Meet the Parents...

At 14 or even 24, I never thought one day I will miss my parents. I was famous for scooting off with frnds to stay away from the ‘boring’ house at the drop of a hat. As a result, I became the notorious, insensitive, and rebellious child and my stay-at-home sister earned the reputation of being the well behaved, loving, and obeying good daughter.

Well..siblings of diverse dispositions come from parents of diverse dispositions

Mom is a very regular Mom... plump, cozy, unbearably fussy, exceedingly caring, short tempered with her own children but extremely polite with strangers, finger-lickingly good cook, soap serial lover, action movie hater, bargaining champ, sentimental about marriages, more society fearing than God fearing, and thinks Barista is run by thugs who charge 65 bucks for a 10 bucks coffee by only renaming it as Cappuccino.

Dad on the other hand is most irregular. Hates news channels, loves comic books and action packed movies, willingly enters the kitchen and cooks real kick-ass paranthas, cares a rat abt society, wears denims on weekends, irons his own clothes, drinks gin with his daughters, doesn’t believe in any glamour or non-glamour mahatma/baba/mata etc, prefers fiction to management gyan, loves ‘spending’ money rather than saving it, and also knows that ‘black eyed peas’ is not a fancy dish but a hip-hop band.

But sometimes, a role-reversal happens and they leave me stumped…

Me- what did u do on the weekend?
Mom- Papa Departed dikhane le gaye they..

What the….. whats wrong with Dad? Departed ?? of all the movies?? Its not only action packed but also is full of expletives!

Me- (embarrassed)- Hummmm…Papa bhi na…
Mom- (laughing) achhi thi…
Me- (surprised but still embarrassed and trying to change the subject)- Haan..nice acting.
Mom- (still laughing) Nahinn… Woh Indian usme hindi gaali deta hai ..
Me- (wincing..and scared.. Is my mother going to speak the unspeakable? Desparately trying to digress) haan…..not good...Papa ko bolo Dor dikhane le jaayenge…
Mom- Tchh, array maine teees saal pehle yeh sab suna hai London mein…
Me- (not wanting to pursue this further..) Papa kahan hain..?

Papa takes over

Papa- Maine woh stone wala pendant bhej diya hai…pehen lena…

What the…?

Me- Papa???!! I wont wear any pendant-shendant.

Papa- Shut up and wear it… ..it costed us a bomb. .Saphire is good for ur health and will also bring money!


I love them still! :-)