You have to talk to THAT lady.
Yes, the cute one standing right there. You muster up enough courage. Finally. And walk down to say hello. Just about mange to break the ice and there enters the twist in the tale, sivapoojayil KARADI and the kabab-mein-HADDI.
Hmm, not just in life but also in business. You wait hours to get an intro to the key contact you’ve been chasing for ages. And just when the discussion starts flowing, the danger-man enters. And you have to start all over again – to accidentally bump into THAT person at the drinks bar or at the hotel foyer, waiting for the car! “Oh, funny bumping into you here…hah hah…by the way, what are you doing tomorrow….Could we…..”
This blog and photo series is dedicated to the Haddis of my life who somehow manage to elbow in, just when things started going well. And continue to do so.
I would be remiss not to mention the segmentation here: The professionals and the innocents!
The professional karadis:
Always there. Prowling! Never fail to impress. Never stop at nothing (sic)! Obtuse to a fault. Smooth as silk. USPs include Premeditation, Perseverance, Observation, Timing and the knack!
I should know. I belong here! (along with my fellow compadres whom I am duty bound to name – CS, Koo, Gokul, Sowri: leaving the biz karadis unnamed – coz, well, got to do business. Paapi pet ka sawaal hai)
The inadvertent haddis:
Not a clue. None, whatsoever! But they always manage to be at the right place, wrong time! Unintentional, Involuntary, Accidental – but again (seemingly) forever in the vicinity: “Hey, I never knew you’d be here” will be the clarion call – and internally we would be fuming “OK, get on with it. Can’t you see I am busy with….ahem!”
Not just breaking in, these haddis would be so glad to have met you that they plonk themselves right there. For minutes that seem like hours.
Pati, Patni or Woh – is thus a metaphor. For the in-between. The intruder. The one that doesn’t belong there (for that moment at least): But someone we will have to learn to live with and ‘Adjist’.
Grin and bear it.
With a smile!
* karadi = haddi = intruder, trespasser, prowler, gatecrasher
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