Cousin from jersey had arrived.... with hubby..... and a five year old daughter.... father in laws death..... mourning......
after a lot of discussion with my mother.... day... tithi.... rahu kalam.... i reached thane in a rick.... from mulund check naka.... vrindavan society...... for "DUKHAM".... condolence......
Wifey.... warned me no vada pav talks.... ... got a sms...... No Vada Pav talks.... remember mourning......
As I entered the house....... saw a group of people sitting around.... sangeeta & sethu..... Cousin and her husband.... asking time..... date..... How it happened....... serious faces......tearful eyes....... atmosphere looked gloomy..... very silent....... people talking in hushed tones...... dim lit rooms....
Sethu introduced me to his cousin.... from Hyderabad.... sriram.....he said cognizant....... I said fast food..... he asked what fast food......
Remembered wife's warning..... sethu elaborated...... vada pav...... suddenly faces turned around.... the silence was broken..... Somebody said...... "They had seen ratan tata...... narayana murthy..... on ndtv.... with a vada pav entrepreneur...... heard Goli Vada Pav.......
sethu's other cousin prompted....... arrey...... hyderabad mein toh ek vada pav na hona............ hum to tarastey hein vada pav ko............... mumbai airport sein seedha utharney ko............... aur ek vada pav wallah khojay.................. aur thane pohunchnay se pehley do teen vada pav kha liyaa.......
It started with a small vada pav murmurings........... Went to discussions....... then debates...... few laughter’s......... it looked more like a bazaar....... silence was broken...... now it was commotion....
sethu's mother came out...... she had just lost her husband.......... i was totally embarrassed.......... looked apologetically towards sethu and sangeetha.........
I went into the other room to sit with sethu's mother.......... she had pain in her eyes......... her voice choked...... she tried to be normal....... but couldn't...... she had just lost her companion of 50 years........
Sethu asked....... did she recognize me?......... she couldn't........ he then said Goli........ she retorted..... “Ayy ayyo....... Vada Pav Dhane.......”....... with a smile....... we all laughed........ as i left.... we came to the main room..... Vada Pav discussion was still on........ lot of noise...... lot of laughter..........
Sethu summarized.......... Vada pav cheers up..... mourning family...........
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