Isn't Lata Hirani getting tired? Various titles and various tensions… If only we could have our childhood back! No, it's gone, never come back… But just find out. There is a child hiding somewhere in all of us. Sometimes it blinks somewhere, right? It has to come out but mostly we don't let it come out. Have grown up! Today let's bridge the bridge with little Rishita, Iya, Riya, Jiya, Adi, Sweety and Naiya…. All grown up, just like them! Little Rishita loves her Parthamasa and calls him 'Partha' and 'You' only. Her mother said to her one day, 'Rishita, don't call her Partha. called Parthamasa'. 'Ok' said Rishita, blinking her big eyes. In the afternoon, 'Parthamasa, will you sit with me for dinner?' 'Son, it's called you, not you. That's big.' 'Parthamasa, are you big?' Rishita made sure! * * * Ian had a vacation. Little ones were coming on vacation. Nani got a call, 'Beta iya, what should I bring for you?' Ia usually has a demand for new toys. The mom sitting next to me pointedly said, 'If Iya, I am not going to order any toy, I told you. Mom, Ia's closet is full of toys. We have not even played with many of his toys and now there is absolutely no room for new ones.' Wow, Ia got even better. He burst out ordering Nani, 'Ok Nani, you get me a cupboard and I'll put the new toys in it!' * * * Little Riya and Ba stayed at home. Mom and others were going out for shopping. Mom said, 'Beta Riya, take care of Ba!' 'Ba is big. Should Ba take care of me or should I take care of Ba?' 'Bani's health is not good, isn't it!' 'Good.' After everyone went out, Riya started eating Hinchka and Baa said, 'Baa, you take care of yourself while I eat Hinchka!' * * * Nani Jia asked mom, 'Where does God live? Mom explained, 'God is within everyone.' 'Even inside me?' 'Yes, in all. Be in you too.' Once Jia did a lot of mischief. Mom got angry and said, 'Now you have to hit me!' 'Mommy, you'll kill God!' * * * Adi now comes to First Standard. Hindi subject is now taught in English medium school, so he has to learn the basics of Hindi. Letters have to be identified. One day his father wrote 'T' in Hindi and asked, 'What did Adi write this?' After thinking for a while, Adi said, 'Dad, this is a chair cord.' Dad says, 'Son, is the chair small? What about the horizontal line across it?' Adi replied with love, 'That's an umbrella, Dad! If you are sitting in a chair and it rains, you will not get wet!' * * * Sweetie's third birthday was celebrated. There was a party at night. After eating and having fun, everyone fell asleep. In the morning, Sweety's mother Veena woke up a little late. He went directly to the children's room. 'Oh my god, sweetie what has happened?' Sweetie had emptied her entire wardrobe and piled the clothes down and was standing next to her with her hands on her hips like a mother. 'Hi mom, from today I am four. All these clothes are from 'three'! Today we will bring all new! * * * Little Naiya came to India for holidays. His maternal uncle's house in Ahmedabad. After two days, Papa was laughing and said, 'Dad, you were wrong. India is very advanced. What a moving vegetable shop I saw when I went out with Bani this morning! Tell us, is there such a shop anywhere in London? Yes, in the morning he saw the vegetable trucks! Similarly, he proudly told his friends on the phone, 'There is a zoo around my uncle's house. Say how many animals are moving around!' Yes, Naiya saw cows, buffaloes, dogs etc roaming around the house! Read Naiya's story further, very funny. He saw the noodles at breakfast and asked his mother, 'These Indian noodles? Achha, make dry noodles in India! Wow!!' He must have heard from someone in the neighborhood, this was a conundrum for the 'unsweetened' Naiya. Aunt explained the meaning. Then once there was a quarrel with the son of the mother, Naiya suddenly vented her anger, 'Jao tum to without salt and without blackpaper ho!' After going to London, he told his friends another good news, 'My uncle's city is full of lake city! A very small lake and we can dip our feet in it. But those people do not purify it!' Yes, now you must have understood that Naiya came to India in monsoon! The pits filled with water were thought to be a lake! * * * Another such goody. Guddi called Dadaji. This is how natural things happened. 'How are you son? Why is studying going on?' 'Dadaji my test exam is going on.' 'Nice son, you are clever. When will you come to India?' 'You are also right Dadaji, my exam is going on and how can I come to India?' Oh… Dadaji laughed out loud. A few months later. Dadaji asked on the phone, 'Son, your mother says, do you have fever?' 'Yes grandpa I have got flu.' Guddi used to write poems. Dadaji asked, 'Will you recite your poem to me?' 'Yes, right now I have a study break. I hear.' Saying, Guddi recited two poems. 'Any new Lakhi Beta?' Dadaji was asked, 'You are also a real Dadaji! I have the flu, where can one write a new poem in the flu? It's fun to listen to a child's talk and if you can be like a child, it's even more fun to live!
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Setu: 'Mommy, you'll kill God!'
