Tuesday, 18 September 2012

on dupattas

one thing led to another...

evening yoga class..so need an outfit which doubles as a yoga suit too..where leggings is a part of the office outfit..but the outfit i randomly pick from the cupboard has no dupatta……...i mean i never got to buying one….. the winters was ok……..i had a stole which matched……summers, it wont work………...its not that i dont want to buy the damn dupatta…….its just that by the time its evenings, the sun has gone down, which makes it difficult to get the exact match(women will understand what i mean).. and mornings it would get too late for work.. satudays and Sundays, and holidays, im under voluntary house arrest...hate to leave home these days.

i decide im buying the dupatta even if it means getting embarassingly late for work. in spite of being late im still early. the shops havent opened yet...one streetside vendor has just started setting shop ..i go to him..there is this 8 to 10 year old kid with him..the guy looks at my hurried expression and yells, dad client...he asks me what color, i show him the border of my dress..he searches thru the yet to be untied bundle of dupattas with little success.

his enthusiasm makes me want to know more about him...u having ur holidays from school? U assisting ur dad? i ask. he blushes at the attention. his dad smiles too. with fatherly pride.

the dad picks up a dupatta which is a near match..if it was some other shop i wud have asked for a more near match..but i dont try it here..i dont bargain either..bargaining somethimes is not good for the soul...in this case the soul of the young boy.

i hope u young boy, u always have this zeal and enthusiam for in ur life.. may u never lose it with adulthood. all the best.

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