Today while waiting at an intersection here in Gurgaon I noticed that they were selling new, bright orange plastic Hanuman statues to hang from your rear view mirror. I commented on the statues to Sushil (our driver) and he nodded at them in acknowledgement.
So I ask him, "do you think we need to get a new Hanuman for our car, Sushil?"
He looks up into the rear view mirror at me with confusion on his face. "Why, mam?"
"Because ours looks faded from the sun," I state while staring at our pale orange and white colored statue of the monkey god that was once a glorious bright sunny orange.
Sushil is silent.
"Well what do you think?"
"No mam, I don't think we need one?"
"Why, Sushil?"
"Because mam a new one will just fade out."
Yup. He was right. What good sound logic. Only a silly American would think we needed the new pretty one when the one we had was good enough. Lesson learned!
So I ask him, "do you think we need to get a new Hanuman for our car, Sushil?"
He looks up into the rear view mirror at me with confusion on his face. "Why, mam?"
"Because ours looks faded from the sun," I state while staring at our pale orange and white colored statue of the monkey god that was once a glorious bright sunny orange.
Sushil is silent.
"Well what do you think?"
"No mam, I don't think we need one?"
"Why, Sushil?"
"Because mam a new one will just fade out."
Yup. He was right. What good sound logic. Only a silly American would think we needed the new pretty one when the one we had was good enough. Lesson learned!
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