http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/04/summer-things/ Poet, writer, columnist Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:11:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/04/summer-things/#comment-611 Scherezade Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:38:26 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1181#comment-611 Bats are wonderful and gross. A brother of my mother's married a Russian woman and she was deathly excited about visiting India post marriage. My mother set up this rather lovely honeymoon suite for the newly weds at our ancestral home. Inspired by Arabian Nights et al. (The woman is barmy on multiple levels. My mummie not my aunt.) Anywhoo, long story short, we teach our 6 footer Russian bride to act coy for her hubby - Indian tradition schtick. All for some laughs. She wanted to carry a glass of milk too. So there we have this towering blonde with a glass of hot milk enter the room and 5 minutes later spleen shattering screams emerge. Apparently, she entered the room and instead of the strapping lad she is supposed to jump, a fairly ginormous bat greets her. Not the kind of Hindi movie "suhaag raat" one would expect. The only thing that can scare a Russian more than this, I would guess, is disappearance of vodki or resurrection of Stalin. Bats are wonderful and gross.
A brother of my mother’s married a Russian woman and she was deathly excited about visiting India post marriage. My mother set up this rather lovely honeymoon suite for the newly weds at our ancestral home. Inspired by Arabian Nights et al. (The woman is barmy on multiple levels. My mummie not my aunt.) Anywhoo, long story short, we teach our 6 footer Russian bride to act coy for her hubby – Indian tradition schtick. All for some laughs. She wanted to carry a glass of milk too. So there we have this towering blonde with a glass of hot milk enter the room and 5 minutes later spleen shattering screams emerge. Apparently, she entered the room and instead of the strapping lad she is supposed to jump, a fairly ginormous bat greets her. Not the kind of Hindi movie “suhaag raat” one would expect.
The only thing that can scare a Russian more than this, I would guess, is disappearance of vodki or resurrection of Stalin.

]]> http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/04/summer-things/#comment-610 Anindita Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:47:04 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1181#comment-610 OJ: That is truly tempting. Want to run out and buy tickets right now! OJ: That is truly tempting. Want to run out and buy tickets right now!

]]> http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/04/summer-things/#comment-609 OrangeJammies Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:35:34 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1181#comment-609 You have one more reason to visit us. The Boy just got a sea-facing apartment. You have one more reason to visit us. The Boy just got a sea-facing apartment.

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