A MATTER OF TIME
"Tell the time, no?"
"Why you are asking time time time time so many times? Keep your own wrist-watch on your own hand so that you can see your own time at any time."
"I have given my wrist-watch to my cousin brother to wear for exam. And doctor has given some important medicine which I must and should swallow at correct time. So only I am asking you to tell the time."
"Okay okay okay. Because you are telling doctor and medicine I am co-operating. To-day I will tell you the time but tomorrow you must wear wrist-watch."
"Thank you for your generosity."
"But why you are going to doctor for medicine and all?"
"Health problem. I am getting stomach pain. If I eat also and if I don't eat also. Doctor is telling it is due to gastric effect. He is stomach pain specialist."
"He may be ENT."
"Not ENT. That is for face and all. This is for stomach and it is called gastric entry logic something. He is famous doctor. Simply he is pressing stomach and asking two questions and with that answer he is giving some pills and it is curing the pain."
"What he is asking?"
"He is asking what special I am eating yesterday and when I am eating it. I told him I am eating only four Mysore Pak in the afternoon time. Office Ayudha Pooja sweet."
"The sweet fellow might have used unpure oil."
"No no no. I have seen the Mysore Pak preparation with my own eyes. It is pure ghee only. And I am eating only four."
"At a time?"
"No. One after another."
"Oh. Then your stomach may be weak. Be careful. Next is coming Deepavali. Better don't eat Mysore Pak. Eat some other sweet. Meet the doctor before only and take advance medicine."
"Yes. Thanks for advice. I will follow this."
"And give me also the doctor address. Let it be with me for emergency."
- © Shiva Kumar, 26 Oct 2020
