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referring to that
wheat grinding
machine.
“How obnoxious that
this old hag, in the
whole wild world,
found Mr.Chakki’s
son suitable for me”,
the inconsolable girl
muttered to herself.
“Hey Bhagwaan!(Oh
God!”), wailed the
matchmaker from
deep within. There
slips another match
from her hand. “Why
couldn’t this bird
brained chokri (lass)
say it frankly in the
beginning? Fanning
my hopes, Bah!”.
Now she will have to
trudge with the
photograph of Mr.
Chakki’s son to
other houses. With
eligible girls as fussy
as this one and the
mushrooming
internet phinternet
matrimonial sites,
she will have to
wind
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up her match making
business. Her knees
became aware of the
endless journey
ahead and gave her
an electric jolt in
return. “Ouch! I
curse this girl. She
will never get
married without my
marzi(will).” The
sharp searing pain in
her joints made
Amma ji's venom
rise in exponential
quantities.
A fierce battleground
was set between two
warring females--the
girl on one side and
the matchmaker on
the other. If curses
could ill, both would
have been dead.
Karma smelt a
delightful situation. It
lurked patiently to do
proper permanent
damage. If possible,
on both lives!
Grabbing eye- balls
acted as a drug for
Pinky. Addicted to
male attention, she
knew how to make
her provocative
moves in public.
When all her cousins
came to a wedding,
coyly draped in a
saree, she would
move seductively in
a tight churidaar-
kurta. When the
cousins decided to
wear churidaar-
kurta aping her in
the next function,
she would turn-up
demure and pretty,
in a saree, of
course!
During the marriage
season, she had to
be careful about her
wardrobe,
accessories and
make-up. Paranoid
about her skin, nails,
hair and of course,
her pearly smile,
JULY 2018