Elevators in our apartment seem to have a mind of their own. Sometimes they shut down by themselves and sometimes they refuse to open up and all we can do is 'wait'. One of those blissful moments opened the door to unlimited wisdom by our insightful house keeping personnel, Akmal bhai.
Akmal Bhai to my husband : " Saar, madam delivered?"
My Husband (smilingly) : " Yes she did, last month"
AB : " Which baby?"
MH : " Baby Girl"
AB : " Good good saar. One boy and now one girl. Next you do one thing, have one more boy and a girl"
MH : " Why? How many do you have?"
AB : " I have one boy, one girl and again one boy one girl. See now that is perfect."
MH : " Perfect? Good for you Akmal but it's not in my hands" ( 'Hands' ? Of course not ! and 'perfect'? Even our perfectionist Amir Khan wouldn't know this definition of perfect).
AB : " Yes saar, it's not in our hands but it's how the God has designed. You should also ask for it".
( Value addition starts right from the God, designing the birthing order/platter !!!)
MH : " Are you still asking Him or have you stopped?"
AB : " For now I have stopped saar. I'm a poor man but I must carry on some duty towards Him, whatever I can. Having kids is my duty for Him."
MH : " Hmmmm"
( Look what duty God assigned to Akmal bhai. The rest of us are so clueless about our duties but we must get a medal for doing it in spite not knowing.)
AB : " When you go up there, what will you answer if he asks why didn't you have one more boy one more girl?"
( And AB is so sure that that's THE question God will ask you when you go up there and IF you get to meet him?)
MH: " Huh...? yeah yeah, you are right. So how do you raise a big family?"
AB : " Now, see saar. We don't send girls to school, so I need to worry about my two boys and that's all. I will borrow money and get the girls married, 2 lakhs for each one. Then I will get my boys married and get dowry along with girls. Some 10 to 12 lakhs per son.After that I'll pay off the debt and live happily. See, no problem there. Problem solved. What say saar? "
MH : " Brilliant Akmal. "
( I could see Mr.Amithabh Bachchan's ' Beti Padhao'( Educate Daughters) movement ,in the back ground, collapsing like the twin towers !!!)
AB : " But saar, you will send the girl also to school, right? That's because madam also went to school. But saar that's not your fault, you do the right thing. Madam is good, it's just that she's educated, we should learn to ignore that. After all we live in the modern world , we should be at least that much broad minded."
MH : " Huh? Hmmmm...ok"
By now my husband's one and only motive was 'how to rescue poor Akmal Bhai from me?'. He must have thought if I heard him talking like that I would reverse his duty towards God !!!!!
AB : " As long as God keeps giving us kids , we need to oblige by receiving as many as we could get. That's why our men are prepared right when they are born, you know what I'm saying. Every one should follow that procedure when boys are born , it makes obliging easy "
I'm curious to know which God went through the 'procedure' as he keeps tossing around babies world wide. (My God, just imagine or should I say 'Oh God, Oh God' ?!)
If God is endorsing child birth then who runs the rubber companies ????
Now that must be Lucifer, isn't it??!!!!
P.S (or in other words, washing my hands off): Just so you all know, AB's unharmed and continues to work!
Akmal Bhai to my husband : " Saar, madam delivered?"
My Husband (smilingly) : " Yes she did, last month"
AB : " Which baby?"
MH : " Baby Girl"
AB : " Good good saar. One boy and now one girl. Next you do one thing, have one more boy and a girl"
MH : " Why? How many do you have?"
AB : " I have one boy, one girl and again one boy one girl. See now that is perfect."
MH : " Perfect? Good for you Akmal but it's not in my hands" ( 'Hands' ? Of course not ! and 'perfect'? Even our perfectionist Amir Khan wouldn't know this definition of perfect).
AB : " Yes saar, it's not in our hands but it's how the God has designed. You should also ask for it".
( Value addition starts right from the God, designing the birthing order/platter !!!)
MH : " Are you still asking Him or have you stopped?"
AB : " For now I have stopped saar. I'm a poor man but I must carry on some duty towards Him, whatever I can. Having kids is my duty for Him."
MH : " Hmmmm"
( Look what duty God assigned to Akmal bhai. The rest of us are so clueless about our duties but we must get a medal for doing it in spite not knowing.)
AB : " When you go up there, what will you answer if he asks why didn't you have one more boy one more girl?"
( And AB is so sure that that's THE question God will ask you when you go up there and IF you get to meet him?)
MH: " Huh...? yeah yeah, you are right. So how do you raise a big family?"
AB : " Now, see saar. We don't send girls to school, so I need to worry about my two boys and that's all. I will borrow money and get the girls married, 2 lakhs for each one. Then I will get my boys married and get dowry along with girls. Some 10 to 12 lakhs per son.After that I'll pay off the debt and live happily. See, no problem there. Problem solved. What say saar? "
MH : " Brilliant Akmal. "
( I could see Mr.Amithabh Bachchan's ' Beti Padhao'( Educate Daughters) movement ,in the back ground, collapsing like the twin towers !!!)
AB : " But saar, you will send the girl also to school, right? That's because madam also went to school. But saar that's not your fault, you do the right thing. Madam is good, it's just that she's educated, we should learn to ignore that. After all we live in the modern world , we should be at least that much broad minded."
MH : " Huh? Hmmmm...ok"
By now my husband's one and only motive was 'how to rescue poor Akmal Bhai from me?'. He must have thought if I heard him talking like that I would reverse his duty towards God !!!!!
AB : " As long as God keeps giving us kids , we need to oblige by receiving as many as we could get. That's why our men are prepared right when they are born, you know what I'm saying. Every one should follow that procedure when boys are born , it makes obliging easy "
I'm curious to know which God went through the 'procedure' as he keeps tossing around babies world wide. (My God, just imagine or should I say 'Oh God, Oh God' ?!)
If God is endorsing child birth then who runs the rubber companies ????
Now that must be Lucifer, isn't it??!!!!
P.S (or in other words, washing my hands off): Just so you all know, AB's unharmed and continues to work!
