Conversation of the Week

Babe of our college (ma juniour...she is from bombay) and I had a brief conversation.

Babe: I don’t speak Hindi. Never picked it up.
Me: In Bombay? You didn’t pick up Hindi in Bombay?

Babe: Even at home, I don’t understand what my parents say in Tamil.
Me: Oh. Okay.

Babe: I think it’s my face.
Me: Err?

Babe: I think my face tells people that I don’t know Hindi or Tamil. It’s in my face. I have a face like that.
Me: I don’t understand.

Babe: People have told me. My facial structure is like that. My face tells people I know only English. That’s why I feel very comfortable in London.

For a change, I am stunned and silent.

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