My mom sent me out to buy bananas. "I want slightly unripe ones. Bananas that will be perfect for eating tomorrow"
Ok.
"Tell him & #39;kal ke liye chahiye& #39;, ok?"
Mom, I& #39;m 56 years old. I am married. I have two grown up sons. I have lived all my life in Bombay. I KNOW what to tell him

I reach the guy& #39;s stall. A WhatsApp message arrives on my phone. Full of some really crazy stuff about how China, Russia, America, the middle East and Nehru are the ones responsible for the current situation. I write a stinging reply on the group, heaping scorn. The banana guy

is waiting for my order. "Ek darjan kela" I tell him. I have more scorn to heap, so I continue.
Back home, mom says "these bananas are ripe. I need slightly under ripe ones. You didn& #39;t tell him?"
I did, I lie.
Mom: "Ok. Go tell him again. Tell him & #39;kal ke liye chahiye& #39;, ok?"

I go to him and tell him & #39;Kal ke liye chahiye& #39;.
"Pehle batana tha na?"
He exchanges the bananas and I get back home.
And as I& #39;m walking back, I reflect. You know, they& #39;re right. China, Russia, America, the middle east and Nehru, they ARE responsible for everything. Why, they

even managed to make me get the wrong bananas.