a gazilion times in my life. Is there at all any 'pure' language in the world?Isn't there an Australian, a Canadian, a South-African English? Why can't there be two Telugus?or ten?

It beats me!Its like the Punjabi-Haryanvi equation! For some strange reason Punjabi is the coolest and sweetest language, while Haryanvi is rustic and brash!Bull crap!

Language and dialects need another post.

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But, I have never been able to spell out clearly if a T State is needed. Last winter,One friend from Haryana asked me 'Where are you from?",I said "Hyderabad", and quite out of the blue,he asked me,"Do you support Telengana?"

I was shocked about how confused I was. I told him it was a non-issue, people have matured and they don't fall into such pure political traps.

Day before yesterday Massio asked me the same question, I told him 'I was confused'. Over the past few days, some of the mist has lifted, I will present them shortly!

I carry some historical baggage, of belonging to a family of 'settlers'(from Andhra). My paternal grandfather from Guntur(migrated to Secunderabad way back in early 1900s to work for the British) and maternal from Godavari. I grew in predominantly 'Hyderabadi' Sitafalmandi. My neighbours were Marathi(The Puttu family),Tamil(The Mama/Mami),Kannada(The Baruvaiahs). In the same street,there were Mudaliars,Anglo Indians and Muslims. The locality was predominantly Telangana with about 20-30 families of 'settlers' from Andhra.It was like the microcosm of India.

'Settlers'-this word gives me jitters. Who is not a settler in Hyderabad?

So, here are my 2 cents on why the idea of AP should not be destroyed:

Reason 1:Political

Smaller states like Chattisgarh(Cha) and Jharkhand(Jha) have seen ineffective and corrupt governments.Because of the smaller no. of MLAs in Legislature, Jha has ben under President Rule for a long time.Assemblies with 60-90 MLAs can be held hostage by a small number of 5-10 independents/fringe parties.

States like Haryana-90 MLAs('The Aya Ram/Gaya Ram' era), Goa-60 MLAs(Has it ever has a CM for a full 5 yr term?). Haryana's INC Govt now stands because of this fringe party led by K.S.Bishnoi!And, dominant castes like the Jats rule the roost, in a multi-party democracy you don't need 50% vote, a loyal 25-30% vote is enough.Realpolitik holds bleak future for smaller states.

Reason 2: Law and Order

Cha and Jha have failed to tackle Maoism, many villages in the interior regions are under the Maoist control. AP on the other hand raised the Greyhounds(an elite anti-naxal police force) to drive extremist violence out of Telangana. A smaller state wouldn't have had the resources to do it.With a history of political violence, God forbid, but if Maoism finds roots in T, I'm a shit scared it will become another Cha/Jha!

I don't see this happening immediately after the formation of the T state, but after 2-3 yrs, when the new Govt would not have lived up to popular expectations, it wouldn't be difficult to guess what the former naxals and extremists will do.Will a small state be able to resists the multi-state, China supported Maoists.

Remember, Law and Order is a State Subject!

Reason 3:Finances

States like Cha and Jha get very small amounts of 'Plan expenditure' from Center, if they were part of the larger states they could have lobbied for greater amounts.
The Center distributes funds to States based on a formula(Mukherjee/Gadgil/Rangarajan formula) that takes Population,Area and certain progressive data(like financial reforms) as criteria. Larger states with greater population and area get greater share by default, and in cases where a state has 42 MPs it can do wonders to draw more 'Plan assistance'.

Remember the golden days for AP under the NDA?
Now these states-Cha and Jha need heavy central assistance to meet their developmental demands. On a more realistic note, with the Jharkhands developmental assistance landed right into Madhu Koda's lap. Isn't it easier for 'The Madhu Kodas' to survive in the smaller states?Winning 40 MLAs is child's play, just offer them shares in your new venture in Africa!

Reason 4: KCR

This man speaks with such venom, my God!I often fall for his emotional outbursts and end up losing my argument in emotion. What has this man done for his constituency?In Mahabubnagar he was heckled about a year ago for not visiting his constituency even once!

But such a politician! After the rout that his party received in 2009, look how he has stirred up crazy sentiments across the State! Suddenly, why has fiery and sharp-tongued KCR become a Gandhian taking a fast-unto-death?Is it because he sees political opportunity?

And does he have a vision for Telangana? Like Naidu had for Hyd? Has he raised voice against how the Mining Mafia has held Karnataka to hostage? A mineral rich T-state will need to have a perfect mining policy!

