The flavour of the last one year has been weddings. Over the last six months, anyone I call and anyone who calls me has the news. They are getting married soon. So, these days, I invariably start all telephone conversations with a 'congratulations'.
What about the ones that I know are already married? There is a congratulations for them too. They have either taken their first steps towards spreading the human race or have just succeeded in doing so. Why over-crowding our already over-crowded trains, buses and airplanes requires a congratulation is a question which when asked will turn you into a social outcast. So instead, congratulate them and there are good chances that you will be invited for a meal.
That I begin phone calls with congratulations and that more often the congratulations turns out to be real has turned some of the more persevering and therefore not so lucky friends of mine to ring me very frequently lately.
A message to all those of you. Stop calling me. I am losing my new found super-power because of you.
But don't despair. There is a way out.
Turn to god.
Jose has always told me this - When you want something, turn to god. I realised only half its meaning when I found out that gopal turns to god when he wants free sakkara pongal and full meals. But I guess the human mind offers limitless possibilities and gopal was just scratching the surface.
You guys on the other hand can dig a little deeper - wink at the mums or drop your heads at the site of the daughters - and you may end up giving me a call from the temple.
If things don't turn out to be as you expected, you will atleast walk away with a plate full of sakkara pongal!
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