"It's raining today." "Not playing in the yard." "There will be plenty of mud." "If you slip, you shall hurt you." "" " Play inside." "" " Okay." "And do not walk under the trees." "A tree fell yesterday a bridge collapsed, it was on the news." "But it stopped raining." "It can resume." "Here it is." "Wait!" "A minute!" "Thou hast put all the spices?" "No Auntie, I forgot one." "I felt, the whistling!" "Want." "Thank you, Auntie." "Just a pinch." "Okay." "This new recipe will work." "Are you sure?" "You doubt, but you'll see." "Yum ... perfect!" "A mouthful, and he will build you a Taj Mahal." "The Taj Mahal is a tomb." "I know!" "Retrieves them." "Fernandes." "I present Shaikh." "Shaikh, Mr Fernandes." "He was chief accountant in a small Saudi company." "He will take your notes to your departure in one month." "It has very good references." "Delighted." "Mr. Shroff fill you with praise." "I did come early for you to truly form." "Good luck." "Mr. Shroff said it 35 years you're here." "Your colleagues will miss you." "What does it do?" "This is the beginning of your golden age, how do you feel?" "Beautifully." "Awesome!" "Can we start training?" "Course." "But it's lunchtime." "Return to 16 h 45." "Well, at any hour." "Thank you!" "Today the recipe for one of my favorite dishes:" ""paneerpyazado ."" "Auntie!" "" " Do you sleep?" "" " What happened?" "The lunchbox is back." "Then?" "It is empty." "Is that true?" "Completely!" "It all sauced!" "What did I tell you?" "And this is just the beginning!" "Stops the tape, Rajeev is back." "Okay." "You're home early, the better." "Did you like your breakfast?" "It was good." "Well ... no more?" "As everyday." "The lunchbox was empty, then I thought ..." "Cauliflower was very good." "It was very good." "I just got back." "I was expecting your call." "It was so boring?" "I left early too." "A problem, sir?" "I retire." "I would like to stop delivery." "Okay, I take note." "I will pay you at the end of the month." "No problem." "And. .. who cooked today?" "Us, why?" "It was good!" "" " What?" "" " It was very good." "Continue on this path." "What has?" "Cauliflower liked him." "Do it again tomorrow." "Like, serve it." "What do you do?" "Mr. Fernandes, our ball fell at home." "It can recover?" "Please!" "" " I look like a maid?" "" " No." "It will no longer play here." "We'll go to the other side." "If you replay here, I hunt you." "Please!" "We'll play somewhere else!" "I'm here, Auntie." "You called me just now?" "Yes." "I changed diapers Tonton." "Rajeev has said?" "Nothing." "What?" "The lunchbox was delivered elsewhere." "I do not think Rajeev has received it." "Someone else ate the meal." "But they are never wrong, impossible." "What does he?" "Hello, how are you?" "Good morning." "When I returned, you were not there." "" " You were late." "" " I came to 16 h 45 accurate." "I was there, you were late." "No problem." "These are the claims?" "It is the claims service here." "When do we start my training?" "Let's go." "Now?" "After lunch." "" " I'll be back after then?" "" " Yes, come." "" " Are you sure?" "" " Yes." "You will be right there?" "Thank you." "Thankyouallate yesterday." "Icookedthisdishformyhusband." "Seeingtheemptybox ," "Ithoughtit welcomeme coming back." "Ithought, Within a few hours  thatsatisfythestomach, it was to seduce the heart." "thankyou herepaneer." "favoritedishof my husband." "Auntie, this letter is weird." "Ila, you should thank him." "And if it is Rajeev who receives?" "Better." "He eats meals someone else." "His noticing today!" "I do not write anything else?" "No, it should remain short!" "You sleep?" "Then?" "The lunchbox is back." "Empty yet." "With a reply." "" " A response?" "" " Yes." "Read it to me." "This is not writing Rajeev." "And what does it say then?" ""Dear Ila." "Food today was very salty. "" "And what else?" ""The food today was very salty. "" "What?" "No "thank you", no?" ""The food today was very salty. "" "Who