letter from a son to his mother
abu - “mamma, did you check the mail box today? there’s something in there for you”
it reads - dear mum I have given you a letter
abu? rabad?? read this to know more about them
round and round
this was when she was 3 months away from being 4 … 
no instructions from no one and no one asked her to do it either…i am sure you can sense the pride i feel…
unzipped
sort-of breaking my promise not to write anything here that can embarrass the kids when they are older *ahem*…
so, abu’s zip was open this afternoon.
me - abu, your zip is open…
abu - hehehe…chain khuli ki main khuli
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p.s. 1 - zips are also called chains (in India), “khuli” means open in hindi
p.s. 2 - “chen kuli ki main kuli” was a chant in a very popular hindi movie from the 80’s, Satte pe Satta
p.s. 3 - i am pretty sure abu was not referring to the chant mentioned above, but was referring to this song from Masti
sleepy haircut
aaah! the comfort of someone running fingers through your wet hair! but, this is taking it one step further.
i think this one deserves a place in the “believe it or not” section. and this is not the first time either.
advertisers taken to task
so, we are scanning channels, and we come across this Reliance Mobile’s catchy advert.
rabad - those things cannot come out of her head like that…how are they showing it?
hot girl na
this was when we went to watch om shanti om. during the “31 star” song, rabad started screaming “om shanti om” at the top of her voice, every time they said it - which is like 256 times.
anyways, i tried to “shhhhushhh” her.
“mumma, they are shouting “om shanti om”, i am only copying them”
i think i should just be happy that she didn’t say, “i am hot girl na…”
(for the uninitiated, the song goes “all the hot girls, put your hand in the air and say om shanti om”)
shaka laka !@#$ %^&*
I was telling a group of friends how anurag kashyap hated the dialogues
he wrote for Shakalaka Boom Boom and that he wrote a post titled shaka
laka fuck fuck at Passion for Cinema.
rabad, who i thought was sleeping, asks …”mamma, what did that uncle say?”
hubby dear - “Shakalaka boom boom”
rabad - “then what did mamma say”
hubby dear - “ask mamma”
rabad- “what is puck puck” - at this point i was looking for a place to sink my face in
hubby dear - “uh…um…”
rabad - “draw it for me”
o-kay - i shall be more careful next time. and will copy-paste this 100 times as punishment.
a mighty heart
we usually watch violent movies or movies that are too serious for the kids, when the kids are sleeping. so, it turns out that the movies that we’d like to catch in the theater are seen with two seats reserved for the two sleeping babies. and most times they sleep through the movie
one morning, abu saw some used movie ticket stubs outside my purse, “maa, which movie are these for?”
me - “a mighty heart, you slept when we were watching it yesterday”
abu - “what was it about?”
me - “about an aunty who lost her husband and she was looking for him”
abu - “did she sing a sad song?”
yeah-yeah-yeah, it is time to introduce the kids to non-hindi movies.
and how is milk really made
one morning at the breakfast table rabad, “mamma, how is milk made?”
me - “an uncle gets it out of the cow’s stomach”
rabad - “hmmm…ok”
rabad - “are plastic bags also made in the cow’s stomach?”
we get milk every morning in sealed plastic bags.