Meri Pyaari Bindu Page #3

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She adored her mother.

She taught her that

life was like melting ice-cream.

Gobble it up or it'll get wasted.

She was scared of her father.

Her father, the Major, stumbled home

drunk every night.

If he was in a bad mood,

he'd look Bindu in the bathroom.

But who could tie her down?

She had wheels under her feet.

She never settled for a place

or a thing...

one object or even one person.

She left everything half-way.

A film, A book, A hobby.

Before she turned 25...

she broke two engagements.

- Let me kiss you.

- Please go for it.

Be serious!

God had given me so many signs.

But I was too obsessed by Bindu

to ever notice.

Bindu was like that melody...

that you hear once...

and can't get out of your head.

That year Kapil Dev won

the World Cup at Lords.

Kishore-da sang "Taaki o taaki."

And We learned about thunderstorms

In our geography class.

My little thunderstorm came quietly...

on a boring Tuesday in an old

green Ambassador car.

To welcome our new neighbours,

Ma made mince-meat samosas.

Like all great Indian love stories,

mine too started...

with samosas and green chutney.

There she was' sitting on

those trunks in the attic.

Fiercely guarding the secrets

they contained.

She had her headphones on,

looking at me with suspicion.

That look!

Oh God, that look.

Finally she said...

Listen to this, This will change

your life.

This will change my life?

What did she mean?

The song? The headphones?

Or she herself?

Even today I feel she had eyes

only for the green chutney.

We won't be able to Watch

the show?

This TV has become a pain.

Cricket and film songs always

brought India closer together.

Every Wednesday evening, I had

to battle with the antenna.

- Is it on?

- Yes, Don't move.

Before the 4.10 secs of

"Aaiye Meherbaan" were over...

Madhubala had Ashok Kumar

swooning over her.

And I had found my best friend.

Come to me, my kind friend.

Take a seat, sweetheart.

I invite you...

to take the test of love.

Let the song finish.

It's my name, Bindu.

What kind of name is that?

Bindu Shankarnaraynan, Is that

a name for a rock star?

- Wow! Are you really stripping?

- Eyes on the road.

Do you know why my father

named me "Bindu.

- You think I care?

- Go on, guess.

After his favourite actress,

Saira Banu.

"My sweet Bindu."

Who names their only daughter...

after a comic character

in a 70s film?

Why don't he name me "Saira?

Such an attractive name.

- My pet name is Bubla.

- Eyes on the road, Bubla.

It sounds like a Bengali version

of "Bubble Wrap."

- I don't even have my own song.

- Bubla really stinks.

But your parents called you

Abhimanyu too.

I'm stuck with this one name.

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