2 States The Story Of My Marriage

ACT 4: Delhi Reloaded ...

42 ‘Let go of my elbow,’ I said. ‘Why?’ Ananya said. ‘I see my mother.’ Mother waited at the arrival area. She stood among ten t ...

We fit ourselves and our bags into the auto. I sat in the middle, with Ananya on my right and my mother on the left. ‘All set fo ...

‘Thanks for pricing me,’ I said. ‘I am just saying....’ My mother said. We remained silent for the next five minutes. My mother ...

‘Should we make love?’ I winked at her. ‘Don’t test your luck, Mr Malhotra, I shall turn violent.’ She pushed me aside and came ...

‘Ananya, I am suggesting ways to win over my mother. You said you will do whatever it takes.’ ‘Fine, can I have another Frooti? ...

43 My mother came back with two plastic bags full of vegetables. I helped her carry them into the kitchen. She opened the fridge ...

‘She can make it if she wants to. I am not that hungry. Let it take time,’ my mother said and switched on the TV. Ananya cradled ...

‘Remember the five constant spices in every Punjabi dish – salt, turmeric, red chillies, coriander powder and garam masala,’ I s ...

‘What? What else is this?’ my mother said. ‘You are under her spell. You bring her home. You knead atta for her. You give her tw ...

‘It’s fine, you modern girls are like this. That is why I want Krish to marry....’ ‘Mom, I want to marry Ananya,’ I said, ‘in ca ...

‘Then why are you eating like a squirrel? Take a proper helping,’ my mother said. ‘I’ll speak to Minti,’ I put in. ‘I’m sure she ...

44 ‘Good morning , uncle,’ Ananya said as she came into the living room in her night-suit. It was seven-thirty in the morning. M ...

‘Krish, your father wants to talk to you,’ my mother said. ‘Tell him, I don’t want to,’ I said. ‘He said he won’t come for Minti ...

‘Watch your mouth,’ my father said and raised his hand. ‘I dare you,’ I said and stood up. I went to my room but could hear them ...

45 Minti’s wedding ceremony took place at the Taj Palace Hotel in Dhaula Kuan. Frankly, it was a big deal for our clan. We had s ...

‘Yes, and since my mother is the youngest, she needs validation from all of them to do anything in life,’ I said. ‘Fine, let me ...

‘But she is fair complexioned?’ Swaran aunty said, genuinely confused. For her years, her eyesight wasn’t bad at all. Shipra mas ...

‘Let’s go, let’s go,’ Kamla mami hauled up all the ladies. The ladies deposited their gold sequined bags with Swaran aunty. Her ...

‘Tamil Nadu, that is where I come from,’ Ananya said. ‘Stupid, didn’t you read it in geography?’ Nikki scolded her sister and tu ...