does it?" "It swallows everything and he complains?" "A minute." "Here, put--in." "No, it bothers me." "I say to the driver there was an error." "It should thank you!" "No, I really do not like it." "Why?" "You do not know." "Good morning." "How are you?" "Property." "You were not at your desk, I came here." "You read in the canteen, I do not want to bother." "Your meal exhales a delicious aroma." "I tasted the food just by feeling!" "Your wife ... has magic in his hands." "My wife is dead." "DearIla,salt, it was this time." "Itwasperhapsalittlespicy ... butI atetwobananasfordessert, they extinguished the fire." "Andit'sgoodfor mycirculation." "Somanypeople simplya bananaor two at noon." "It'scheapanditfills." "Hello." "Myhusbandcamehomelate last night." "Hedidnotsay aword ." "Thismorning,he wenttowork , and my daughter to school." "AndI cookedwithAuntieDeshpande." "Thisisourupstairsneighbor." "Her husband is immersed  in a coma for 15 years." "Onedayhe wokeup and began to fix the fan." "fixedallday andfallsasleepatnight." "Uponawakening,he wentbacktofixit ." "Hesaidnothing." "For15years." "Evendoctorshavelostallhope." "Thisisan oldmodelfan." "Itisneverextinguished." "Auntie  think it keeps him alive." "Oneday,therewas  a power outage." "Hestopped and his pulse slowed." "Fortunately,theelectricitycameback ." "sinceAuntieinstalledagenerator." "Her husband continues  attach the fan." "minefixedhisphone." "asifnothingelseexisted." "Thismaybe thecase." "What do we live?" "DearIla, Your husband seems to be busy." "Today people are very busy." "Therearetoomanypeople, andeveryonewants that the other features." "Before,youcould sit in the train,  butnowadays,it 'shard." "IfMr.Deshpandewas wakingup, itprobablyprefer his fan." "Whenmywifedied, she had a horizontal fall." "Iwantedto buyone for me,  but they had  asvertical." "Ispentmy wholelifestanding." "Itwillbe thesameinmy death ." "Whydonotyou  another child?" "Itcansometimeshelpamarriage." "Rajeev?" "What do you say?" "It's pretty." "You forgot?" "I reach during our honeymoon." "I wanted to see if she needed alterations." "But it suits me very well," "" " Right?" "" " Yes." "It is a little wide." "Yes ..." "On our return, we did not know Yashvi that happened." "It was known much later." "Two months later!" "We did not have much at the time." "When she was born, luck smiled on us." "Everything is so expensive today, luck is not enough." "Why you prepare me cauliflower every day?" "You have a stock to sell?" "Rajeev." "And if Yashvi had a little brother or sister?" "You had a brother you." "And ..." "I pray thee, over cauliflower, it gives me gas." "Cars, buses, airplanes:" "all trapped in Mumbai we are." "This road is bottled since this morning." "You see this tower?" "A woman jumped this morning with his little girl." "She jumped?" "What was it?" "I do not know." "I do not know." "Surely domestic problems." "You know someone who lives there?" "She did not survive?" "Hello." "thismorning my husband went to the office ..." "Hello, sir." "How are you?" "I'm busy." "And my training?" "It's lunchtime." "Check back later." "I was told to expect nothing on your part." "I'm Aslam Shaikh." "I'm an orphan." "I gave myself that name." "All I know I taught myself." "And I also teach this work." "I finished." "Thank you." "Listen." "Come on." "Go to my office." "There are records of Ahmedabad sector." "Calculate the amounts and prepare payment orders for accounting." "Thank you very much." "Thank you very much." "I'll be right back." "No, do not come back, go to work." "Yes sir, thank you very much." "Thismorningmy husbandwenttotheoffice  and Yashvi school." "Ilistenedto thenewsontheradio." "thedeathof my brother, everyone said:" "heshouldbe brave." "Hemissedhisexams,sowhat?" "Heshouldbe brave." "What  thought this woman?" "Maybeshehasremovedherjewelry..." "Bracelets,earrings, weddingnecklace..." "What  asked his daughter?" "We play what, Mom?" "Itmusthavebeendifficult