Swati was in the hostel. One weekend when she came home, she asked for coconut oil. As it was over we decided to get it in the evening from the market.
Now, during evening time, specially, at the weekends getting in and out of A - Block market at Anand Vihar, is a real project. Both sides of the road gets blocked by haphazardly parked cars and there is no room for traffic to move in both directions. There is a permanent chaos. While coming back from the Sports complex we wanted to stop to get the oil.
As, was expected, I did not get any place to park my car. I stopped somewhere to let Swati get out. I told her to get the oil as fast as possible, as I was parked almost in the middle of the road. She went.
Five minutes passed……no sign of Swati coming back. I told myself that the shop must be crowded, so she is taking time. Another 10 minutes went by,……and I was having a problem with vehicles coming from all directions, as I had to keep moving my car, in order to accommodate others.
After, another 5 minutes was up, and I still could not see Swati anywhere….. I inched my car in a small place. I got off………and went towards the shop. I saw her coming out……….and the first thing that I ended up blurting out was….. “What were you up to….growing coconuts…!”
This was another day in our lives……maddening at that time, but hilarious for us now…..!