Breakfast and traffic jam
June 5, 2007
On our way to the lil’ one’s day care, we got caught in a traffic jam. As we inched ahead in the bumper-to-bumper traffic, this is the conversation we had-
Aru: Mamma, kya hua? (Mamma, what happened?)
Me: Aru, bahaar traffic jam hai. Dekho kitni gadiyan hain. (Aru, we are caught in a traffic jam. See there are so many vehicles around.)
Aru: Hmm…
(I looked at her and thought she was nodding her head quite knowingly.)
Me: Aaap jante hain traffic jam kya hota hai? (Do you know what is a traffic jam?)
Aru: (with a straight face) Haan. Bread mein lagakar khate hain. (Yes, we put it in bread and eat it.)