The other day I was talking to my mom and dad. I usually ask them what kind of a kid I was, cause lets face it I don't remember the first 3-4 years of my life. My dad always tells me about the funniest things I said as a kid. So I thought why not write about it.
Scene 1 : This happened in Meerut, when I was around 2. My father had a white Vespa scooter. I used to usually stand in front of him and I vaguely remember he used allow me to press the horn and that was pretty exciting. But this one time my father decided I should learn to sit at the back. So he told me 'Beta you will sit behind papa today. And hold on to papa tightly'. My response was 'Why papa aap gir jaaoge?' (Why papa will you fall down?). My poor papa was unable to control his laughter, and I kept wondering what is wrong with what I said.
Scene 2 : This again happened in Meerut, we had gone for an army party. The commandant's wife found me really cute. For that you have to thank my mom, she used to dress my sister and I like we were dolls!! Matching shoes, ribbons, clips!! So apparently this elderly lady made me sit on her lap, and asked me 'Aapke clips kitne ache hai, aapki mummy ne lagaye?' (Your clips are so pretty, did your mom put them for you?). And I said 'Haan.'. Then I thought such a nice lady, how come she is not wearing any clips. So I asked her 'Tumka mummy ne tumka clip nahi lagaya?' (Your mommy didn't make you wear any clips). Lucky for me she found my question adorable. She could've been offended since she was the General's wife.
Scene 3 : I don't quite remember where this happened. But it was around the time my father used to call me ladoo. He had kept pet names for all of us, and hence I didnt know what my actual name was!!! My mom was burfi, my sister was peda, dad was gulab jamun and I was ladoo. So once again this aunty who started a conversation with me was left speechless. She asked me 'What is your name?', I said 'Ladoo'. Then she asked me 'What is your sister's name?', I said 'Peda'. Upto this point she was alright, cause in India kids tend to have such pet names. Now the problem began. She asked me 'What is your mother's name?', I said 'Burfi'. She seemed quite amused, and finally she asked 'What is your father's name?', I said 'Gulab Jamun'. Now I was glad she finished asking all these questions so I headed towards my mom. She followed me and she actually asked my mother 'Aapki halwai ki dukaan hai?'. This was really ridiculous on her part, but I guess the whole incident made a really wonderful memory.