Does he even talk of education/health/basic facilities?Is Telengana a panacea? A cure-all?Will it relieve tribes in Adilabad from malaria?(yes!ppl in North Telengana die of malaria!)What will the new State do?Does he even talk about agricultural distress in drought prone T?

By politicising educational instis like OU and KU, what is the guarantee that after the T-State is formed these universities will not erupt in agitations for some other issue? Maoism might find safe haven in this radicalization.

This man is a potential Madhu Koda. His party already has some dynasty, nephew Harish Rao and son K.T.Rama Rao!

And not until his fast and clever 'student politics' did any one care about T? Hasn't he succeeded in radicalizing the debate. Clever people have fallen for his tactics! I see the 'creme de la cream' of BITS/IITs falling for this emotional maneuvering.

And this whole argument of being 'robbed' by the Andhra people is so unfounded!Its like Mumbai being robbed by North/South Indians. Without 'migrants' where is progress? Please read the Human Development Report-2009-this link has a gist of the report.("global distribution of capabilities is extraordinarily unequal, and that this is a major driver for movement of people. Migration can expand their choices —in terms of incomes, accessing services and participation")

Without the Narayanas/Sri Chaitanya/Gautams where would education have been in Telangana?With AP now having gas reserves in KG basin, would T not benefit from cheap gas?What about TTD in Tirupati?I am not saying that only people from Andhra are intelligent/did T a favor!It was just a historical advantage that benefited them. Telengana people/people everywhere in general are equally capable, it is just a matter of time!

And,What if Telengana has mineral resources? Do read the resource-curse theory! Even Zaire has mineral resources and so does Jharkhand!It's not enough to have resources, it is important to handle them well!Also, actually Rayalseema is more rich in minerals than Telangana, the world's largest reserves of 'Barytes' are in Kadapa, limestone,dolomite,gold! Andhra has rich bauxite reserves. T has the 'Singareni stretch of Gondwana Coal'(inferior quality comapred to Jharia/Bokaro).

My fears:

I am not sure if readers will read this in the right perspective. I only ask you to seperate emotion from logical thinking. Please note the facts.

Remember, never believe a politician until you are convinced of a 'history of sincerity'.(remember Babri!such a blot on our secular structure!)

Can't we all fight for eradication of greater evils?Like corrupt government, like health and education?

Coming back,politically,Andhra Pradesh as a State will have a greater say in the Indian Union, as 2 or 3 separate units they will be reduced to statistics. Do the people of Telangana really want Telangana, or has KCR taken everybody on a fancy emotional ride?Just think about what were your views pre and post the 11 day fast. Did you fall for cinematic emotion?No thanks, stupid electronic media!

PS:All said and done, if T is made a separate state, Hyderabad should be a part of it! To carve out artificial geographical separations will be gross injustice to the infant state. Hyderabad, if in good hands,can become a growth pole to bring development into the T state. A separate UT of Hyderabad will leave a wound that would never heal, a real insult to the T-region.

Autumn Autumn!

I am a romantic.On and Off.Autumn is luckily for you(haa haa!),On Season!!!

My favorite tree "Punnaga Malli/Millingtonia Hortensis/Akash Neem" is in bloom.

In the land of six seasons, that is India, this is the Sarad Season-the season of refulgent moonlight and according to Kalidasa (Ritu Samahara), a season of "golden plentitudes"! Well,the romantic clicked the Muse Millingtonia on a Kartika(Hindu Month) Full Moon day!

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Punnaga Malli

The Flowery stars burst out at night,

Nightly stars, in their own right,

They look for love or may be a Knight,

Unlike their heavenly cousins-at a lesser height!

Scenting the night-young, intoxicating!

Peeping out in bouquets, scintillating!

Flirting with the wind,shadow kissing!

Wherst the Knight?Irritating!

As the nightly stars drown,

'Tis time now to pass the crown,

To fall from the heights down,

Into the arms of the earthy lawn.

They fall off to the dusty grove,

To paths of filth but they still strove

To wish luck to their like above,

Readying for the night,again for love.

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Lo!See how I become a poet, I tell you it is very very effortless!

The intoxicating smell creates a near-Shakespearean impact. Its like the 'Love Tonic' of Mid Summer Night's Dream.So all my lovers, you know now,how I will love you back,just take me near the 'Punnaga Malli'.(:D)

Yeah,like anybody cares? :D

One more:

This was on Nov 7th, Mom "allu"-fied all the flowers into this beauty!Should the poem go to this sisterly bunch or the "hide-and-seek" moon?

