before I sleep

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep." - Robert Frost

"Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude." - Alfred North Whitehead

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Conversation with papaya seller

It is surprising to find that one can strike an interesting, emotional, full of experience and life with people you meet everyday. I guess every common man's life is a story in itself.

Me: What are the papaya rates today?
Seller: 16 Rs/- per kg.
Me: Amm... are these have been ripen synthetically?
Seller: No no .. these all have been ripen on the tree before plucked for sale. You would not find these easily in the market.
Me: They do look nice but they are quite big. I can't finish them both.
Seller: Sahib .... you can easily finish this one.
Me: No .. I can't. I think I would look elsewhere
Seller: Alright.

After few minutes looking around in the haat, I could not find small enough papays which can fit my stomach.

Me: I want to eat papaya. I really like them but they are quite big.
Seller: Sahib, I cannot live without papaya a day.
Me: Ohh .. really, don't you feel bored with eating papaya everyday ?
Seller: Sahib, 2 years back I was working with leather industry in sector 62. I fell sick so bad that I couldn't even drink water. I went to Kailash hospital and spent almost 38k. I have severe acidity and gas problem. They did all those sorts of tests .... what do they call it, endoscopy. Some one suggested me to start having papaya as a regular medicine and here I am today all fit and fine selling papaya.
Me: So you no longer work in that leather factory.
Seller: No.

2 Comments:

Blogger neha dhamija said...

sometimes simple conversations have very deep, thought-provoking meanings..

6:23 PM  
Blogger Madhur Kashyap said...

You know what everything is in the context one takes it. I feel its all about the observer.

10:03 PM  

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