Bhopal day 2: a glimpse

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!