reaching to the roof." "Mustwenotcourage to jump as well?" "DearIla, do not see it that way." "They never go  as bad as you think." "Onedayon thetrain taking me to work," "Isuddenlyfeltsomething." "Someonetouchedme ... down..." "You laugh?" "Yes, Auntie." "A joke." "Tell!" "I forgot." "" " You forgot?" "" " Yes." "Soak almonds 5 am every night." "And eat them in the morning." "It strengthens memory." "Noted." "How are you?" "" " You go to the station?" "" " Yes." "I get off at Central Station Bombay." "I live in Dongri." "And you?" "At Bandra." "Can I ask you a question?" "Yes." "At the office, it is said that walking ... you gave a kick a cat." "A bus has crashed and you have continued your way, nonchalantly." "Is that true?" "It was not a cat." "But a blind man." "He asked his way, so I pushed and a coach ran into him." "So be careful." "Thank you." "Give me a cigarette." "I'll pay later." "This is a joke, right?" "Have you always lived in Bandra?" "Yes, always." "I move constantly." "At first, I was way Muhammad Ali." "Then I went to Dubai, then in Saudi Arabia." "I was commuting between there and here." "But after meeting Meherunissa, I stayed." "I cut vegetables here and I cook when I get home." "Where did you learn to do that?" "Before I worked in a hotel." "A hotel?" "Kitchen, room service, accounting ..." "All in one." "It is dry in Saudi Arabia." "No entertainment:" "work--prayer, prayer--work ..." "Here I have free time." "I cook for Meherunissa, we eat when she gets home." "" " And then we walk." "" " Very well." "I love her more than anything." "That evening you doing?" "I watch TV sometimes." "Come to me." "" " Where?" "" " My house." "I will make you a "Pasanda"." "" " A what?" " "Pasanda"." "" " What is it?" "" " A dish made with lamb." "You cut it like that." "" " From the lamb?" "" " Yes." "My specialty." "I will come." "" " Now." "" " Right now?" "Yes, please!" "No, I work another time." "Next time promised?" "I can wait ..." "Next time." "" " See you soon." "" " Goodbye." "Hello." "My husband came home late yesterday." "Hereturnedto work after a call." "Yashviasleep." "mymarriage,Itookbusiness without telling my mother." "Ifoundan oldbook." "Itcontainsrecipes my grandmother." "Ifoundan apple." "Tistheseason." "Ithinkyou'lllikeit." "Excellent!" "How are you?" "I can sit?" "Please." "Thank you." "Want a taste?" "Are you sure?" "Yes." "What does he?" "Where does this meal?" "A restaurant near me." "Why?" "It is delicious." "Book a meal for me." "They close soon." "With food so delicious?" "The talent is not rewarded in this country." "You are right, sir." "It must be magic in his hands." "Everyone can cook, but it must be magic." "DearIla, this recipe was very good." "Betterthanmy favoritedish, eggplant." "Yesterday,I also found something." "oldemissions my wife recorded." "You probably were  not yet born at the time." "Mywifelovedthem." "Iwantedto watch, who knows why." "Ihavewatchedfor hours." "Episodeafterepisode." "Afterspendingthenight" "IunderstoodwhatIwaslookingfor." "EverySunday while she watched," "Istoodoutside, fix my bike or smoke." "Ithrewhimaglance from time to time." "AndI sawhisreflectiononthescreen , stilllaughingat thejokes... sheknewby heart." "IfonlyIhad continued to look at the time ..." "I forwarded all payment orders." "An apple and a banana for you." "Go ahead." "No, sir." "I insist." "Okay." "What is that?" "A leaf." "Can I have some water, please?" "Then, right?" "I love it." "Thank you." "Today, we no longer send letters." "As emails." "More letters?" "This is the era of emails." "Hello." "My mother loves  old serials." "Small , I watched for hours." "Iwantedto tellyou something." "Eachcigarettesmoke, it is 5 min of life and less." "Myfatherhaslungcancer." "Whenhesufferstoo , he said he would have to smoke more  fornot to deal with this pain." "Donotblameme." "Yes, Auntie?" "You have my carrots?" "They are there." "Here!" "They cost only 