Cycle of Cliches
Mummy spent most of the time talking to Ma about stuff, which might have least interested the latter, such as the recent price-hike of LPG cylinders, the poor quality of garments in a newly opened, multi-storeyed shopping complex and how important it had become to exchange their old Maruti Esteem with a brand new Honda City.
Ma was mostly a silent listener until Mummy said, “Things happen for good reasons. Who knows it better than you, Baideu? All these months, I was worried about the bad name the new-born will bring to the great and illustrious lineage of Arup da. But see, God has been gracious. He has showered His benevolence. He has freed my daughter of her sin she was going to commit by