We hear a voice calling us from the other side of the road, and when we pause, we see this old grandfather waving his hand. We crossed the road and greeted him. Narmade har!!
He started searching for something in his pocket. We asked him what he was looking for. He replied by asking us whether we had three-rupee coins. We checked our pockets and found a ten-rupee note, which we gave him. He returned the note and kept checking all his pockets. In the meantime, Swara dropped a fifty-rupee note into his upper pocket, not sure if it was to tag him or so he could give it to us.
He started searching for something in his pocket. We asked him what he was looking for. He replied by asking us whether we had three-rupee coins. We checked our pockets and found a ten-rupee note, which we gave him. He returned the note and kept checking all his pockets. In the meantime, Swara dropped a fifty-rupee note into his upper pocket, not sure if it was to tag him or so he could give it to us.
He kept looking for about five minutes. Swara asked him to check his upper pocket; that’s when the neighbor said he couldn’t listen because of old age. Finally, he nods, saying he can’t find it. He wanted to give us some money because we were pilgrims.
We tell him to just bless us, and he smiles and shares his blessings. In a local dialect, he shared that he has also done the pilgrimage. When I showed him his picture on my phone,e he laughed out loud and waved us goodbye.
We tell him to just bless us, and he smiles and shares his blessings. In a local dialect, he shared that he has also done the pilgrimage. When I showed him his picture on my phone,e he laughed out loud and waved us goodbye.
We remembered our grandfather, who would give us not more than five rupees during Diwali. Jokingly, I told Swara that even if he had found the fifty rupee note, he would have asked for forty-eight rupees change:)
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