The Family

The three member family had turned four after baby Siddharth was born. The grandpa gradually moved to the couch in the living room as Reena, Siddharth’s mother, kept complaining about crunching space in their two bedroom apartment. Sunil, the husband, had to agree against his will, to prove his loyalty towards beloved wife. Grandpa quietly adjusted on the couch and witnessed yet another fight between Sunil and Reena. Their neighbour, the Sharma family, had bought a new Hyundai car while Reena was tired of her everyday walks to the Bazaar.

Naturally, Grandpa loved spending his leisure time playing with Siddharth, who was indifferent to the exile member. And why not! They had similar persona and shared common interest in almost everything, which proved them excellent companions among the family.

Grandpa always mislaid his walking stick, while Siddharth found them in no time. Both enjoyed evening snacks and occasionally watched cartoon network followed by the news, although, Siddharth usually fell asleep before the weather forecast was announced. They both made little sense to Reena. Both had common dislike for milk and milk products with the common exception of ice-cream. Both loved the playing board games, although Siddharth only knew tossing the dice, which were later searched by the family maid Sheela Bai in the morning.

Lately, both grandpa and Siddharth had developed a common liking towards a bollywood item song ‘Sheela ki Jawani’. Sheela Bai had no role in it but nevertheless, she threatened the family of her resignation, and complained Reena about Grandapa’s teasing habit. Grandpa soon turned to ‘Munni Badnaam’ to prove Sheela Bai’s unprofessional behavior. However, Sheela Bai surprisingly resigned the very next day. The family later found out Sheela Bai’s daughter's name to be Munni.

Siddharth never had a say in the family, which was understandable, as he literally was mute with his routine experimental words: Bhoooo…, Baahha…, and a few other sounds - which could only be translated to human signal by a very high frequency modular. Anyway, grandpa, once the head of the family, had no impact in the decision making of the family either, given Sunil listened only to his wife.

After several failed suggestions in the family matters, Grandpa turned his attention towards Halkat Jawani (the latest Karrena Kappor item song), which worked perfectly well for the family, as their new cook Bhola was himself fond of Kareena Kapoor.

Reena’s recurring complaints led the family purchase a car with grandpa’s retirement fund, for Siddharth might soon be enrolled in a primary school, five miles from the house. A better version of the Hyundai car was selected with the approval from Sharma family.

Siddharth was eventually enrolled in a school just next block, for his mother could not bear the idea of her son commuting at such small age. Grandpa obviously walked Siddharth home from school everyday. The car, instead served the better purpose of fulfilling Reena's desire taking her to new shopping destinations. Sunil kept himself busy working hard to run the family. While, Grandpa, Siddharth and the cook Bhola kept themselves at home enjoying their evening snacks, television and Kareena Kapoor's halkat jawani.

The harmony was finally restored in the family.

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