After having checked my 'to do list', I had a last item to be crossed out. So with an aim to complete my last task, I scurried to P1 store. This Nepalese provisional store has all kinds of things from dalle khursani to various types of lentils and so on. Although lentils are supplied by Pakistani wholesaler in Hong Kong.
Due to Nepalese festive occasion Tihar, 'the festival of light' this shop P1 has imported many things from Nepal that may not be available in other Nepalese provisional stores. The shop's entrance is hung with aromatic sayepatriko mala. The shorter sayepatri mala cost me $50 per lung. The shoppers are flocked in to buy mala, stuff for puja, sapta rangi tika, selrotis, sweets etc. The ambience there gives me some kind of homey vibe. Some ladies are bargaining for the items. The price of sayapatri has gone up by 10.
The middle- aged lady who takes care of the shop and cashing up seems moody. Yesterday she was arguing with two baiyaas.
I overheard them, she said,'I don't understand English.'
One bhaiya said, 'So what language are you talking then?'
She raised her voice angrily,'Get out, tumne merah dimaag kharav kiya.'
Bhaiya laughed and said, 'Terah dimaag hey to dimaag kharav karunga.'
After they were gone she was complaining how those bhaiya came everyday, bought one or two items, sometime nothing and only talked too much. She grumbled and grumbled.
The middle- aged lady who takes care of the shop and cashing up seems moody. Yesterday she was arguing with two baiyaas.
I overheard them, she said,'I don't understand English.'
One bhaiya said, 'So what language are you talking then?'
She raised her voice angrily,'Get out, tumne merah dimaag kharav kiya.'
Bhaiya laughed and said, 'Terah dimaag hey to dimaag kharav karunga.'
After they were gone she was complaining how those bhaiya came everyday, bought one or two items, sometime nothing and only talked too much. She grumbled and grumbled.
Today as I was about to pay for my malas, she said, 'Good that nani, you bought these today. It would have been gone by tomorrow.' I nodded.
A man on twenty who was standing beside me said, 'There will be so many in bhaiyaa's. Not too worry.'
She angrily said,'There's malas are not real. Theirs' do not smell so fresh like these. You know what, these malas are not ordinary ones. They are taken to Pashupatinath temple so as to get blessings for the people who wear. '
The man argued, ' Pashupati chahi hoina Guheshwori ma chahi pujerah lyaayeko hola.' I smiled at their petty squabble and walked away with my shopping bags.
A man on twenty who was standing beside me said, 'There will be so many in bhaiyaa's. Not too worry.'
She angrily said,'There's malas are not real. Theirs' do not smell so fresh like these. You know what, these malas are not ordinary ones. They are taken to Pashupatinath temple so as to get blessings for the people who wear. '
The man argued, ' Pashupati chahi hoina Guheshwori ma chahi pujerah lyaayeko hola.' I smiled at their petty squabble and walked away with my shopping bags.
And I have often seen her debating. Some people are such that they can't help themselves from debating.
The shop's name has been changed.
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