Elevator
I'm on one of my now-infrequent trips to the metropolis. In the apartment elevator going up, saw one of those familiar neighbourly faces that I'd seen hundreds of times in the lift but never spoken to. Gave him a nod and looked down. I'm not much of a social person. Jolting me out of my thoughts, the neighbour said Hi. "Hi", I replied warily. Not content with the perfunctoriness of this exchange, he persisted with a How are you? Oh well, thought I, it's just an elevator ride so "Good. I'm just back here, will be off again in a few days." "Oh? Where are you based now?" "In Kelshi, it's in coastal Maharashtra. I'm there on project work." "Oh? What kind?" "It's an agricultural experiment." He looked mystified at this. "So.....", he picked his way, "it's some software?" I stared at him. "No, complete hardware", I said, and smiled. Thankfully his floor came by then ...
yeah u know how they say pune is the germany of the east :-)
ReplyDeleteMadhu: I knew about Oxford, but a whole country? Wow, can't wait for Oktober ;)
ReplyDeletethats a good one, i like that. i find it irritating when people have the waiter waiting(literally) abd brood over the order, re=order, cancel, order again, and never seem to be able to make up their minds
ReplyDeleteI <3 them nevertheless. Maybe even because of it.
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