So, I end my bard~ly-peregrinations but wonder,why is it that Science doesn't fully convince the nature-maniac?Why does the Fungi at the damp tree bark use dull spores for reproduction?Why does the majestic tree choose a romantic flower-scent combination?What is this maddening plurality?

Or is it sheer creativity?But science says it all boils down to bio-chemistry? If I told you that the scent was nothing a chemical called Mono-utopia Meta-Physycsoxin stimulating your olfactory senses?And that all this happened by accident?What would you do?

I would pray to God to save the Millingtonia Hortensis.

Laws of Conservation of Friends

I have been always thinking why I haven't been able to "stay in touch", as much as I would want to, well who is to blame?Me?Times?Or the new Law of Conservation of Friends?(That I will shortly put forward!)

Well the first law is almost like that of Thermodynamics!

Law 1:

Friends can neither be created nor destroyed. They can only be transformed from one type to another.

Creating/making friends is a virtual thing(read as blah).Nobody wakes up one day and decides, "well I'm gonna make 6 friends today, 2 male and 2 female"(and the other 2?).But you can always "cook friends",as in a friend's friend is easier to be mentioned as a friend. Its like Ramya Krishna being my cousin sister, its better than telling the whole story about how I have to ask my dad every time about how she is my cousin!Cooking is not creating just like discovering is not inventing.

I also think nice friends can never stop being friends.Say, you are out eating Chole-Kulche in Karol Bagh(Yummy!!!) with a "only for treats" friend and say you meet a friend after a very very long time. I'm sure you will ask this "friend" to join the treat or at least exchange numbers!And if you have to introduce him/her, you will most likely call him a friend or even better an "old friend"(and if you've got the cheek "older",great way to embarass females!)

So the fact is friends can't be destroyed!Not in the age of virtual networks when you have old/older friends who go back 15 years and ask you if you are still a "mama's boy", or write embarassing testimonials!(some make you wonder if you should tell the whole world to just shut up and follow the new religion of worshipping the new God, the "You" with the New testimonial!).More on Testimonials later!

And how are friends transformed?Pretty simple, friends become old friends, weekend friends, opportunistic friends, just friends and more positively- good friends, currently the most visited/called friend, "shoulder to cry on" friends, "share my madness" friends, very close friends and so on and so forth.

But the crux of the whole theory of Friendship lies in the 2nd Law and most surprisingly, much like the 2nd Law of thermodynamics, there is great co-relation.

The 2nd Law:

When people move from one place to another and make new friends there is a loss of friendliness in the old friendships.

I don't think this needs much proving to do!Not entirely because I don't completely understand the "loss of friendliness", also because I am pretty sure you think its non sense, blame your sanity if you don't.

Anyways, moving places, even within a city transforms people and relations.

How many of you can connect to your kindergarten friends at the same level again? Can you pinch people on their thighs and compare the pinkness of the weal?oops!

KG is different you may say, but is it me of is it sociological conditioning, I really have a tough tough time meeting old friends! I guess our images of people freeze at one point and we refuse to accept changes in people. Its like the "School mein to bahut gandi lagti thi, by God!The Behenji has become a Babe!".

I think I deserve a Nobel(in what?). And I think from now on, every testimonial needs to vouch for my "Nobel-worthy-nes".Or rather the Nobels' "Anirudh-worthiness"?Its like the Nobel(Peace) not deserving Gandhi! :D

Yours Lawfully!

Caw Caw..err...Bleat Bleat

Phew!
Quiet a week it was!

Bought a Kurta(u knw my taste, if u dont....it rocks!),got a gift for my sister(Thanks Gaur!), watched Love Aaj Kal, met a great fundoo for IIML for Dinner and was blown away,such a peanut-sized brain i have!!And then there were some tests in between, results and exultation and today I'm at the palace!(not place)

Yes the oil massage, cricket with Germans, the pool, the guests from the "Ministry",the German keyboard(Rückgängig and Einfügen!!!),Volkspartein and BMW,the pool, the mini Golf with dearest Rene,the postponed rakhi and my new kurta, and phone calls, MEGAphors and mandodari!

And over the last two months..
A trip to Chandigarh!!!
YAY...me,Baya Bakari(the Yemenis) and Meha went to the Noodle Bar.M got such a high!!!(and so did yemenis).In the auto,on our way back to the hotel,the yemenis sang 'Mayadaari maisammo maisammaaa','Gaajuvaaka Pilla mem gaajulollam kaada' while poor Fraud punjabi Kudi was screaming at the top of her voice that she wanted something in Hindi!
So the Yemenis sang 'Emosanal Atyachaar'(with renewed stress on 'Bol WHORE why didiyou ditch me?','Whoooore','Ho gayi dil ki par tray-gidee') and followed it up with Raina Beeti jaaye!M was laughing like crazy, she was crazzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyy....

