When I was little and when I wasn’t the mummified and bandaged Anandhotep, Mom would bring me crayons and drawing sheets and say, “Express yourself!”
Now when I draw, paint, and express myself, Mom rolls her eyes and says, “time na khoti kar, puttar!” (Don’t waste your time, Son!)
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When I was a cute, cuddly, and healthy little roly-poly boy with a double chin and a tubby tummy, Mom would play the song, “I am a Disco Dancer”, ask me to dance, and say, “Express yourself!”
Now when I play the song “Papa kehte hain bada naam karega“ (Daddy says, my son will make me proud,) and sing along to express myself, Mom switches it off and snickers, “Kuch dhang ka kaam kar leyin?” (why don’t you do something useful instead?)
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I think sometime during the last twenty years, my mom has been replaced by her doppelgänger!
Note: The word “healthy” is an Indian Euphemism for fat.
Written in response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Express Yourself!.”
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ha ha 😀 Parent’s and their logic’s 😛 you can’t disagree with them 😛 and how could you forgot the famous Indian dialogue “Har cheez ke liye ek umar hoti hai..beta ” 😛
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So this writing prompt wasn’t meant for grownups? O’ji, umar-daraaz kya khaak express karein?
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ha ha 😀 dare say this to your parents 😛 and they will kill you with their taunts 😉 I mean they keep saying they are getting old but if u dared to utter this world …”old”(budha) 😛 they will run after you giving all weird examples stating that they are still active and fitter then you 😉
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My dad definitely thinks that he is fitter and better-looking than me. When women look at us, he assumes that they are looking at him – and yes, it irks me no end!
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ha ha 😀 My dad has a different quality ..he designate every elderly man even those who are his age as “budha” 😛
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Remember those “Mere papa to…” jokes. In the same spirit: My Dad is a step ahead of your Dad – he sometimes asks me, “Buddha ho gaya hai kya?”
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ha ha 😀 thank god 😉 my dad hasn’t picked up this line yet 😛 ..God knows how furious I am going to get that day 😀
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It will happen…After fifty start counting in reverse, is their motto.
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😀 ha ha ..my dad just turned sixty 😛 so lets see what “sathaiyapati” he does 😛
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The fun-ride has just begun.
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😀 ..and yes I subscribed for pdf version of QSM but didn’t got it 😦
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Oh…I thought I was going to send you the newest edition (Nov-Dec edition.) If you’d like me to send Issue #0 too, I’ll send it across 😀
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yes I want all the editions published till now 😛
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Just one 😦 Edition#0) I will send it early tomorrow morning to all the subscribers. When it pops up in your inbox, will you send me a one-liner please.
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Surely I will 🙂 Thanks in advance 🙂
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Sent!
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Got it 🙂 And started reading it 😀
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I think I love your daddy right now 😉 Note this! Mother wants the very best for her roly-poly Puttar! :):)
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In present tense, her puttar is no longer roly-poly; and he looks like a movie-star. BTW, it’s Dad’s opinion that he looks better than I do – he still thinks of himself as not a day older than forty.
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Okay, I will need to ask wifey to verify such information of your dashing highness. Dad has to keep up with his young dashing dreams you know 🙂
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Remember that adage, “familiarity breeds contempt.” Ten years of familiarity is sufficient to make Tom Cruise look like Tommy Lee Jones. Dad however has outgrown the opinions of others…
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I roll in laughter 🙂
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Tommy Lee Jones? You find him comical?!
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The way you say these things always make me chuckle 🙂 Mr Jones I find a bit too serious.
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Glad you don’t think Mr. Jones and I are similar. I would’ve checked my face for potholes otherwise.
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Anand! Oh my good gracious ;-0
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Seriously.
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Me reading newspaper.
THEN: My son reads The Hindu from end to end and he’s just 8!! #proud
NOW: My son behaves like a politician every morning, reading the newspaper from end to end, when he could be helping me out in the kitchen.
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Absolutely. #Proud and #boastful. Your Mom thinks you should help her in the kitchen?! My Mom gives me those killer looks if I even dare to prepare a cup of tea myself.
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Parents can’t live without them, can’t live with them
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And Kids: Parents gotta have them, gotta spoil them, gotta own them, gotta run their lives 😀
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Haha! Point well made.
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Be assured the euphemism “healthy” means the same in the U.S.
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Thank you for the insight. I thought Americans called a spade a spade and a…ok…a heathy kid, a healthy kid!
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