Disclaimer - All things mentioned here are based upon true stories (and hazy memories).
Scene One
Date - around 1978
Time - around noon
Location - a house somewhere in Lucknow
Participants - a mother and her 2-3 years old kid
Mom - Are you gonna eat this chapati or not?
Kid - I don't wanna eat.
Mom - Why?
Kid - (starts wailing) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Why you don't want to eat?
Kid - (wailing continues) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Eat it otherwise....
Kid - (mom's threat works) It is too hot.
Mom breaks the chapati to cool it down.
Kid - (wailing resumes) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Now what?
Kid - You tore my chapati...
Mom - but betu, this is how we cool it.
Kid - You tore my chapati... waaaaaaahhhhh....
Mom - Oho... ok, here, have a new one.
Kid - Waaaaaahhh... I want same chapati... इसको जोड़ के दो... join it again...
I don't remember what happened next (did I mention that I was 'the kid').
Scene Two
Year - 2011 (26th Sep, 8:45 pm to be precise)
Location - a flat at Noida
Participants - a mother and her 2.9 years old kid - Piku
Scene One
Date - around 1978
Time - around noon
Location - a house somewhere in Lucknow
Participants - a mother and her 2-3 years old kid
Mom - Are you gonna eat this chapati or not?
Kid - I don't wanna eat.
Mom - Why?
Kid - (starts wailing) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Why you don't want to eat?
Kid - (wailing continues) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Eat it otherwise....
Kid - (mom's threat works) It is too hot.
Mom breaks the chapati to cool it down.
Kid - (wailing resumes) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Now what?
Kid - You tore my chapati...
Mom - but betu, this is how we cool it.
Kid - You tore my chapati... waaaaaaahhhhh....
Mom - Oho... ok, here, have a new one.
Kid - Waaaaaahhh... I want same chapati... इसको जोड़ के दो... join it again...
I don't remember what happened next (did I mention that I was 'the kid').
Scene Two
Year - 2011 (26th Sep, 8:45 pm to be precise)
Location - a flat at Noida
Participants - a mother and her 2.9 years old kid - Piku
Mom - Are you gonna eat this apple or not?
Kid - I don't wanna eat.
Mom - Why?
Kid - (starts wailing) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Why you don't want to eat?
Kid - (wailing continues) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Eat it otherwise....
Kid - (mom's threat works again) Its skin is too thick.
Mom peels the apple .
Kid - (wailing resumes) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Now what?
Kid - It has seeds....
Mom cuts the apple and removes all seeds.
Kid - (wailing resumes) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Now what?
Kid - You cut the apple I wanted to eat...
Mom - but betu, that's how we remove the seeds.
Kid - You cut my apple... waaaaaaahhhhh....
Mom - Oho... ok, here, have a new one.
Kid - Waaaaaahhh... I want same apple... इसको जोड़ के दो... join it...
This time I remember what happened next... I ate the apple :)
Mom - Why?
Kid - (starts wailing) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Why you don't want to eat?
Kid - (wailing continues) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Eat it otherwise....
Kid - (mom's threat works again) Its skin is too thick.
Mom peels the apple .
Kid - (wailing resumes) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Now what?
Kid - It has seeds....
Mom cuts the apple and removes all seeds.
Kid - (wailing resumes) Waaaaaaahhhhh...
Mom - Now what?
Kid - You cut the apple I wanted to eat...
Mom - but betu, that's how we remove the seeds.
Kid - You cut my apple... waaaaaaahhhhh....
Mom - Oho... ok, here, have a new one.
Kid - Waaaaaahhh... I want same apple... इसको जोड़ के दो... join it...
This time I remember what happened next... I ate the apple :)
6 comments:
Best example of Inheritance....
You tore my chapati...(Anand Sir)
You cut the apple..... (Piku)
Kuch cheeje kabhi nahi badlati.... Kal Aaj aur .....
Pay back time :)
:) :) :) :) :) :)
Wah Gul.....
Bhool gaye ..... chapati chkha hoga tab ..... aur ab apple :D
We have seen the same happenings since last thee generations, but fist was a Suger Cane .
@Mahesh - Apne girebaan mein bhi dekh lo ek baar :P
@Siddhartha - right said! 2 panktiyan arz hain "jo boye ped babool ka, to aam kahan se hoye"
@Shailu - hanso mat. tumhara bhi no. aayega :P
@Mitra - you are right, i didn't eat the apple, only tasted it :D
@Bariar Uncle - if I might have known about sugar cane, I would have titled my post as "Kids Aaj Kal aur Parso" :) Thank you!
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