And then M realises that its 12 in the midnight-Chandigarh is empty except for the Punjabi street dogs(their girth i mean,nasty me!) and the auto drivers(who are suspect rapists according to M). M is shit scared, she's screaming at the top of her voice that the autowallahs can overpower me and rape the lasses :))
Yemenis were scared too, M somehow steers us safely to our destination.She also saved an as$,considering that I will try to stop the rapists if they get to business .(pun regretted)
After all, not all the auto wallahs are rapists, there are good people or just that they dont 'do' retarded people.

And the next day it was the turn of the Rock Garden, decent Punjabis were treated to rustic Yemeni antics,extremely disgusting potty jokes, random songs, animagi hysteria(we became lizards and spiders) and such uncivilised behaviour completely un-befitting of 22-23yr olds!(pics will be uploaded in due course,locked in M's cam)
And then we were back to our places watching a crappy movie, so we played the Yes Boss game, mute the TV and dub for the artists, it was another round of utterly disgusting potty jokes from Yemenis, a wife complaining to the psychologist about how her husband is interested in the potty habits of lions :D

Like all the good things have to end, retardation also had to end.On the Yemenis way back to Delhi there was a huge sandstorm and the bus broke down, 60km before Delhi!
At 11 in the night we were hitchhiking near the Haryana border, a nice sardar driver of Punjab roadways gave us a lift to Delhi.And so the madness ended with Baya Bakari chugging off to good old Hyderabad.

There is something we me and '60km from Delhi',the last time...A P Express stopped at Palwal as there was a derailment at Palwal, and the icing on the cake, i was travelling alone with luggage of 5 ppl, so I had to get down at Palwal,get to the bus station,get into a pakced Haryana roadways bus with all my luggage, get out of the bus and successfully catching all the luggage that was thrown out of the bus by co-passengers.I can go on and on about my luck with travel...

One more time,it was on my 1st trip to Pilani, we were dehydrated and shit -dazed,blame the hostile august weather of the desert and on our way I tell my long time frnd Massio 'Imagine if there is a puncture now?', and tusssssss.....puncture!!!!
No stepny!

One more(last one),Me and ahem-ahem on our way to bangalore in a dakota-bus,had to report to work the next day sharp at nine. At 3am in the wee hours of Monday the bus fails, puncture!, after an hour so it starts to only stop for a gear-box failure repair and before this...all throughout the night there is a choleric on the bus, asking for the driver to stop so that he could answer nature's calls. Can it get disgustin-er?Who must be my lucky star?(winking madly-hilarious madonna video!!!)

I am a survivor of a million such mishaps,of a smoke filled rustic haryana roadways bus
that veered off to Bhiwani instead of Pilani(blame addictive company!), of smoking passengers in the cold desert winters who wouldn't let us open the windows to let off the bidi smoke!Of flattenned tyres, or 10 hour journeys on desert roads in stark midnight,of Walruses for co-passengers on my way to Udupi, of gutsy Northie females who occupied our seats on A P Express.....aaaah!!!

So, the long and short of it is, I am in love with Punjabi Kudis now, esp. the Chandigarhis!So if u know anyone with an exceptionally bad taste for men(looks and otherwise), u know whom to call. ;)
And i dont mind haryanvis, if they can tolerate me singing:
Watch this please!!!
''Tenu kala chasma
Tenu kala chasma
Tenu kala chasma jach da eh
Jach da eh gorey mukhre te
Tenu kala chasma jach da eh
Jach da eh gorey mukhre te''
(Black goggles suit you, they suit your white face!)

''Teri na diyan dhuman pe gayaan
Tu Chandigarh to aayi ni
Chandigarh to aayi ni
Tenu dekh ke hoke parday ne
Khare chonkan vich sipahi ni
Thodi te kala til kuriye
Thodi te kala til kuriye
Jo daag aye chandey tukdey te ''But like u would say, its not abt me liking any1 or anything, its abt reciprocal feelings! :D

Don't u ever mistake my light-hearted bleating for desperate crowing!So until next time,Caw Caw,err Bleat Bleat!

The Swallow and the Reed.

Like I promised myself earlier, I tried painting the "Swallow and the Reed" in water-colors. Here are the results...

