I don’t know how many how many of you know that the majority of Hijras found in Mumbai are from Tamil Nadu! I found this very strange cause Hjras are people you most often spot in Mumbai, and I have never met one in Madras ever or even seen one anywhere else in TN. Anyway after I figured this out I always speak to them in Tamil whenever they try to get money out of me, simply saying no or giving them whatever else excuse they would buy.
There are two of them at the main Andheri-Versova-Juhu traffic signal who I now see everyday. They are not the garish, overly done up variety, but are simply dressed. I gave them the standard excuse of coming everyday and thus not going to pay you routine. One of them bought it blessed me and moved on. Then the other one (the bigger drama queen of the two) came and I told her that her friend already came by and went. So she’s like so does that mean that you won’t give me anything. I repeated the same - come everyday and not going to pay routine. She was happy that I spoke to her in Tamil, and then when she found out that I am from Madras, clapped and blessed me and asked me to get a saree for Diwali.
The next day as the light turned red and as my auto approached the red light I saw the first one. She came up to the auto then the other one saw me and squealed… she put her hands up and did a small jig. I was actually embarrassed thinking what someone around would think. Then two asked if I had breakfast, chatted with me, blessed me and left. They are my unexpected friends… people I am going to bump into everyday and who I have to be civil to. Thankfully they are not bad people so it won’t be hard for me to deal with this every morning.
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Interesting choice of friends, lol. Jokes apart, most people aren’t so bad; it’s just that we don't give them a chance.
Ha ha... I saw the thin one again and again she did a jig. :)
if i were you i would be a little scared
Ramya - thanks for visiting and leaving a comment. But why should I be scared?
Well for some strange reason I also used to be scared of your unexpected friends- maybe because of their antics. Reckon, am not so scared now.
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Ray - thanks for dropping by and for your comment.
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