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On my morning walk, I saw a group of women walking
On the pavement with their lunch bags in their hands and humming
Tamil film songs, suddenly a woman in high-pitched voice was saying
Meenakshi was losing balance and a young girl among them came briskly
Near her, held her hand and asked her “Are you feeling
Tired?” and Meenakshi replied “I am wearing
New chappals and I hit the edge of the slab”
Then the girl started saying:
"After coming to the city you started wearing
Designer saris and applying
Powder on your face and your walk on the pavement resembling
The fashionable women’s ramp-walking"
Meenakshi was blushing
With a smile, then the other women in the group started laughing.
The driver of the parked truck was honking
Then the entire group of women got into the truck and the vehicle started moving
The truck stopped near the traffic signal, then a bout of laughing
I heard and I felt one of them must have been narrating
The young girl’s remarks about the change of their co-worker’s way of behaving.
I felt, these construction workers migrate to Chennai for their living
Despite all the discomfort, they were still laughing and cracking
Jokes at their expense and I felt, observing
These types of incidents could make one’s life exciting. |