The Swallow and the Reed

"One night there flew over the city a little Swallow. His friends had gone away to Egypt six weeks before, but he had stayed behind, for he was in love with the most beautiful Reed. He had met her early in the spring as he was flying down the river after a big yellow moth, and had been so attracted by her slender waist that he had stopped to talk to her. 'Shall I love you said the Swallow', who liked to come to the point at once, and the Reed made him a low bow. So he flew round and round her, touching the water with his wings, and making silver ripples. This was his courtship, and it lasted all through the summer. 'It is a ridiculous attachment,' twittered the other Swallows, 'she has no money, and far too many relations;' and indeed the river was quite full of Reeds. Then, when the autumn came, they all flew away. After they had gone he felt lonely, and began to tire of his lady-love. 'She has no conversation,' he said, 'and I am afraid that she is a coquette, for she is always flirting with the wind.' And certainly, whenever the wind blew, the Reed made the most graceful curtsies. I admit that she is domestic,' he continued, 'but I love travelling, and my wife, consequently, should love travelling also.'
'Will you come away with me?' he said finally to her; but the Reed shook her head, she was so attached to her home. 'You have been trifling with me,' he cried, 'I am off to the Pyramids. Good-bye!' and he flew away."
Link to the full story.
I'm in love with the lines above, like Phoebe Buffay says about the "Smelly Cat", I am sure these lines have many levels and I'm very sure Wilde,hade he been alive, would have agreed with me on this.

Regrets:
I have just tried keeping a promise, I hadn't much time at my disposal and hence wasn't in the mood to paint,lest the mood of the vibrant Egyptian Summer would have been the most evident aspect in the painting. I also regret having used watercolors which are only for the chivalrous..anyways,I am also uploading rough work which is actually my favorite!

I am not sure if I can ever de-Indianise my art. :)
I will be back with more color, and surely not watercolor,and something a little more obscure and free-willed and Picasso-like!

Due acknowledgements to:
Nanna & Amma(for making me feel like Pulipaka Picasso), Mrs.Shamita Goswami, The Art Book, the Internet and Oscar Wilde.

My Nephew R!

"Are you a Man or a Boy?",R asked me in his trademark accent.
I was carrying R piggyback and felt happy that someone actually is wrong about my age and that too very positively!
"I am a Man",I chortled!
"Then why are you studying,only boys study...Common lets play AniHudh,lets play "Jumping on the Bed",...or Pillow Fight.."

This is called the logic of a 5 year old. I told him that I had to study only till Sunday and then we could play anything.R left with Martha and I felt very very very bad....This was last Saturday.

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When I first met R, I asked him if he liked playing Cricket and pat came the answer, "I am a German!I play football, I don't play Cricket!"

It took some time for our wavelengths to match, it was actually the "jumping on the bed"game that started the resonance. R would wake up early on weekends,barge into my room and after the lovely Good Morning ask, "Anihhudh,Can you throw me on the bed like yesterday?"

"Only 5 times"

"No,2 times",R would say!Ah the innocence!

And then I would ask him, "What did you dream of yesterday?"
And with his characteristic smile, R would answer, "I was jumping on the bed..."

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It was during Holi that R had taken great fondness to my face,he made it his Color Palette, any new color had to be tested on my face first, "Anihoooooooodh.....!!!!"My most memorable Holi in recent times!

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"Do you like Salami Pizza?"
"I don't know, I don't think it is vegetarian."
"I will find out",and then R runs around the house for five minutes to find out if Salami is vegetarian!

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"I am sleeping in Anihhudh's room today!"
"So,what story would you like today?"
"Tom and Jehhy!"
So,I tweaked "Little Red Riding Hood" and I am glad no one had told him the story of Ridinghood earlier 'coz he really liked my fake bedtime story!
And then I had to use "Fox in Socks,Knox in Box,Fox on Socks on Knox on Box...Sue sews whos socks..." and such other blah to finally put him to sleep!

The next day he wanted me to read him something in German, I tried(by making all Rs sound like rough Hs) but he couldn't take the fake German!

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Some more R>>>
R loves "Pappu can't dance sala!", but he asked me,"What does Sala mean?"
He hardly speaks any Hindi/Telugu but he sure knows to say the most cutely(i hate the word!) sounding "Nahin".

And he also told me he knows the F word, and he uses it with such a mischievous smile, ah!he even escaped from any serious reprimands!

Our favorite song continues to be "Ilike ta movitmovit!"(Hail Kinf Julian I!).Last Sunday we were whistling "Ilike ta movitmovit" with our special moves(Hail King Julian I)...

Among other things, R can be effortlessly entertained with the magic words "Poopoo Kakaa"...hee hee!

R will turn 6 on July 14th, have to gift him something good. :)

Missing R.