Mira had a 10-day mid-semester break in early October that coincided with Pooja holidays. She landed at Chengannur station on September 27, a week after I came. As luck would have it Manju met with a freak scooter accident - she drives up and down every day on a Honda Activa - and a hairline fracture that warranted a week's rest. So Mira could not have the variety food she fancied and along with her fussy granny, she susbsisted on the puttu-banana I cooked up every morning or the quick side dishes our substitute help Ammini rustled up between her hospital visits and SHG and NREGA activities.
One morning, we went to Aranmula to talk to the metal mirror makers, and Mira hopes to find an interesting, not-yet-explored news angle in it for a class assignment.
p.s. After a two-year wait between application and reception, M gazed at her Aadhar card like she had won the Dubai Duty-free lottery.
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