Creative Writing by Vikram Karve from Pune India: CONTRIVED ...

“Sit down, sit down,” she says to me, gesturing with her hand towards the empty chair opposite her, “Sit down here with me, otherwise you will have to wait for hours.” I sit down opposite her and say, “Thanks.” .... We finish the SPDP and Kachori, I insist on paying the bill, she doesn't object too much, and then she takes me to the drapery section of the Shopping Mall nearby. “We are furnishing our new house,” she says, pointing at the curtain cloth on display. ...