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occasions. Preetiben splits the tall towers of thin, crackling plastic cups and
arranges them in a straight, disciplined line for carefully measured portions of
orange Rasna. ,
“Pappa, anything to be done?”
“Thanks beta, but Jigisha’s been a good kid,” he says thumping Jigisha’s
shoulder and Aayushi for a moment wishes she were Jigisha.
“So has everyone arrived?” he asks, looking at the children gathered in a
skewed circle around his mother, their short legs dangling from the ootlo.
“The parents are coming,” Aayushi replies, looking at the children.
“No need to wait, the national flag doesn’t wait…” then later, “You told
them it is at 9.00, right?” he demands, indignant, tired of waiting for his own
family, then Rasikbhai’s and then finally the neighbourhood’s.
Aayushi nods looking at her watch, which reads half past nine, and then
with amused eyes at Jigisha, who doesn’t return the smile and carries on instead,
checking, if everything is in order. Aayushi teases her, “The suitable boy
adventures continues today, and who knows what …”
“Shut up,okay!” Jigisha cries
“And we’re back with episode number 13 today.” Aayushi continues,
thinking about the boy that they were to meet today.
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