Today we went out for house hunting. I prepared for the day long auto rides in extreme heat by buying Zandu balm ( scent of amma), aloevera gel (a bit of akka), pulpy orange (a bit of chin) and a bottle full of cold water.
Scene 0:
We are in an auto and following the broker who is in a bike, we wait under a tree because broker had to go fetch the flat keys from some place, the auto guy starts a conversation with venky...
A guy: Aap kahaa ke hein bhaiyya?
Venky: hum Mysore ke hein (then says loudly as if talking to a person slow in hearing) AAP MYSORE JAANTHE HEIN?
Aguy: nods and then lekin ithna lamba transfer kyu liya aapne?
Venky: Ye transfer nahi hein, hum south India me kaam karke vahaaki experience liya hein tho soche ki kuch naya dekhe, isi liye Bhopal aagaye?
Aguy: tho aapki company ka branch kolne yaha aagaye hein kya?
Venky: Mein company mein nahi, ek sanstha mein kaam karthaa hun, hum gaav me kaam karthe hein
Aguy: Yahan ke gaav patha hein aapko?
Venky: Nahi abhi tho nahi, lekin patha hojaayega
Aguy: (changed the subject - because it was like dude whatever), tho makaan khareed rahe hein abhi?
venky: khareed nahi rahe hein, rent pe lena hein
Aguy: Mysore mein ghar khareeda hoga na?
Venky: Nahi vaha bhi nahi khareeda
Aguy: (Astonished) kya mathlab - aap ghar kahi bhi kareeda nahi hein? lekin kyun? ghar tho hona chaahiye
Venky: Nahi kahreeda - kya aap ke paas ghar hein?
Aguy: haanji bilkul, maine khareeda hein Bhopal mein,
then he tried to get at venky from another angle
A guy: aap ka shaadi hoke kitne saal hogaye?
Venky: 12 years
A guy: Mera bhi theek 12 years, bachche kithne hein?
Venky: Bachche nahi hein abhi
A guy: Abhi thak nahi hein?!!!
Venky: Haan ab soch rahe hein ( as if to please the auto guy!)
A guy: Mere do beten hein - dono padthe hein
Venky: achcha! ( as if they going to school is the seventh wonder)
A guy: haanji bilkul, dekho saab ghar chota bhi ho bada bhi ho, khareed lo
by then the broker came and we moved!
