Pari and the complex network of relatives
Like all other kids in the world, Pari too is a curious child. In her childhood, her Mummy asked funny questions too, a couple of which Aaji and Baba had written in their diaries. The idea of this blog has come from there, because the amount of interrogative words Pari uses everyday is far far more than any child people around her have seen ever. Everything happening, or even not happening has a question, and most of the times the same questions are repeated again and again expecting the same answers every time. How many kids you know who ask every time when they go to pee or to poop, that why does the poop go in the water in the commode, and while in the process who has used the bathroom before them and why?
Since Pari lives among a lot of relations she has been trying to understand the complex network of family and relatives. Her Aaji and Baba are also Athak's Aaji and Baba, but her Mummy and Daddy are his Aatya and Mamaji, respectively, while his Mummy and Papa are her Mami and Mama, respectively. She understands that her Aaji is her Mummy's Mummy but doesn't understand why her Baba is her Mummy's Papa and not Daddy. Probably the younger ones call their Daddy as Daddy, while the elders call their daddy as Papa. Mostly she sees everyone calling each other by some name (which is either the name of the person or the relationship). The new thing that she has adopted now in her conversation is to refer to the third person by the relationship to the second person. So while talking to Mummy on phone she says things like "Your Mummy scolded me", "Your Dada (elder brother) called me a bad girl", "Your Papa is watching TV" etc. Once Aaji went out for some work leaving her in the care of Mami, After returning Aaji asked, "Tu Mami la jaast traas tar naahi dila?" (You didn't bother Mami much. Did you?). For which Pari replied, "Me tuzya Mrunal la daha traas dila!" (I bothered your Mrunal ten!)
Speaking of relationships, Pari doesn't know what is the relationship between Aaji and Baba, Mama and Mami, and Mummy and Daddy. She has never heard the women call the respective men by their names. What she has heard is Mami and Mummy call their husband by saying "Suno". So once she asked Aaji, "Baba tuze kon aahet?". Aaji didn't know what to say. Pari continued, "Baba tuze 'Suno' aahet ka?". Aaji couldn't agree more :-)
Since Pari lives among a lot of relations she has been trying to understand the complex network of family and relatives. Her Aaji and Baba are also Athak's Aaji and Baba, but her Mummy and Daddy are his Aatya and Mamaji, respectively, while his Mummy and Papa are her Mami and Mama, respectively. She understands that her Aaji is her Mummy's Mummy but doesn't understand why her Baba is her Mummy's Papa and not Daddy. Probably the younger ones call their Daddy as Daddy, while the elders call their daddy as Papa. Mostly she sees everyone calling each other by some name (which is either the name of the person or the relationship). The new thing that she has adopted now in her conversation is to refer to the third person by the relationship to the second person. So while talking to Mummy on phone she says things like "Your Mummy scolded me", "Your Dada (elder brother) called me a bad girl", "Your Papa is watching TV" etc. Once Aaji went out for some work leaving her in the care of Mami, After returning Aaji asked, "Tu Mami la jaast traas tar naahi dila?" (You didn't bother Mami much. Did you?). For which Pari replied, "Me tuzya Mrunal la daha traas dila!" (I bothered your Mrunal ten!)
Speaking of relationships, Pari doesn't know what is the relationship between Aaji and Baba, Mama and Mami, and Mummy and Daddy. She has never heard the women call the respective men by their names. What she has heard is Mami and Mummy call their husband by saying "Suno". So once she asked Aaji, "Baba tuze kon aahet?". Aaji didn't know what to say. Pari continued, "Baba tuze 'Suno' aahet ka?". Aaji couldn't agree more :-)
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