Happy Birthday!: And Other Stories
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CLIP AND CANE Gyan hears the payal on Parvati’s right ankle tinkle as she climbs the steps to the chawl’s third floor, walks past his kholi and stops outside her door. A plastic bag rustles as she sets it down on the hard cement floor. The wooden chair creaks when she lifts it up.
After a long pause she enquires, ‘Who tried to fix my chair?’ Why is her voice not pleased?
There can be no one else in the veranda at this time of the hot day, so she’s obviously asking Dhoopwali Mai, who must be sitt...ing in her usual spot next to the clothesline, under the sun.
But Dhoopwali Mai doesn’t reply. Gyan imagines her hand running through her hair, white and serpentine owing to her age, and drenched in coconut oil that the chawl women complain stains their drying clothes.
‘Chaa!’ Parvati continues. ‘It looks worse than before. Such shoddy work.’ ‘Andha kya jaane aurat ka swaad,’ Dhoopwali Mai says in a sly, slithering voice.
Gyan stands up in surprise. How could he have not sensed Dhoopwali Mai watching him—motionless and soundless—as he mended the broken chair?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
CLIP AND CANE Gyan hears the payal on Parvati’s right ankle tinkle as she climbs the steps to the chawl’s third floor, walks past his kholi and stops outside her door. A plastic bag rustles as she sets it down on the hard cement floor. The wooden chair creaks when she lifts it up.
After a long pause she enquires, ‘Who tried to fix my chair?’ Why is her voice not pleased?
There can be no one else in the veranda at this time of the hot day, so she’s obviously asking Dhoopwali Mai, who must be sitt...ing in her usual spot next to the clothesline, under the sun.
But Dhoopwali Mai doesn’t reply. Gyan imagines her hand running through her hair, white and serpentine owing to her age, and drenched in coconut oil that the chawl women complain stains their drying clothes.
‘Chaa!’ Parvati continues. ‘It looks worse than before. Such shoddy work.’ ‘Andha kya jaane aurat ka swaad,’ Dhoopwali Mai says in a sly, slithering voice.
Gyan stands up in surprise. How could he have not sensed Dhoopwali Mai watching him—motionless and soundless—as he mended the broken chair?
What to read after Happy Birthday!: And Other Stories?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Meghna Pant to read onlineMoreLess
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