10 rupees." "What have you taken other?" "As usual." "Whatotherfoodcan you cook based eggplant?" "canfrythem,stuffthem , bake ..." "It follows a new treatment." "It helps, but he sleeps all day." "Mom?" "Where's the TV?" "There are currently more good emissions nowadays." "You need money?" "It comes out." "This treatment is very expensive." "It's OK, I got it." "But how?" "Where do you find the money?" "If my son was there, I would not have to beg." "I'll talk to Rajeev." "It's no go." "I ask 5000." "It is the family of the bride." "What was the air to ask all this money?" "You can pay little by little." "No." "I have money." "I got it." "Well, okay." "But do not tell your father." "The 5000 should be sufficient for this month." "Next month else be found." "You wanna see it?" "I wake up?" "It's late, we must go back." "Okay." "DearIla," "You will not believe  what happened to me yesterday." "theevening,on my waytothestation with Shaikh,  mycolleague, theurgetookme look at the paintings of an artist." "Theyareallidentical." "Butifyoulookcloser, wenotethateach is slightly different." "Here  a car and more there a man who dreams in a bus." "Ora dogcrossingthe street." "Whatcaughttheattentionofthepainter." "Andononeofthem ," "Isaw." "AtleastIthinkthat 'sme." "ThenI offered a "rickshaw."" "housesofmy childhoodfriends alldisappeared." "Myoldschooltoo ." "Butsomethingshaveremained." "oldpost, andthehospitalwhereIwas born andwheremy parentsare dead, and my wife." "Ithinkwe forgetthings if there is nobody to tell them." "Pardon, sir?" "" " What?" "" " You told me?" "No." "What do you play?" "In Blind Man's Bluff." "" " You know what I was playing at your age?" "" " What?" "Let's remove it first." "I do?" "I got it." "We played at home." "That was the baby." "I was the father." "And your uncle was the mother, wife." "Hello." "Iwantto tellyou something." "Ithinkmy husbandishavinganaffair ." "At first I thought  confront." "ButI havenothad the courage." "WherewouldIgo?" "Thereisoneplace..." "MydaughterhaslearnedinBhutan, everyone is happy." "They do not have  GNP but Gross National Happiness." "Wouldnotit be wonderful to have it here?" "Madame." "ifI cameto Bhutanwithyou?" "You seem distracted." "" " I made a mistake?" "" " No." "Tell me, Shaikh ..." "Yes?" "" " Have you ever been to Bhutan?" "" " Bhutan?" "I thought ... rather than Nasik, I could move there." "I have been in Saudi Arabia." "Bhutan, that's fine too." "It has advantages:" "1 rupee is 5 there." "It's worth going there." "My mother said ... she always says:" ""The wrong train can take you to the right station. "" "Your mother?" "You told me that you were an orphan." "This is true, but when I say:" ""My mother always says ..."" "people take me seriously." "It feels good." "That is correct." "You're listening to Radio  Bhutan ..." "Howcouldwe go together Bhutan?" "Idonotevenknow your name ." "How are you?" "A banana and an apple." "Try this." "You are radiant today." "Whether he comes?" "You lost 10 years." "Your mother said that the wrong train can take you to the right station ..." "" " My mother is always right." "" " So?" "I love it." "Variety." "Variety, sir." "Auntie!" "What does he?" "Would you have the cassette of this film, "Saajan"?" "So, why?" "The songs were good, right?" "Not bad." "We can hear it?" "Now?" "Yes." "You can put it?" "I put it." "Hello," "YesterdayAuntieputthe cassette Film "Saajan"." "Funny coincidence." "Shetapes of all Indian movies,  butnoCD or MP3." "Itkeepstheindustryalive alone!" "Icrossed few lines of this letter ..." "It's weird  to continue to write, right?" "canwriteeverythingina letter, it's easy." "ButwhatIerased, I must tell you in the face." "Itistimewemeet ." "Doyouknowthe coffeeKooler in Matunga?" "It seems they are  a very good "kheema pao",  myfavoritedish." "Whatsayyouofanappointment tomorrow at 13 am?" "Mr. Saajan ..." "What?" "The boss wants to see you." "" " Yes, I will go after lunch." "" " This