Cycle of Cliches
Ba – elder sister – was a term Biswa hated to hear whenever Nitumoni was the context.
I was yet to discover how Biswa sensed Nitumoni’s presence by the glass window of their living room (the curtains of which would never be drawn, thus offering a clear view of the happenings inside) so unmistakably, every time we passed their house. He said it was telepathy – their hearts sent signals to each other just as it happened for Raj and Simran from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. With an abominable Hindi pronunciation he would sometimes even say like Raj, “Borey Borey seheron mein aisi soti soti baatein hoti reheti hain.” His smile and that peculiar nodding of head, were perhaps the worst imitation of