Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Circle of life

Spring is here. Ankit sees new plants coming up in the backyard and asks Mummy about them.

Ankit: Mummy, where do seeds come from?
Mummy: Flowers
Ankit: And flowers come from plants.
Mummy: Right
Ankit: And plants come from seeds.
Mummy (wondering where this all is going) : Right..
Ankit: So where do seeds come from?
Mummy: Ankit, this is called circle of life. Seeds come from flowers, flowers come from plants and plants come from seeds. That forms a circle.
Ankit: Do human beings also have a circle of life?
Mummy: Yes they do..
Ankit: How?
Mummy: Where did you come from?
Ankit: Papa and Mummy.
Mummy: And where did Papa and Mummy come from?
Ankit: Their Papa and Mummy.
Mummy: Right, so you see there is another circle of life.
Ankit: No, that is not a circle.. that is just a line!

Sunday, March 13, 2005

Road accident

Ankit was in India, going to the market in a car. At one of those intersections where no one cares about the traffic lights, the car was hit on the right by a scooter as the rider tried to avoid a rickshaw.

"Wow, we almost had an accident", Ankit said.
"Yes, Ankit. That is true", Mummy replied.
"Do you think this will come on the news?", Ankit asked.

Not really... if it did, the whole day would be just traffic report on Indian roads.

Saturday, March 12, 2005

Working Late

Mummy usually works late, sometimes as late as 11 at night, as a result of the high demanding software job. As a result many evenings when Ankit comes home with Papa he wonders where Mummy is. The usual answer Papa gives him is "she is at office, baua".

One day, Papa picks Ankit up from school. He tells Ankit that the plan is to go buy some things and then go pick up Mummy from work and then go out. Two hours later, they are both sitting in the car in front of Mummy's office waiting for her to come out. It is dark outside and very few people can be seen.

Ankit: "Where are the worker people?"
Papa: "What do you mean worker people?"
Ankit: "The people who work in the front who allow you to come in and out"
Papa realizes Ankit is talking about the receptionist.
Papa: "Ankit, they all go home at 5 o'clock. It is 7o'clock now"
Ankit: "Why was Mummy punished?"
Papa: "Punished?"
Ankit: "Yeah, she has to work late when worker people are gone already"