is urgent." "I'm coming." "Can I enter?" "I just had a meeting with accounting." "I've never been so embarrassed in my life." "Do you know what they said?" "It is as if our service claims did not exist." "All payment orders are wrong!" "Shaikh initials are everywhere." "The idea that I would leave replace you!" "Should you review all of this." "Spend the night if necessary, but correct me that." "In your case, Shaikh, out of my sight." "It's my fault, sir." "It is I who payment orders." "He has initialed because we work together." "It's my fault." "Fernandes, you do not have to defend it." "I am not defending anyone, sir." "35 years of service, and you have never done the slightest mistake." "It's not my type defend anyone." "Anyway," "I take care of the accounting." "Okay, sir." "One last thing." "Why these files they have the smell of vegetables?" "Onions, potatoes, even garlic!" "Really?" "Feel!" "I do not know." "Pardon, sir." "Thank you." "You saved me." "Do not cut ever those pesky vegetables on folders." "Forgiveness." "I put a plastic bag, next time." "Okay, no vegetables." "Nothing." "Forgiveness." "This is not the accounts a shabby little restaurant!" "These public accounts!" "If you do not do that, go!" "From?" "No." "You teach me everything." "I'm sorry, but you teach me everything." "Your mother told you to make fake degrees to get a job?" "It must have been mistaken ..." "What kind of person are you?" "And if you come home for lunch?" "I prepared a "Pasanda"." "Amazing!" "Mr. Shaikh." "Amazing ..." "A "Pasanda" he said." "You come from, is not it?" "" " Take--in." "" " No." "This is very good." "This is my recipe." "My father warned me:" ""Do not marry this guy, it will chain you to the stove. "" "His father is a very dangerous man." "He did not smile since the World Cup 1984." "Or maybe just a little." "Still grinning." "What does your wife?" "Shh." "I'm sorry, she did not know." "Okay." "My wife is dead." "But I have a girlfriend." "You?" "Yes." "How is it called?" "Ila." "I knew it!" "Meals, notes ..." "When were you married?" "Marriage ... it sometimes seems it's been 35 years." "Or 25 or 10, but I sometimes feel like it was yesterday." "You back for seconds." "This is my recipe." "You do not eat anything at all." "I wanted to ask you something." "Go ahead." "About our marriage ..." "In fact, his father refused." "He said: "He is an orphan, small, he skinned. "" "Meherunissa then fled." "But she wants the blessing his father." "I will not tell anyone." "No, that's not it." "He agreed." "We're getting married." "There will be a whole army on his side:" "brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts ... everyone will be there." "But there will be no one on my side." "I am alone." "I wanted to know if you would ... to be my witness." "Me?" "Yes." "And if Ms. Ila could come too." "Course." "We will come." "His father wants to offer me a scooter." "A gift for my promotion." "But I'm not leaving." "I thought refuse early departure retirement." "I ask the boss you become my assistant." "So your promotion ..." "This is very good news, Sir!" "But not a word to my father, otherwise no scooter." "I'll tell Meherunissa." "Sir, you want to sit?" "Me?" "Yes, take my place." "No." "Please." "I go down to the next." "" " Fernandes." "" " Yes?" "You wanted to talk to me?" "No." "My secretary told me ..." "It was about payment orders." "What is it?" "This is resolved." "" " Are you sure?" "" " Yes." "Okay." "See you later." "Want to Buy?" "DearIla," "Igotthelunchboxtoday but it was empty." "Itwasdeserved." "Yesterdayyoume long waited at the restaurant ..." "Butbeforethat,inthemorning," "Iforgotsomething in the bathroom." "Iwentback...  