Arun Narayanan could be seen making his way to milking his cow. He was welcomed in by the songs sung by the birds which sat on the trees. Whilst washing the cow as preparation for the milking process, the baby calf ran away at full speed.
College student Shalini was glancing over at the pale looking flowers which stood in front of her house, when she saw the baby calf running. She immediately set off behind the calf.
Deepu used to drink tea from nearby shops, but decided against it on seeing the increasing usage of additives. Just like how there was corruption in the society, even the common man’s tea had become prey to this.
Deepu told Shalini that he came to see her father(Arun). Deepu walked alongside Shalini to the house. Arun came outside carrying milk in a container. Arun was not pleased to see his daughter walking in with a man, and angrily asked her where her mother was. Shalini replied calmly “in the kitchen”. Arun became more agitated and demanded her to take the calf back to its mother.
Arun then turned to Deepu and asked him why he had come.
Deepu politely replied that he wanted one litre of milk.
Arun seemed to be very cross with what he heard, and let Deepu know exactly how he felt.
“I don’t want anything to do with my neighbours, a bunch of losers who go behind my back to spread rumours about me.
Deepu was shell-shocked to hear that. He wondered why this man was saying this to him.
This was a sharp question. A question that Arun wasn’t expecting to hear that day. A question that Arun was not prepared to give an answer to. Arun took a minute, in the hopes of some answer to the question coming to his head, and in the end, decided to go with the first thing that came to his head which sounded like this- ” but I don’t know who you are”.
Arun looked surprised. He welcomed Deepu into his house. He called his daughter and asked her to bring a cup of tea for Deepu sir.
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