‘Can you write one line in English, without eight mistakes, Ammalu?’
‘Mom said it was not necessary. ‘Learn to read’, she said. ‘It will help you to read your husband’s earlier love letters to his girl friends, which you should use as a tool to harass him’
I did that, I used; I won’
‘It is enough if you and me know my actual age. It is not necessary others, especially your friends and my former women colleagues to know how old I’m’
‘Ok. In case they ask your age what should I tell them’
‘Tell them I’m forty or fifty’
‘If they ask my age?’
‘Tell them you are seventy or eighty’
‘If they ask whether I’m your grand mother, what shall I tell them, paternal or maternal?’
‘Say eternal, you useless woman. Asking unwanted questions’
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Ammalu, you are perhaps under the impression that I was a
‘good for nothing’ guy during my early days and became a good man only after marrying you. Ah, ah! You want to claim credit for converting me?
‘No, Sir, I have no claim as I failed’
‘Ammalu, ‘purusha kesari’, I’m . You know the meaning of kesari?
You think it is the sweet dish your mom prepares on my Eakadasi fasting days. Pity your knowledge. ‘Kesari’ is Simham. Simham is lion. So, I’m a Purusha kesari means I’m a lion among men! Lion is the king of animals. Do you have any such titles? No. is any wife called ‘kesari’?. No. Pity your tribes’
‘The very mention of the word ‘ wife’ sends high voltage electricity through the veins and arteries of the lions like you. Where is the need to call us lions or leopards?’
‘Can you write one line in English, without eight mistakes, Ammalu?’
‘Mom said it was not necessary. ‘Learn to read’, she said. ‘It will help you to read your husband’s earlier love letters to his girl friends, which you should use as a tool to harass him’
I did that, I used; I won’
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