andtheroomhad the samesmell thatmygrandfatherleftthere afterhisshower." "Itwaslikehehadbeenthere." "Butthatwasnot the case." "Thatwasme ." "Meandthesmellofan oldman." "Idonotknow when I became old." "Itwasperhapsthismorning." "Or before." "Andmaybeif I'dforgotten something earlier," "Iwouldthennoticed." "Sir, you want to sit?" "No." "liferockedme languidly, forward,back..." "AndbeforeIknewit..." "Nobodybuys a lottery ticket expired, Ila." "Icameto therestaurant." "Andyouwerethere, fiddlingwithyourpurse, todrinkallthatwater..." "I wanted to come  tell you all this in the face,  butI onlylookatyou." "Youwerelovely." "Youareyoung." "Youstillhavedreams." "Youhavegreetedmesome time ." "AndI wantto thankyou ." "The two ladies behind come forward, please." "Smile, please." "One, two, three." "Now a photo with everyone!" "The family of the bride to the right." "The spouse left." "The spouse left." "You leave, sir?" "" " This is the new scooter?" "" " I will drop you somewhere?" "If you stay, I will go to my father." "Taxi!" "It's weird, it is very dry ..." "Goodbye, Shaikh." "You know, when I took the train for the 1st time with you, 1st class." "That day, I had no ticket." "I was anxious throughout the journey." "I prayed that the controller does not come." "What would you think of me?" "The next day, I got to a 1st class pass." "You make a good husband, Shaikh." "Thank you." "A moment." "Come see me at Nasik, on occasion." "I'm coming, Mom." "80 rupees." "Rajeev comes." "It is in a meeting." "It will go directly to the crematorium." "I have one of these hungers." "A desire to "parathas"." "I have not eaten this morning." "I prepared his breakfast it." "Mom ..." "I always apprehended what would happen to me after his death." "" " Do not worry." "" " But now ..." "I'm hungry, that's all." "It was loved at first when you were born." "But for years, it disgusted me." "Every morning, I prepared something to eat." "Drugs." "Bath." "Breakfast." "Drugs." "Bath." "When your brother is dead, this old ambulance came." "Do you remember?" "These old Matador models." "Which came today?" "What color?" "White with blue light." "Yes." "Sir." "The lunchbox comes to the wrong address." "It is impossible." "" " We never make mistakes." "" " Yes, I understand." "But my meals are poorly delivered." "" " It is delivered to the right address." "" " I tell you no." "People came to Harvard." "Listen to what I tell you." "Try to understand." "This lunchbox is not delivered to my husband." "It comes also it is someone else who receives it." "People Harvard came to study our system." "They say that there is no error." "But it's not going to the right place." "You think I'm a liar?" "The King of England in person came to observe our system." "But this meal goes somewhere someone eats it." "He goes to the right place." "I want the address!" "Office Saajan Fernandes?" "Two rows away." "Is the office Saajan Fernandes?" "I remember you." "Saajan Fernandes?" "He is gone." "He left the company." "Where can I find it?" "He went to Nasik." "Then you go to Nasik?" "Yes." "You move?" "Yes." "This is final?" "Yes." "I'm retired there for years." "I return to Mumbai from time to time to see my son." "I'm sorry, Mrs. Ila." "Good evening, Mr. Fernandes." "We thought you were gone." "Yes, but I came back." "Why?" "Well, you can play here." "But do not break windows, understood?" "Hold." "Thank you, Mr. Fernandes." "I've been calling you all the time." "Where were you?" "I had to adjust something." "I got worried." "I have more layers to Tonton." "I asked the guard to search." "I washed the fan today." "While he was running!" "You'reprobablyNasik." "Youhadto getupthis morning make a tea." "Andmaybeawalkthen ." "ThismorningIwokeup, and I sold all my jewelry." "Mybracelets,my earrings, my wedding necklace." "Itisnotmuch." "Buttheytoldme:" "1 rupee is worth 5 in Bhutan." "So we should  get away for some time." "Andmore... we'llsee." "returnYashvi, luggage will be ready." "Wetakethetrainthis afternoon." "Imaysendyou thisletter andyournewfactor you bring." "OrmaybeIshouldkeep it, andreadin afew years..." "Ireadsomewherethatsometimes, thewrongtrain can lead you to the right station." "We'llsee..."