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angry notices for each other on the fridge, near the sink when the dishwasher
hasnʹt been turned on like it was supposed to. When the fridge handle is found
dismantled we spend more time on determining who did the deed than on
calling up the apartment maintenance guys.
Evenings we have dinner together sometimes in front of the multicolored
TV rays, sometimes on our dinner table which badly needs a new table cloth. We
give joint parties, all Shagunʹs and Madhuʹs friends are my aquaintances, on
Dandiya nights I wear Shagunʹs dupatta, on Diwali, Shagun wears my saree and
I wear Madhuʹs. Madhu wears Shagunʹs bangles and poses pretty in front of the
camera, and then e‐mails the photo to a guy she has been chatting with on
shaadi.com.
We are as much family as tangerines posing as oranges, like a rainy day
starting off sunny, like stuffing inside an empty purse, like faux fur, like zirconia
making off as diamonds, like concealing creams, like store bought cookies
wrapped in a old cookie box, like dosas made from a Gits pack, like a borrowed
saree on Diwali.
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